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Tenses Rules

This document outlines the different forms of the past tense in English: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, and past perfect continuous. For each tense, it provides examples of positive and negative forms for the first, second, and third person singular and plural. It also includes common time expressions or "signal words" used with each tense and brief explanations of their meanings and uses.

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Tenses Rules

This document outlines the different forms of the past tense in English: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, and past perfect continuous. For each tense, it provides examples of positive and negative forms for the first, second, and third person singular and plural. It also includes common time expressions or "signal words" used with each tense and brief explanations of their meanings and uses.

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Past simple

1. I worked
2. You worked
3. He/she it worked
4. We worked
5. You worked
6. They worked

1. Did I work?
2. Did you work?
3. Did he/she/it work?
4. Did we work?
5. Did you work?
6. Did they work?

1. I didn’t work.
2. You didn’t work.
3. He/she/it didn’t work
4. We didn’t work
5. You didn’t work
6. They didn’t work

+ Signal words – AGO, YESTERDAY, LAST WEEK/MONTH/YEAR, IN 2010….


+ KORISTIMO GA ZA RADNJU U PROSLOSTI ZA KOJU ZNAMO KADA SE DESILA

Ex. I sold my car last year.


Past Continuous

1. I was working
2. You were working
3. He/she it was working
4. We were working
5. You were working
6. They were working

1. Was I working?
2. Were you working?
3. Was he/she/it working?
4. Were we working?
5. Were you working?
6. Were they working?

1. I wasn’t working.
2. You weren’t working.
3. He/she/it wasn’t working
4. We weren’t working
5. You weren’t working
6. They weren’t working

+ Signal words: WHEN, WHILE (tada je najcesce u kombinaciji sa past simple) I tacno vreme
(ex. At 7 o’clock last night)
+ Koristimo da opisemo radnju u proslosti koja je duže trajala i koju je prekinula neka kraća
radnja.
Ex. She was reading a book when he came in.
Past Perfect Simple
1. I had worked
2. You had worked
3. He/she it had worked
4. We had worked
5. You had worked
6. They had worked

1. Had I worked?
2. Had you worked?
3. Had he/she/it worked?
4. Had we worked?
5. Had you worked?
6. Had they worked?

1. I hadn’t worked.
2. You hadn’t worked.
3. He/she/it hadn’t worked
4. We hadn’t worked
5. You hadn’t worked
6. They hadn’t worked

+ signal words – By the time, After, Before, Because


+ koristimo ga da označimo radnju u prošlosti koja se desila pre neke druge radnje (past
simple). Najčešće se nalazi u rečenici zajedno sa običnim perfektom (past simple)

Ex. After I had finished my homework, I went to bed.


Past Perfect Continuous
1. I had been working
2. You had been working
3. He/she it had been working
4. We had been working
5. You had been working
6. They had been working

1. Had I been working?


2. Had you been working?
3. had he/she/it been working?
4. Had we been working?
5. Had you been working?
6. Had they been working?

1. I hadn’t been working.


2. You hadn’t been working.
3. He/she/it hadn’t been working
4. We hadn’t been working
5. You hadn’t been working
6. They hadn’t been working

+signal words: all night, for hours, before, after


+ Koristimo ga da označimo radnju u prošlosti koja se ponavljala ili duže trajala, a desila se pre
neke druge radnje (past simple).
Ex. Before she arrived, I had been waiting for hours.

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