Tečaj o past continuous (preteklik kontinu) - Priprava na TOEIC®
❓ Besedi preteklik kontinu in past continuous pomenita isto v angleščini.
1. Oblikovanje past continuous (ali preteklika kontinu)
| Trditvene povedi | Negativne povedi | Vprašalne povedi |
|---|---|---|
| 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? |
- Pri trditvenih povedih uporabimo obliko oseba + was/were + -ing.
- Pri negativnih povedih uporabimo obliko oseba + was/were + not + -ing.
- Pri vprašalnih povedih uporabimo obliko was/were + oseba + -ing + ?.
Pogoste napake
- Uporaba "were" pri tretji osebi ednine:
- Napačno: We were reading a book.
- Pravilno: We was reading a book.
2. Kdaj uporabljamo past continuous (ali preteklik kontinu)?
2.1. Dejanja, ki so potekala v preteklosti
Na splošno se past continuous uporablja za govorjenje o dejanjih, ki so bila v teku v določenem trenutku v preteklosti.
- Yesterday at 8 PM, I was watching a movie.
2.2. Prekinjena dejanja v preteklosti
V nadaljevanju prejšnje točke se past continuous uporablja za opis dejanja, ki je bilo v teku in je bilo v preteklosti prekinjeno.
- Yesterday at 8 PM, I was watching a movie when my friend called me.
Časovni označevalci povezani s past continuous
Izrazi kot so "while", "when", "at that moment" se pogosto uporabljajo s past continuous za nakazovanje kdaj ali kako dolgo je neko dejanje trajalo.
- 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.
🎯 Nasvet: če v stavku TOEIC® opazite katerega od teh časovnih označevalcev, ki mu sledi past simple (she met, rang, ...), ste lahko skoraj prepričani, da je uporabljeni čas past continuous!
Tukaj je splošna oblika:
- While \+ past continuous\,** past simple
- Past continuous, when past simple
- At that moment, past continuous
Zaključek
Na izpitu TOEIC® boste naleteli vsaj na nekaj vprašanj, ki zahtevajo dobro poznavanje past continuous. Pomembno je zapomniti si, da se ta čas oblikuje z was / were + ing in se uporablja za opis dejanja, ki je bilo v teku v preteklosti.
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