Past Continuous: rečenice, vježbe, testovi i primjeri

Past Continuous koristimo

Past Continuous koristi se za opisivanje radnji koje su se odvijale u određenom trenutku u prošlosti, trajnih procesa, pozadinskih situacija, istodobnih radnji i radnji koje je prekinuo neki drugi događaj.

Past Continuous Oblik

Subject + was / were + V-ing

Past Continuous Pravilo

• Past Continuous koristi se za radnje koje su se događale u određenom trenutku u prošlosti.
  I was reading an email at that moment.
  U tom sam trenutku čitao e-poštu.
  She was speaking to a client at 10 o'clock.
  Razgovarala je s klijentom u 10 sati.
• Koristi se za dulje radnje ili procese u prošlosti.
  They were talking all night.
  Razgovarali su cijelu noć.
  He was studying for hours.
  Učio je satima.
• Past Continuous opisuje dužu radnju u pozadini, dok Past Simple prikazuje radnju koja ju prekida.
  I was cooking when he called.
  Kuhala sam kad je nazvao.
  They were walking home when it started to rain.
  Išli su kući kad je počela kiša.
• Može opisivati dvije radnje koje se događaju u isto vrijeme.
  I was doing my homework while my sister was watching TV.
  Pisao sam zadaću dok je moja sestra gledala televiziju.
  She was writing emails while he was making phone calls.
  Pisala je e-mailove dok je on telefonirao.
• Past Continuous se često koristi za opisivanje pozadinskih situacija.
  People were walking in the park and children were playing.
  Ljudi su šetali parkom, a djeca su se igrala.
  Music was playing and everyone was dancing.
  Glazba je svirala i svi su plesali.
• Past Continuous može se koristiti s always za izražavanje iritacije ili ponovljenih radnji.
  He was always complaining about his job.
  Uvijek se žalio na svoj posao.
  She was always leaving the lights on.
  Uvijek je ostavljala upaljena svjetla.
• Uobičajeni vremenski izrazi uključuju:
  u tom trenutku, u 17 sati, dok, kada, cijeli dan, cijelu večer
  She was working late that evening.
  Radila je do kasno te večeri.
  I was feeling tired all day.
  Bio sam umoran cijeli dan.
• Postoje jednostavna pravopisna pravila za tvorbu nastavka -ing.
  • Ako glagol završava na -e, izostavljamo e i dodajemo -ing.
  • Ako glagol završava suglasnik-samoglasnik-suglasnik, udvostručujemo završni suglasnik.
  • Ako glagol završava na -ie, mijenjamo ga u y i dodajemo -ing.
  make → making, run → running, lie → lying
• Neki se glagoli obično ne koriste u trajnim oblicima (znati, sviđati se, htjeti, trebati, razumjeti).
  ✅ I knew the answer.

  ❌ I was knowing the answer.

Past Continuous Nijekanje

• Negacija se tvori s was not i were not.
  I was not working at that time.
  Tada nisam radio.
  She wasn't listening to music.
  Nije slušala glazbu.
  They weren't waiting outside.
  Nisu čekali vani.

Past Continuous Pitanja

U pitanjima, was / were dolazi ispred subjekta.

Was / Were + subject + V-ing?
Wh-word + was / were + subject + V-ing?

Past Continuous Tipične pogreške

Past Continuous Rečenice

Past Continuous Primjeri