To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
Infinitivebackshift
Past simplebackshifted
Past participlebackshifted
-ing formbackshifting
Full conjugation of the English verb to backshift (past simple backshifted,
past participle backshifted):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
backshift
you
backshift
he/she/it
backshifts
we
backshift
you
backshift
they
backshift
Present continuous
I
am backshifting
you
are backshifting
he/she/it
is backshifting
we
are backshifting
you
are backshifting
they
are backshifting
Present perfect
I
have backshifted
you
have backshifted
he/she/it
has backshifted
we
have backshifted
you
have backshifted
they
have backshifted
Present perfect continuous
I
have been backshifting
you
have been backshifting
he/she/it
has been backshifting
we
have been backshifting
you
have been backshifting
they
have been backshifting
Past simple
I
backshifted
you
backshifted
he/she/it
backshifted
we
backshifted
you
backshifted
they
backshifted
Past continuous
I
was backshifting
you
were backshifting
he/she/it
was backshifting
we
were backshifting
you
were backshifting
they
were backshifting
Past perfect
I
had backshifted
you
had backshifted
he/she/it
had backshifted
we
had backshifted
you
had backshifted
they
had backshifted
Past perfect continuous
I
had been backshifting
you
had been backshifting
he/she/it
had been backshifting
we
had been backshifting
you
had been backshifting
they
had been backshifting
Future simple
I
will backshift
you
will backshift
he/she/it
will backshift
we
will backshift
you
will backshift
they
will backshift
Future continuous
I
will be backshifting
you
will be backshifting
he/she/it
will be backshifting
we
will be backshifting
you
will be backshifting
they
will be backshifting
Future perfect
I
will have backshifted
you
will have backshifted
he/she/it
will have backshifted
we
will have backshifted
you
will have backshifted
they
will have backshifted
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been backshifting
you
will have been backshifting
he/she/it
will have been backshifting
we
will have been backshifting
you
will have been backshifting
they
will have been backshifting
Conditional
Present
I
would backshift
you
would backshift
he/she/it
would backshift
we
would backshift
you
would backshift
they
would backshift
Present continuous
I
would be backshifting
you
would be backshifting
he/she/it
would be backshifting
we
would be backshifting
you
would be backshifting
they
would be backshifting
Perfect
I
would have backshifted
you
would have backshifted
he/she/it
would have backshifted
we
would have backshifted
you
would have backshifted
they
would have backshifted
Perfect continuous
I
would have been backshifting
you
would have been backshifting
he/she/it
would have been backshifting
we
would have been backshifting
you
would have been backshifting
they
would have been backshifting
Subjunctive
Present
that I
backshift
that you
backshift
that he/she/it
backshift
that we
backshift
that you
backshift
that they
backshift
Past
if I
backshifted
if you
backshifted
if he/she/it
backshifted
if we
backshifted
if you
backshifted
if they
backshifted
Imperative
Affirmative
you
backshift
we
let's backshift
Negative
you
don't backshift
we
let's not backshift
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to backshift
Perfect infinitive
to have backshifted
Present participle / gerund
backshifting
Past participle
backshifted
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