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Past Continuous Tense

The document describes the past continuous tense in Croatian. [1] It is used to emphasize an ongoing past action or to describe a past action that was interrupted by another past action expressed using "when". [2] It can also describe two simultaneous past actions, such as "While I was cooking, Jack was watching TV". [3] The past continuous is formed using was/were + verb + -ing. Examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms are provided. Exercises in using the past continuous tense follow.

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Past Continuous Tense

The document describes the past continuous tense in Croatian. [1] It is used to emphasize an ongoing past action or to describe a past action that was interrupted by another past action expressed using "when". [2] It can also describe two simultaneous past actions, such as "While I was cooking, Jack was watching TV". [3] The past continuous is formed using was/were + verb + -ing. Examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms are provided. Exercises in using the past continuous tense follow.

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Past Continuous Tense

- prošlo glagolsko vrijeme

Uporaba:

1. Koristi se za prošlu radnju čije trajanje želimo naglasiti.

I was playing soccer yesterday.

2. Služi nam da bismo prikazali neku prošlu radnju, koju je prekinula neka druga
radnja iz prošlosti. Da bismo to izrazili koristimo riječ „When“ (kada). Druga
radnja koja je prekinula prvu radnju uvijek se izražava u prošlom vremenu.

He was reading when he suddenly heard some noise.

3. To je prošlo glagolsko vrijeme kojim možemo prikazati dvije radnje koje su se


događale istovremeno.

While I was cooking, Jack was watching TV.

Tvorba: was / were + verb + -ing

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I was playing I was not playing Was I playing?

You were playing You were not Were you playing?


playing

He was playing He wasn't playing Was he playing?

We were playing We weren't playing Were we playing?

They were playing They weren't playing Were they playing?


Exercises

Past Continuous Quiz

1. My brother and sister _____ playing tennis at 11am yesterday.

a) are b) was c) were

2. _____ you still working at 7pm last night?

a) Were b) Are c) Was

3. At 8.30am today I _____ driving to work.

a) was b) am c) were

4. We _____ sleeping when the police came.

a) was b) weren't c) won't

5. Why _____ he having lunch at 4pm?

a) was b) does c) were

6. Was he not _____ his homework?


a) doing b) do c) done

7. Snow _____ lightly. Suddenly a reindeer appeared.

a) fell b) was falling c) is falling

8. Somebody threw a shoe at him _____ he was speaking.

a) after b) when c) while

9. They ________ TV when I arrived.

a) were watching b) were watched c) watched

10. I was reading a detective story _____ I heard a noise.

a) during b) while c) when

⮚ Now, do the quiz online and check your answers on the following link.
(To open the link press Ctrl and click a link).

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-continuous-quiz.htm

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