Past Continuous Tense
Past Continuous Tense se koristi za:
a) Za dvije paralelne radnje (I was swimming while she was dancing)
b) Za radnju koja je prekinuta nekom drugom radnjom (I was swimming when she fell)
c) Za radnju koja je duže trajala u prošlosti i koja je završila (I was sleping all night long)
Tvori se od pomoćnog glagola to be u prošlom vremenu (was/were), infinitiva glagola i
nastavka ing.
1. I was playing 1. We were playing
2. You were playing 2. You were playing
3. He was playing, she was playing, it was playing 3. They were playing
Upitni oblik se pravi inverzijom pomoćnog glagola (was, were) i glavnog glagola:
1. I was playing – Was I playing? 1. We were playing – Were we playing?
2. You were playing – Were you playing? 2. You were playing – Were you playing?
3. He was playing, she was playing, it was playing – Was he playing? 3. They were playing – Were
they playing?
Odrični oblik se pravi sa dodavanjem not...
1. I was not playing 1. We were not playing
2. You were not playing 2. You were not playing
3. He was not playing, she was not playing, it was not playing 3. They were not playing
Signalne riječi (prilozi):
While (dok), when (kada), all...
Kod riječi koje se završavaju na e, pri dodavanju nastavka ing, e se gubi: write+ing – writing,
take+ing – taking, save-ing – saving ...
Kod nekih riječi (koje se završavaju na – suglasnik + samoglasnik + naglašeni suglasnik) zadnji
suglasnik se dupla – shop+ing – shopping, stop+ing – stopping, sit+ing – sitting, swim+ing –
swimming, put+ing – putting, run+ing – running, begin+ing – beginning ...
Kod riječi koje se završavaju na ie, ono prelazi u y: die+ing – dying, lie+ing – lying, tie+ing -
tying
