| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I backfire |
| you backfire |
| he/she/it backfires |
| we backfire |
| you all backfire |
| they backfire |
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| I am backfiring |
| you are backfiring |
| he/she/it is backfiring |
| we are backfiring |
| you all are backfiring |
| they are backfiring |
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| I have backfired |
| you have backfired |
| he/she/it has backfired |
| we have backfired |
| you all have backfired |
| they have backfired |
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| I have been backfiring |
| you have been backfiring |
| he/she/it has been backfiring |
| we have been backfiring |
| you all have been backfiring |
| they have been backfiring |
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| Past |
| I backfired |
| you backfired |
| he/she/it backfired |
| we backfired |
| you all backfired |
| they backfired |
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| I was backfiring |
| you were backfiring |
| he/she/it was backfiring |
| we were backfiring |
| you all were backfiring |
| they were backfiring |
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| I had backfired |
| you had backfired |
| he/she/it had backfired |
| we had backfired |
| you all had backfired |
| they had backfired |
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| I had been backfiring |
| you had been backfiring |
| he/she/it had been backfiring |
| we had been backfiring |
| you all had been backfiring |
| they had been backfiring |
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| Future |
| I will backfire |
| you will backfire |
| he/she/it will backfire |
| we will backfire |
| you all will backfire |
| they will backfire |
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| I will be backfiring |
| you will be backfiring |
| he/she/it will be backfiring |
| we are backfiring |
| you all will be backfiring |
| they will be backfiring |
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| I will have backfired |
| you will have backfired |
| he/she/it will have backfired |
| we will have backfired |
| you all will have backfired |
| they will have backfired |
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| I will have been backfiring |
| you will have been backfiring |
| he/she/it will have been backfiring |
| we will have been backfiring |
| you all will have been backfiring |
| they will have been backfiring |
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