Relier Pairs Reported Speech! (theory)Version en ligne When we report what somebody else say, we usually use indirect speech. In indirect speech, we often use a tense which is 'further back' in the past (e.g. worked) than the tense originally used (e.g. work). This is called 'backshift' Match the tenses with their corresponding 'backshift' tense. Have fun! par Cami Gomez Coll 1 Present Perfect 2 Present Continuous 3 Present Simple 4 Past Perfect 5 Past Simple 6 Past Continuous Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Past Simple Past Perfect Simple (as opposed to continuous) Stays the same