Kurs o past continuous (preterit kontinu) - Priprema za TOEIC®
❓ Riječi preterit kontinu i past continuous znače isto na engleskom jeziku.
1. Formiranje past continuous (ili preterit kontinu)
| Afirmativne rečenice | Negativne rečenice | Interrogativne rečenice |
|---|---|---|
| I was reading | I was not (wasn't) reading | Was I reading? |
| You were reading | You were not (weren’t) reading | Were you reading? |
| He/She/It was reading | He/She/It was not (wasn’t) reading | Was he/she/it reading? |
| We were reading | We were not (weren’t) reading | Were we reading? |
| You were reading | You were not (weren’t) reading | Were you reading? |
| They were reading | They were not (weren’t) reading | Were they reading? |
- Za afirmativne rečenice koristi se oblik subjekat + was/were + -ing.
- Za negativne rečenice koristi se oblik subjekat + was/were + not + -ing.
- Za interrogativne rečenice koristi se oblik was/were + subjekat + -ing + ?.
Česte greške
- Korištenje "were" sa trećim licem jednine:
- Pogrešno: We were reading a book.
- Ispravno: We was reading a book.
2. Kada koristiti past continuous (ili preterit kontinu)?
2.1. Radnje koje su bile u toku u prošlosti
Općenito, past continuous koristi se za govor o radnjama koje su se odvijale u određenom, specifičnom trenutku u prošlosti.
- Yesterday at 8 PM, I was watching a movie.
2.2. Prekinute radnje u prošlosti
Kao nastavak prethodne tačke, past continuous se koristi za radnje koje su bile u toku i koje su bile prekinute u prošlosti.
- Yesterday at 8 PM, I was watching a movie when my friend called me.
Vremenski markeri povezani sa past continuous
Izrazi kao što su "while", "when", "at that moment" često se koriste sa past continuous za označavanje kada ili koliko dugo je radnja trajala.
- While she was waiting for the bus, she met an old friend.
- Josephine was writing on the whiteboard when her phone rang.
- At that moment, Josephine was writing on the whiteboard.
🎯 Savjet: ako u TOEIC® rečenici primijetite neki od ovih vremenskih markera praćen preterit simple (she met, rang, ...), možete biti gotovo sigurni da je upotrijebljen past continuous!
Evo generičkog oblika:
- While \+ past continuous**\,** past simple
- Past continuous, when past simple
- At that moment, past continuous
Zaključak
Na TOEIC® ispitu ćete naići na barem nekoliko pitanja koja zahtijevaju poznavanje past continuous vremena. Ključno je zapamtiti da se gradi pomoću was / were + ing, i da se koristi za opisivanje radnje koja je bila u toku u prošlosti.
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