Complete the HR report about a dramatic office meeting by choosing the correct verb for each blank.

The angry manager shouted that he had been working there for ten years and declared that he would not resign under any circumstances.

The angry manager shouted that he had been working there for ten years and declared that he would not resign under any circumstances.

When the reporting verb is in the past tense ("shouted", "declared"), we typically backshift the tenses in the reported clause.

"I have been working" (Present Perfect Continuous) becomes "had been working" (Past Perfect Continuous).

"I will not resign" (Future with will) becomes "would not resign" (Conditional with would).