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7 PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Čas Past Continuous uporabljamo, ko opisujemo dejanje v preteklosti, ki je

trajalo dlje časa in/ali je bilo to dejanje prekinjeno.

OBLIKE

TRDILNA (+) NIKALNA (-) VPRAŠALNA (?)

I

You

He

She

It

We

You

They

was

were

was

was

was

were

were

were

reading

reading

reading

reading

reading

reading

reading

reading

I

You

He

She

It

We

You

They

was not

were not

was not

was not

was not

were not

were not

were not

dancing

dancing

dancing

dancing

dancing

dancing

dancing

dancing

Was

Were

Was

Was

Was

Were

Were

Were

I

you

he

she

it

we

you

they

writing?

writing?

writing?

writing?

writing?

writing?

writing?

writing?

POSEBNOST PRI TVORBI GLAGOLA

1. Glagoli, ki se končujejo na Y, zmeraj obdržijo Y cry crying

play playing

2. Glagoli, ki se končujejo na –E, jim le ta odpade have having

write writing

3. Glagoli, ki se končujejo na –IE, se končnica ie

spremeni v y, kateri dodamo še - ing (ying).

die dying

lie lying

4. Kratki glagoli, ki se končujejo na samoglasnik in

soglasnik, podvojijo zadnji soglasnik

stop stopping

sit sitting

PAST FUTURE NOW

Signal word for Past Continuous

Tense is (medtem ko).

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EXERCISES - VAJE


1. Transform the following verbs into the –ING form. Mind the exceptions in

spelling. – Zapiši –ING obliko naslednjih glagolov. Pazi na posebnosti pri pisavi.

1. live → _____living_____

2. run → ________________

3. let → ________________

4. give → ________________

5. swim → ________________

6. hide → ________________

7. lie → ________________

8. sit → ________________

9. get → ________________

10. travel → ________________

11. smile → ________________

12. dig → ________________

13. drive → ________________

14. have → ________________

15. make → ________________

16. hit → ________________

17. leave → ________________

18. shake → ________________

19. lose → _______________

20. take → _______________

21. ride → _______________

22. wake → _______________

23. set → _______________

24. become →_______________

25. die →___________________

26. sleep→__________________

2. Write positive, negative and interrogative sentences in Past Continuous

Tense. – Zapiši trdilne, nikalne in vprašalne stavke v času Past Continuous.

1. Rita / read / the newspaper.

+ Rita was reading the newspaper.

- Rita wasn't reading the newspaper.

? Was Rita reading the newspaper?

2. I / study / Portuguese.

+ _______________________________________________________________

- _______________________________________________________________

? _______________________________________________________________

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3. The secretary / send / an e-mail.

+ _______________________________________________________________

- _______________________________________________________________

? _______________________________________________________________

4. He / work / at the hospital.

+ _______________________________________________________________

- _______________________________________________________________

? _______________________________________________________________

5. They / have / a party.

+ _______________________________________________________________

- _______________________________________________________________

? _______________________________________________________________

6. Sandy / drink / soda / this morning.

+ _______________________________________________________________

- _______________________________________________________________

? _______________________________________________________________

7. The students / learn / English.

+ _______________________________________________________________

- _______________________________________________________________

? _______________________________________________________________

8. Judy and Tina / run /in the park.

+ _______________________________________________________________

- _______________________________________________________________

? _______________________________________________________________

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3. Complete the sentences with Past Continuous Tense. – Dopolni stavke s

časom Past Continuous.

1. Mike and Sam _were watching_ (watch) TV after dinner last night.

2. That woman ______________________ (eat) a hamburger.

3. She ______________________ (play) the guitar a few minutes ago.

4. They ______________________ (run) at 6 o’clock last morning.

5. Tim ______________________ (wear) his yellow shirt.

6. We ______________________ (have) breakfast some minutes ago.

7. He ______________________ (eat) rice and beans last night.

8. Father ______________________ (sleep) in the sofa.

9. I ______________________ (not study) Portuguese.

10. The sun ______________________ (shine) last Sunday morning.

11. The teacher ______________________ (correct) the students’ homework last

class.

12. Harry and Peter ______________________ (have) lunch.

13. The kids ______________________ (play) 5 minutes ago.

14. The girls ______________________ (not/do) their French lesson.

15. We ______________________ (read) the magazine three hours ago.

16. ____________ Paula ____________ (make) dinner?

17. They ______________________ (not travel) around the world last year.

18. I ______________________ (wear) my new dress at the party last weekend.

19. ____________ your sister ____________ (sleep) on the armchair?

20. ____________ the boys ____________ (watch) TV?

21. Those children ______________________ (look) for me.

22. ____________ Kathy ____________ (sing) in the shower?

23. The old lady ______________________ (not swim) in the river.




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4. Complete the sentences with Past Continuous Tense. – Dopolni stavke s časom

Past Continuous.

1. She _wasn’t attending_ (attend) school.

2. What________________________ (you/say)?

We ________________________ (not/listen) to you.

3. He ______________________ (read) a very interesting book.

4. I ______________________ (practice) the guitar when he came home.

5. They ______________________ (lead) the way.

6. You ______________________ (attain) your goals.

7. While Tim ______________________ (work) in his room, his friends

______________________ (swim) in the pool.

8. The children ______________________ (watch) a new film when their mother got

home last night.

9. We ______________________ (sunbath) ourselves on the beach.

10. I tried to tell them the truth but they ______________________ (not/listen) to

me.

11. What_________ he ________________ (do) while you ____________ (skate)?

12. It ______________________ (thunder) all day long.

13. When I phoned my friends, they ______________________ (play) Monopoly.

14. It ____________________ (snow) while we _____________________ (paint)

the car in the garage.

15. We ______________________ (plod) through the snow more than 3 hours.

16. They ______________________ (study) for the English exam.

17. The dog ___________________ (not bark) at a thief. It

____________________ (bark) at a cat.

18. We ______________________ (save) money for a new car.

19. At 9 o’clock p.m. Mrs Andrews ______________________ (cook) dinner.

20. You ______________________ (leave) by bus.




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5. Complete the sentences with Past Continuous Tense. – Dopolni stavke s časom

Past Continuous.

1. He _was being_ (be) horrible to everyone!

2. We __________________________ (not hide) in the tree house.

3. The men ______________________ (fight) in the street.

4. I ______________________ (talk) on the phone for hours and hours.

5. You ______________________ (talk) very slowly about it.

6. Yesterday at nine I ______________________ (prepare) dinner.

7. What ____________ you ____________ (wear) at the party?

8. The kids ____________ (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

9. We __________________________ (not/cycle) all day long.

10. I _________________________ (write) letters all day yesterday.

11. ____________ you ____________ (watch) TV when it happened?

12. They __________________________ (do) much business before lunch.

13. She ____________________________ (not speak) to me all week.

14. ____________ you __________________ (yawn) during the lesson?

15. The couple ____________ (dance) the whole evening.

16. It ____________________________ (rain) for a long time.

17. What ____________ you ____________ (do) when I phoned yesterday?

18. ____________ it ____________ (get) dark?

19. They ______________________ (watch) a movie in the cinema.

20. I ___________________________ (not/whisper).




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6. Write the sentences in the Past Continuous Tense. Napiši povedi v času Past

Continuous.

1. not / do / they / their / homework / yesterday afternoon

2. what / Mary / do / yesterday/?

3. her son / help / not/ his father

4. where / your grandparents / live / in 1999/ ?

5. walk / to school / yesterday / my brother

7. ?/ sister/sleep/two hours ago

8. run/ towards dangerous cliff / I

9. my grandma / look / after / me

10. bath/on that part / of the beach/nobody

11. yesterday / the sun / shine/ and / blow / the wind

12. scream / the children / on the playground / yesterday

13. sleep / how long/ you / ?




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7. What were they doing yesterday at 4. p.m.? Write the sentences in the

Past Continuous Tense. Kaj so počeli oni včeraj ob 16.00 popoldne? Napiši

povedi v času Past Continuous.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.




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8. Translate the sentences into English. Prevedi stavke v angleščino.

1. Ona se včeraj ni učila geografije.

2. Razmišljala sem o novem filmu.

3. Oni niso poslušali svojega učitelja.

4. Njena mama se je pogovarjala z učiteljico angleščine.

5. Nisem spala dobro.

9. Describe the picture and use Past Continuous tense. What were they

doing yesterday in the park? Opiši sliko in uporabi Past Continuous čas. Kaj so

oni počeli v parku včeraj?

1

2

3

2

4

3

2

5

4

4

3

2

6

5

5

4

4

3

2

7

5

5

4

4

3

2

8

5

5

4

4

3

2 9

5

5

4

4

3

2

10




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1. The children __________________________________________________.

2. Two boys ____________________________________________________.

3. The boy with a cap _____________________________________________.

4. The girl with a pony tail _________________________________________.

5. The father with red T-shirt ______________________________________.

6. The girl sitting next to the tree ___________________________________.

7. The boy _____________________________________________________.

8. The girl _____________________________________________________.

(jog)

9. A girl with black hair ___________________________________________.

(have lunch)

10. The bird ___________________________________________________.

(fly in the sky)




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ANSWERS - ODGOVORI


1 2. running, 3. letting, 4. giving, 5. swimming, 6. hiding, 7. lying, 8. sitting, 9. getting, 10.travelling,

11.smiling, 12.digging, 13.driving, 14. having, 15.making, 16.hitting, 17.leaving, 18.shaking, 19.losing, 20.riding,

21.setting, 22.taking, 23. waking, 24. becoming, 25. dying, 26. sleeping

2 2. I was studying Portuguese. I wasn’t studying Portuguese. Was I studying Portuguese? 3. The secretary

was sending an e-mail. The secretary wasn’t sending an e-mail. Was the secretary sending an e-mail? 4. He

was working at the hospital. He wasn’t working at the hospital. Was he working at the hospital? 5. They

were having a party. They weren’t having a party. Were they having a party? 6. Sandy was drinking soda this

morning. Sandy wasn’t drinking soda this morning. Was sandy drinking soda this morning? 7. The students

were learning English. The students weren’t learning English. Were the students learning English? 8. Judy

and Tina were running in the park. Judy and Tina weren’t running in the park. Were Judy and Tina running in

the park?

3 2. was eating, 3. was playing, 4. were running, 5. was wearing, 6. were having, 7. was eating, 8. was

sleeping, 9. wasn’t studying, 10. was shining, 11. was correcting, 12. were having, 13. were playing, 14. weren’t

doing, 15. weren’t reading, 16. was Paula making, 17. weren’t travelling, 18. wasn’t wearing, 19. was your sister

sleeping, 20. were the boys watching, 21. were looking, 22. was Katy singing, 23. wasn’t swimming

4 2. were you saying, weren’t listening, 3. was reading, 4. was practising, 5. were leading, 6. were attaining,

7. was working, were swimming, 8. were watching, 9. were sunbathing, 10. weren’t listening, 11. was he doing,

were skating, 12. was thundering, 13. were playing, 14. was snowing, were painting, 15. were plodding, 16.

were studying, 17. wasn’t barking, was barking, 18. were saving, 19. was cooking, 20. were leaving

5 2.weren’t hiding, 3. were fighting, 4. was talking, 5. were talking, 6. was preparing, 7. were you wearing, 8.

were playing, 9. weren’t cycling, 10. was writing, 11. were you watching, 12. were doing, 13. wasn’t speaking,

14. were you yawning, 15. was dancing, 16. was raining, 17. were you doing, 18. was it getting, 19. were

watching, 20. wasn’t whispering

6 1. They were not doing their homework yesterday afternoon., 2. What was Mary doing yesterday?

3. Her son was not helping his father., 4. Where were your grandparents living in 1999?, 5. My brother was

walking to school yesterday. 7. Was sister sleeping two hours ago? 8. I was running towards dangerous

cliff., 9. My grandma was looking after me., 10. Nobody was bathing on that part of the beach. 11. Yesterday

the sun was shining and the wind was blowing., 12. The children were screaming on the playground yesterday.

13. How long were you sleeping?




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7 1. The boy was riding a bike. A girl was dancing. The boy with blue T-shirt was playing football. The boy

with a red T-shirt was playing basketball. The girl with a yellow T-shirt was talking to the boy. The boy with

a purple T-shirt was jumping.

8 1. She was not learning Geography yesterday., 2. I was thinking about a new film., 3. They were not

listening to their teacher., 4. Her mother was talking to English teacher, 5. I was not sleeping well.


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