THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Ovo vreme koristimo da pokažemo:

 Da je neka radnja trenutno u toku: I’m waiting for the train.
 Da je neka radnja u toku iako se trenutno ne dešava (ali se dešava u privremenom vremenskom
intervalu oko momenta govora): I must go back. We’re working on a new project.
 Za rutinske radnje ili situacije koje su privremene: I’m working at a sports shop for six weeks.
At the moment they’re living in avery small flat.
 Da se stvari menjaju u toku nekog dužeg perioda: The earth is slowly getting warmer.
 Za ugovorene radnje vezane za budućnost: I’m playing badminton with Matthew tomorrow.
 Sa always uglavnom da pokažemo da nas to iritira, da se to nešto dešava suviše često ili čak
prečesto: Tom is always inviting friends here. I’m always making silly mistakes.
 Am/is/are being – privremeno ponašanje: You are being an idiot this morning. Andrew is being
very sociable today.
 I’m loving/enjoying i sl – kratak period, privremeno: I’m loving/enjoying this party. I’m liking
school much better now. This trip is costing me a lot of money.

THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Ovo vreme koristimo za:
 Misli i osećanja: I think so, I like it.
 Stanja, stvari koje su nepromenjive, (trajne) činjenice i stvari koje su istinite za duge
vremenske periode (rutine koje se smatraju trajnim): We live quite near.
 Radnje koje se ponavljaju: We come here every week.
 U izrazima kao što su: I promise, I agree, I refuse i sl: I promise I’ll pay you back.
 U negativnim pitanjima sa why kada nešto predlažemo: Why don’t we go out?
 Za radnje koje se odnose na budućnost, ali su vezane za neke satnice tj fiksno vreme: The new
term starts next week.
 Uz glagole koji obično ne idu u continuous: be, believe, belong, consist of, contain, depend on,
deserve, exist, hate, know, like, love, matter, mean, own, need, prefer, remember, resemble,
seem, understand, think=believe, have=own, come=live in, see=understand, have in sight;
appear=seem, fit=be the right size;

THE PAST SIMPLE

 Da pokažemo da se nešto završilo/dogodilo u prošlosti: Emma passed her exam last year. I
knew what the problem was. When did you buy this car?
 Da pokažemo akciju/radnju u priči:We arrived at the beach.
 Ako su se dve ili više radnji dogodile jedna za drugom, sve ih stavljamo u past simple: When
we saw the spaceship, we stopped the car. (= We saw it and then we stopped)

THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

 Da pokažemo da je neka radnja bila u toku u nekom trenutku u prošlosti: It was raining at three
o’clock.
 Da pokažemo da je neka radnja trajala izvesno vreme u prošlosti (nije nam bitno da li se
završila do kraja, ili je prekinuta u nekom trenutku, jedino nam je važno da pokažemo da je
trajala): We were working all afternoon.
 Obično ga NE koristimo za stanja
 Da opišemo pozadinu neke priče (šta se dešavalo pre nego što je počela akcija): The sun was
shining. The stars were twinkling. Then suddenly something strange appeared in the sky.
 Ako je jedna radnja bila u toku, a onda je prekinuta nekom drugom kraćom radnjom dužu
radnju izražavamo past continuous-om, a kraću radnju past simple-om: I was walking down the
street when I saw the accident.
  Za dve radnje koje su se paralelno odvijale u prošlosti: She was making some coffee and he
was looking around the room.

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

 Da govorimo o stvarima koje su se dogodile u prošlosti ali čiji je rezultat (posledica) prisutan u
sadašnjosti: We’ve washed the dishes. (They’re clean now) We’ve eaten all the eggs. (There
aren’t any left.)
 Za sve situacije koje pokazuju da je radnja započela u prošlosti i još uvek traje (za sve što je up
to now): I’ve read a lot of books.
 Uz just, already i yet najčešće ide ovo vreme: We’ve just come back from our holiday. Most
people have already gone home. She hasn’t finished breakfast yet. Has your course started yet?
 Sa for i since koristimo ovo vreme da pokažemo koliko dugo već neka radnja traje
(podrazumeva se da je počela u prošlosti i da traje do trenutka govora): Those people have been
at the hotel since Friday. I’ve felt really tired for a whole week now.
 U pitanjima sa how long: How long has Vicky had that camera? How long have you known
him?
 Sa ever i never: Have you ever played cricket? I’ve never riddena motorbike in my life.
 Sa izrazima It’s/ This is the first/second time: This is the first time we’ve been to Scotland.
 Sa vremenskim odrednicama today, this morning, this week, this year i sl: We’ve done quite a
lot of work today. I haven’t watched any television so far this week.