Past Continuous Tense (Prolo trajno vreme) se gradi od glagola to be u Past Simple Tense-u (Prostom prolom

vremenu), tj. was/were i Present Participle-a (sadanjeg participa) glavnog glagola.

Jednina (singular)
I was working. (Ja sam radio.)
You were working. (Ti si radio.)
He/she/it was working. (On/ona/ono je radio/radila/radilo.)
Mnoina (plural)
We were working. (Mi smo radili.)
You were working. (Vi ste radili.)
They were working. (Oni su radili.)

Upitni oblik
Upitni oblik glagola u Past Continuous Tense-u (Prolom trajnom vremenu) se gradi inverzijom (u odnosu na
potvrdni oblik) pomonog glagola to be (u prolom vremenu) i line zamenice.
Yes/No pitanja:
Jednina (singular)
Was I working? (Da li sam ja radio?)
Were you working? (Da li si ti radio?)
Was he/she/it working? (Da li je on/ona/ono radio/radila/radilo?)
Mnoina (plural)
Were we working? (Da li smo mi radili?)
Were you working? (Da li ste vi radili?)
Were they working? (Da li su oni radili?)
Na Yes/No pitanja se odgovara kratkim odgovorima (Short answers) na sledei nain:

Jednina (singular)
Was I working? Yes, I was. / No, I wasnt.
Were you working? Yes, you were. / No, you werent.
Was he/she/it working? Yes, he/she/it was. / No, he/she/it wasnt.
Mnoina (plural)
Were we working? Yes, we were. / No, we werent.
Were you working? Yes you were. / No, you werent.
Were they working? Yes, they were. / No, they werent.
Wh- pitanja:
Jednina (singular)
Where was I working? (Gde sam ja radio?)
Where were you working? (Gde si ti radio?)
Where was he/she/it working? (Gde je on/ona/ono radio/radilo?)
Mnoina (plural)
Where were we working? (Gde smo mi radili?)
Where were you working? (Gde ste vi radili?)
Where were they working? (Gde su oni radili?)

Odrini oblik
Odrini oblik Past Continuous Tense-a (Prolog trajnog vremena) se gradi od odrinog oblika pomonog glagola
to be u prolom vremenu i Present Participle-a (sadanjeg participa) glavnog glagola.
Jednina (singular)
I was not (I wasnt) working. (Ja nisam radio.)
You were not (werent) working. (Ti nisi radio.)
He/she/it was not (wasnt) working. (On/ona/ono nije radio/radilo.)
Mnoina (plural)
We were not (werent) working. (Mi nismo radili.)
You were not (werent) working. (Vi niste radili.)
They were not (werent) working. (Oni nisu radili.)
Past Continuous Tense Upotreba
 Past Continuous Tense (Prolo trajno vreme) se koristi za:

Radnju koja je u prolosti due vreme trajala:

She was reading a book all day yesterday. (Ona je ceo dan jue itala knjigu.)
Dve radnje koje su se u prolom vremenu paralelno deavale:

While I was watching TV, my sister was doing her homework. (Dok sam ja gledao TV, moja sestra je
radila svoj domai.)
Prolu radnju koja je due trajala a prekinuta je nekom drugom prolom radnjom. Ta druga radnja se obino izraava
prostim prolim vremenom (Past simple tense):

I was watching TV when the telephone rang. (Ja sam gledao TV kada je telefon zazvonio.)
When we arrived they were playing cards. (Kada smo stigli oni su igrali karte.)

1. What ________________________ (you / do) when I ________________________ (call) you last

night?
2. I ________________________ (sit) in a caf when you ________________________ (call). (-,?)

4. Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she ________________________ (hear) the

noise. (-,?)
5. Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I ________________________
(have) a swim, later I ________________________ (meet) Julie for a coffee.

6. We ________________________ (play) tennis when John ________________________ (hurt) his

ankle.
7. What ________________________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It ________________________
(be) really noisy.
8. He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone ________________________
(ring).
9. He ________________________ (be) in the shower when the telephone ________________________
(ring).
10. When I ________________________ (walk) into the room, everyone ________________________
(work).

1. He __________________ (sleep) when the doorbell __________________ (ring).

2. We __________________ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).
3. Yesterday I __________________ (go) to the post office, __________________ (buy) some fruit at the
supermarket and __________________ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.
4. We __________________ (watch) TV when we __________________ (hear) a loud noise.
5. Julie __________________ (be) in the garden when Laurence __________________ (arrive).
6. A: What __________________ (you / do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I __________________ (clean) my
house.
7. Last year I __________________ (visit) Paris and Rome.
8. They __________________ (have) dinner when the police __________________ (come) to the door.
9. He __________________ (work) in the garden when he __________________ (find) the money.
10. Laura __________________ (study) at 11pm last night.

Present Simple and Present Continuous

1. Julie is reading (read) in the garden.
2. What are we having (we / have) for dinner tonight?
3. She has (have) two daughters.
4. I am staying (stay) in Spain for two weeks this summer.
5. He often comes (come) over for dinner.
6. The class begins(begin) at nine every day.
7. What are you eating(you / eat) at the moment?
8. What is Susie doing (Susie / do) tomorrow?
9. I dont work(not / work) on Sundays.
10. She isnt studying(not / study) now, she is watching(watch) TV.
11. How often do you go (you / go) to restaurants?
12. I am not going (not / go) on holiday this summer.
13. I'm sorry, I dont understand(not / understand).
14. She is working(work) as a waitress for a month.
15. She takes (take) a salsa dancing class every Tuesday.
16. It is (be) cold here in winter.
17. Take your umbrella, it is raining (rain).
18. This cake tastes (taste) delicious.
19. The bag belongs (belong) to Jack.
20. When are you arriving (you / arrive) tonight?