I

You live in a city sometimes. I am

We (infinitiv)
They You walking in the street now.
es se dodaje
We are
+ He
She
lives in a city sometimes.
glagolima koji
zavravaju na: + They SKRAENI OBLICI:
1) I'm
It (infinitiv + s ili es) ch, o, ss, sh, x He 2) He's, She's, It's
is
She 3) You're, We're, They're
It

I am not
You walking in the street now.
We are not
- They
SKRAENI OBLICI:
I He 1) I'm not
She is not 2) He isn't, She isn't, It isn't
You do not live in a city sometimes.
We It 3) You aren't, We aren't, They aren't
(do not / don't + infinitiv)
They
- He
Am
I

She does not live in a city. you walking in the street now?
It (does not / doesn't + infinitiv) Are we
Q they
PRAVOPISNE OSOBNOSTI
Live + ing=Living >>>Verbs that end in e:
I Is he
you she Take away e and add ing.
Do live in a city sometimes?
we it Lie+ing=Lying >>>Verbs that end in ie:
Q they Change ie into y and add ing.
he Swim+ing=Swimming >>> Suglasnik se
Does she live in a city sometimes? udvostruuje ako glagol zavrava na
it samoglasnik+suglasnik

- It is used for things that are true in general, routines,
habits, or for permanent situations.
-TIME EXPRESSIONS: always, usually, sometimes, often,
never, every/day/week/month, once/twice/ three times a
day/week, month.
- It is used to talk about situations that are happening now.
- It is also used to talk about temporary actions.
-TIME EXPRESSIONS: now, at the moment, today, this
week, this Sunday, these days, currently, nowadays,

Lucija_engleski gramatika.doc Stranica 1 od 3

 I
arrived an hour ago. He was
I REGULAR VERBS She
You

+
We
They
(Infinitiv + d/ed)
visit
visited ; love
loved + You
It
in the house an hour ago.
He We were
She saw my granny yesterday. They
It IRREGULAR VERBS
(Nepravilni glagol:
see
saw, go
went, I
catch
caught, find
found, ) He was not
She /wasn't
I
You
We did not arrive an hour ago.
- You
It
in the house an hour ago.

- They
He (did not /didn't + infinitiv)
We
They
were
/weren't
She
It I
I he
you Was
she
we
arrive an hour ago? it in the house an hour ago?
Q Did they
he Q you
she (did + subject +infinitiv) Were we
it they

WH word + did + subject + infinitiv ?

When I PRAVOPISNE OSOBNOSTI
How you >>> Suglasnik + y + ed = ied : Try
Tried , Carry
Carried, Cry
Cried
Why did we >>> Samoglasnik + y + ed = yed (nema promjene): Play
Played, Stay
Stayed
Where they arrive an hour ago?
What he >>> Samoglasnik + Suglasnik= Dvostruki suglasnik: Stop
Stopped , Plan
Planned
Who she
it
- It is used for action which started and finished in the past.
When WHO refers to the subject of the sentence, we don't use DID!
-TIME EXPRESSIONS: yesterday, last/week/month/year,
WHO + did + verb (regular/irregular) ? last/summer/January, an hour ago, a week ago, two minutes
Peter arrived an hour ago. They went to the cinema. /weeks/years ago, when I was little, when I was on holiday,
WHO arrived an hour ago? WHO went to the cinema?

Lucija_engleski gramatika.doc Stranica 2 od 3

 I
He was
She

+ It

You
reading all afternon.
We were
They

I
He was not
She /wasn't

- You
It
reading all afternon.
were
We /weren't
They

I
Was he
she
it reading all afternon?
Q you
Were we
they

- to talk bout an action that was going on at a particular time in the

past: I was doing my homework at 8 oclock last night.
-to describe a scene when telling a story:
It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining.
-we often use the past continuous and past simple together:
Past continuous
For the longer action Past simple
For the shorter action
While they were playing footbal they broke the window.
While I was going to the shop I met my best frend.

Lucija_engleski gramatika.doc Stranica 3 od 3