Presentation explaining how to make and use the Past Simple Tense

1. The Past Simple Tense
Просто прошло време

2. Examples
• You called Debbie.
(Positive)
• Did you call Debbie?
(Question)
• You did not call Debbie.
(Negative)

3. FORM
• Verb + ED or irregular verb (simple past)

4. Uses:
• Completed Action in the Past
Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an
action started and finished at a specific time in the
past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually
mention the specific time.

5. Examples:
• I saw a movie yesterday.
• I didn't see a play yesterday.
• Last year, I travelled to Japan.
• Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.

6. • Did you have dinner last night?
• She washed her car.
• He didn't wash his car.

7. • A Series of Completed Actions
We use the Simple Past to list a series of
completed actions in the past.

8. Examples:
• I finished work, walked to the beach,
and found a nice place to swim.
• He arrived from the airport at
8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00,
and met the others at 10:00.
• Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and
then add the eggs?

9. Habits in the Past
The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which
stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used
to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often
add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I
was a child, when I was younger, etc.

10. Examples:
• I studied French when I was a child.
• He played the violin.
• He didn't play the piano.
• Did you play a musical instrument when you
were a kid?
• She worked at the theatre after school.
• They never went to school, they
always skipped class.

11. Past Facts or Generalizations
The Simple Past can also be used to describe past
facts or generalizations which are no longer true.
As in USE 4 above, this use of the Simple Past is
quite similar to the expression "used to."

12. Examples:
• She was shy as a child, but now she is very
outgoing.
• He didn't like tomatoes before.
• Did you live in Texas when you were a kid?
• People paid much more to make cell phone
calls in the past.

13. Malo prevoda
• Past simple ili obično prošlo vreme gradi se
tako što se na infinitiv glagola (work) dodaje
nastavak –d/-ed). Ovo pravilo važi za pravilne
glagole. Upitni i odrični oblik grade se sa
pomoćnim glagolom did. Kada imamo
nepravilni glagol, ne dodajemo ed, već
koristimo njegovu II kolonu, tj. Past simple
oblik tog glagola.

14. Građenje
a. Potvrdna rečenica:
Subjekat + glavni glagol u prošlom obliku. Ako je
glagol pravilan,dodajemo mu nastavak ED,ako je
glagol nepravilan, tj. irregular verb, treba nam
njegova II kolona.
• I lived in that house when I was young. (Živeo sam
u toj kući kada sam bio mlad)
• She played basketball last week. (Ona je igrala
košarku prošle nedelje)

15. • Odrična rečenica:
• U upitnom i odričnom obliku nastavak –d (-ed) se
gubi. Greška je istovremeno upotrebljavati did i
nastavak na glagolu!!!
subjekat + (prošlo vreme glagola "do") DID + not +
infinitiv glavnog glagola
He didn't like the movie. (Nije mu se dopao film)
Mary did not go to work last Monday. (Mary nije
otišla na posao prošlog ponedeljka)

16. • Upitna rečenica:
• U upitnom i odričnom obliku nastavak –d (-ed) se
gubi.
• Greška je istovremeno upotrebljavati did i nastavak
na glagolu!!!
• (prošlo vreme glagola Do) DID+ subjekat + infinitiv
glavnog glagola

17. • Did you play tennis last week. (Jesi li igrao
tenis prošle sedmice?)
• Did he watch TV last night. (Da li je gledao TV
prošle sedmice?)

18. Glagol to be
• Za razliku od svih ostalih engleskih glagola,
jedino se kod glagola to be u Past S. ne koristi
pomoćni glagol did, već se upitni oblik gradi
inverzijom. To znači da glagol i subjekat
zamene mesta.
• He was ill last week. He wasn’t well.
• Was he ill last week?
• Did he was /did he be ill? NETAČNOOOO!

19. • Glagol did (prošlo vreme glagola Do) u svim
licima ima isti oblik!

20. • Upitni oblik se gradi i kod pravilnih i
nepravilnih glagola od upitnog oblika prošlog
vremena pomoćnog glagola to do i infinitiva
glavnog glagola koji stavljamo u ovo vreme.

21. JEDNINA
•
Did I ask? – da sam ja pitao?
Did you ask?– da li si ti pitao?
Did he ask?– da li je on pitao?
Did she ask ?– da li je ona
pitala?
Did it ask?– da li je ono pitalo ?

22. MNOŽINA
• Did we ask ?– da li smo mi pitali ?
• Did you ask ?– da li ste vi pitali ?
• Did they ask ?– da li su oni,one,ona pitali ?

23. Glagol to be
• Glagol to be nema u svim licima isti oblik.
Potvrdni oblik
I was (ill) – ja sam bio/bila
(bolestan/na)
You were ill
He/she/it was ill
We were ill
They were ill

24. Upitni oblik
Was I ill ? – da li sam bio/la bolestan/bolesna?
Were you ill?
Was he/she/it ill?
Were we ill?
Were they ill?

25. Odrični oblik
I was not (wasn’t) – ja nisam bio/la bolestan/sna
You weren’t
He/she/it wasn’t
We weren’t
They weren’t

26. Positive Negative Question
• I was.
• You were.
• We were.
• They were.
• He was.
• She was.
• It was.
• I was not.
• You were not.
• We were not.
• They were not.
• He was not.
• She was not.
• It was not.
• Was I?
• Were you?
• Were we?
• Were they?
• Was he?
• Was she?
• Was it?
To be

27. • Ako se glagol završava na suglasnik ispred
kojeg stoji kratak naglašen vokal, krajnji
samoglasnik se udvostručava:
• plan - planned
skip - skipped
• Krajnje "l" se uvek udvostručava:
• level - levelled
• travel – travelled

28. • Ako se glagol završava na "-y" ispred kojeg se
nalazi suglasnik, taj se "y" menja u "i":
• worry - worried
cry – cried
• hurry – hurried
• Ako se glagol završava ne E, dodajemo samo D
• wave –> waved
live –> lived, love – loved

29. Prilozi
• Kao što smo videli u prethodnom primeru, Past S. se
obično koristi uz priloge za vreme, kao što su:
• last (month, week, year, Monday)
• yesterday
• Ago (a few days ago, two minutes ago)
• at (6.00/the end of the year/Christmas)
• on (Tuesday/15th May)
• in (January/2007/summer)