PAST SIMPLE SUBJECT Ved iregular verbs druga kolona

PAST SIMPLE SUBJECT + V-ed/ iregular verbs (druga kolona)… • I worked all my life. • He spent a lot of money yesterday. • We tried to get away last week. • They saw the president a year ago.

Negatives: did + not + Verb • I did not (didn’t) work all my life. • They did not see the president last year. Questions: did + Subject + Verb… • Did you work all your life? • Did we see that movie last month?

Exceptions in adding –ed: • Regular verbs ending in silent e -> add –d: Bake – baked, close – closed, phone – phoned, die – died • Regular verbs ending in vowel (a, e, i, o, u) + y -> add –ed: Play – played, destroy – destroyed, employ-employed • Regular verbs ending in consonant + y -> replace y with –ied Marry – married, carry – carried, study – studied, trytried, fry-fried, worry-worried

• Vowel + consonant ->double the consonant and add –ed stop-stopped, plan-planned, rob-robbed • BUT: • happen-happened, open-opened, visited, exit-exited, answer-answered…

Past Continuous was/were + V-ing • I was learning. We were learning. • You were learning. • He/She/It was learning. They were learning. • You were studying when she called. • Were you studying when she called? • You were not studying when she called. • He was working when he came. • She was not working when he came. • Was I working when Peter called?

Usage: to indicate a longer action in the past that was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past. / dugotrajna radnja u prošlosti koja je prekinuta nekom kraćom. • I was watching TV when she called. • When the phone rang, she was writing a letter. • While we were having the picnic, it started to rain. • What were you doing when the earthquake started? • You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off.

Usage: also when we use a specific time of interuption. / kada upotrebimo tačno vreme prekida. • Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner. • At midnight, we were still driving through the desert. • Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.

Usage: expresses the idea that both actions were happening at the same time. /kada se dve radnje dešavaju istovremeno. • I was studying while he was making dinner. • While Ellen was reading, Tim was watching television. • Were you listening while he was talking? • I wasn't paying attention while I was writing the letter, so I made several mistakes. • What were you doing while you were waiting?