Froggy Jumps Reported Statements - backshiftVersion en ligne How verb tenses change in Reported Speech - Backshift par Biljana Šarenac 1 PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE shifts into a Present Continuous Tense b Past Simple Tense c Modal Verb 2 PAST SIMPLE TENSE shifts into a Past Perfect Tense b be going to c modal verb 3 PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE shifts into a Present Perfect Tense b Past Perfect Tense c Past Continuous Tense 4 PRESENT PERFECT TENSE shifts into a Future Simple Tense b Modal Verb c Past Perfect Tense 5 FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE shifts to a Future in the Past b Past Perfect Tense c Present Simple Tense 6 CAN shifts to a would b might c could 7 AM/IS/ARE/ GOING TO shifts to a Present Simple Tense b Future Simple Tense c was/were going to 8 MUST shifts to a should b would c had to 9 PAST PERFECT TENSE shifts to a Present Perfect Tense b Present Simple Tense c Past Perfect Tense