Past Continuous

Kada se koristi:

1. Kad govorimo o radnji koja je trajala u prošlosti

"They were talking for hours." - Pričali su satima.

Često ćete primetiti priloge za vreme kao što su:

for hours/days/weeks/months/years - satima/danima/nedeljama/mesecima/godinama
all day/night - ceo dan/celu noć
all week/month/ year - celu nedelju/mesec/godinu
all morning/afternoon/evening - celo jutro/poslepodne /veče
the whole time - sve vreme...

2. Kad pričamo o tome šta se dešavalo u određenom momentu

"At this time yesterday I was cleaning my room." - U ovo vreme juče sam čistio svoju sobu.

3. Za radnju koja je trajala u prošlosti i bila prekinuta

" Tom was putting on his clothes when his phone rang. " - Tom se oblačio kada mu je zazvonio telefon.

4. Kada su dve radnje trajale paralelno.

"I was setting the table while she was cooking." - Ja sam postavljala sto dok je ona kuvala.

Kako se gradi

Potvrdan oblik

Subjekat + was/were + present participle

I was talking.

Odričan oblik

Subjekat + was/were + not + present participle

He was not listening.

Često se koristi skraćeni oblik:

He wasn't listening.

Upitan oblik

Was/were + subjekat + present participle

Were you listening?

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