Past Simple and Past Continuous Tenses

PAST SIMPLE-
PROSTO PROSLO
VREME
Past Simple
Obik: Subjekat+ glagolska osnova na koju se dodaje nastavak -ed (za pravilne glagole) ili 2. kolona liste nepravilnih
glagola
Form: subject + past form of the verb (-ed for regular verbs)
AFFIRMATIVE/POTVRDI NEGATIVE/ODRICNI
OBLIK OBLIK
I/you walked I/you didn’t walk
he/she/is walked He/she/is didn’t walk
we/you/they walked We/you/they didn’t walk
INTERROGATIVE/UPITNI OBLIK SHORT ANSWERS/KRATKI ODGOVORI

Did I/you/ walk? Yes, I/you did./No, I/you didn’t.
Did he/she/it walk? Yes, he/she/it did./No, he/she/it/ didn’t.
Did we/you/they walk? Yes, we/you/they did./No, we/you/they didn’t.
Spelling (Past Simple affirmative of regular verbs) – PRAVILA PISANJA
 Kod pravilnih glagola – dodajemo nastavak –ed ali treba obratiti paznju na sledece:
 We add –d to verbs ending in –e. I smile – I smiled –
For verbs ending in consonant +y we drop the –y and add –ied.
I try – I tried
 For verbs ending in vowel +y we add –ed
I stay – I stayed
 For verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two consonants we double the last consonant and add –ed.
I skipped
 For verbs ending in –l we double the –l and add ed.
I travel – I travelled
NEPRAVILNI GLAGOLI IMAJU POSEBAN OBLIK (2. KOLONA LISTE NEPRAVILNIH GLAGOLA)
Use – upotreba
We use the past simple for:
 Actions completed in the past – Za radnje koje su se dogodile u proslosti
Kate talked to Barry yesterday morning.
 Actions which happened at a specific time in the past - Za radnje koje su se dogodile u
odredjenom trenutku u proslosti
She ate her lunch at 1 o’clock. (When? At 1 o’clock.)
 Past habits – navike koje smo imali u proslosti
She always dressed in black when she was a teenager.
Time expressions (prilozi za vreme) used with the past simple:

yesterday, yesterday morning, evening, last night/week etc, two weeks/a month ago,
in 1998, etc.
Past Continuous/ Trajno proslo vreme
Form: subject + past form of the verb to be (was/were) + main verb + -ing
Oblik: Subjekat + proslo vreme pomocnog glagola to be (was/were) +
glagolska osnova na koju se dodaje nastavak - ING
AFFIRMATIVE/ POTVRDI NEGATIVE/ODRICNI

OBLIK OBLIK
I was talking I wasn’t talking
you were talking you weren’t talking
he was talking he wasn’t talking
she was talking she wasn’t talking
it was talking it wasn’t talking
we were talking we weren’t talking
you were talking you weren’t talking
they were talking they weren’t talking
INTERROGATIVE/UPITNI OBLIK SHORT ANSWERS/KRATKI
ODGOVORI
Was I talking? Yes, I was./No, I wasn’t
Were you talking? Yes, you were./No, you weren’t.
Was he talking? Yes, he was./No, he wasn’t.
Was she talking? Yes, she was./No, she wasn’t.
Was it talking? Yes, it was./No, it wasn’t.
Was we talking? Yes, we were./No, we were’t.
Was you talking? Yes, you were./No, you were’t.
Was they talking? Yes, they were./No, they were’t.
Use – Upotreba vremena
We use the past continuous:
 For an actions which was in progress at a stated time in the past. We do not know when
the action started or finished.
At 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Paul was driving to the supermarket.
 For a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it. We use the
past continuous for the action in progress (longer action) and the past simple for the action
which interrupted it (shorter action).
She was cooking a meal when the phone rang.
 For two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past (simultaneous
actions).
I was cleaning the window while Jack was washing the dishes.
 To give background information in a story.

The wind was blowing and the waves were crashing against the cliff. Susan stood…
Time expressions used with the past continuous: while, when, as, all day/night/morning, all
day yesterday, etc.
Upotreba vremena (objasnjenje na
srpskom jeziku)
 Za radnju koje su bile u toku u odredjenom trenutku u proslosti. Nije poznato kada je
radnja zapoceta ili kada se zavrsila.
At 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Paul was driving to the supermarket.
 Za radnju koja je bila u proslosti (duza radnja) kada se dogodila neka druga prosla
radnja koja je prekinula (kraca radnja)
She was cooking a meal when the phone rang.
 Za dve ili vise radnji koje su se uporedo desavale u proslosti

I was cleaning the window while Jack was washing the dishes.
 Za objasnjavanje situacije u kojoj se dogodila neka radnja

The wind was blowing and the waves were crashing against the cliff. Susan stood…
Time expressions (prilozi za vreme) : while, when, as, all day/night/morning, all day
yesterday, etc.

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PAST SIMPLE-

INTERROGATIVE/UPITNI OBLIK SHORT ANSWERS/KRATKI ODGOVORI

 We add –d to verbs ending in –e. I smile – I smiled –

For verbs ending in consonant +y we drop the –y and add –ied.

 For verbs ending in vowel +y we add –ed

 For verbs ending in –l we double the –l and add ed.

We use the past simple for:

 Actions completed in the past – Za radnje koje su se dogodile u proslosti

Kate talked to Barry yesterday morning.

She ate her lunch at 1 o’clock. (When? At 1 o’clock.)

 Past habits – navike koje smo imali u proslosti

She always dressed in black when she was a teenager.

Time expressions (prilozi za vreme) used with the past simple:

AFFIRMATIVE/ POTVRDI NEGATIVE/ODRICNI

 To give background information in a story.

 Za dve ili vise radnji koje su se uporedo desavale u proslosti

 Za objasnjavanje situacije u kojoj se dogodila neka radnja

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