Past Continuous Tense - Prošlo trajno vreme

Formiranje:

nPotvrni oblik se gradi od prošlog vremena glagola to be (was/were) i sadašneg participa glavnog glagola (glagol + ing)

I was working	We were working
You were working	You were working
She/he was working	They were working

nUpitni oblik se gradi inverzijom

was I working	were we working
were you working	were you working
was she/he working	were they working

nU odričnom obliku dodajemo rečcu not  na prošlo vreme glagola to be (was/were) i običnose koristi skraćeni oblik.

I wasn’t working	We weren’t working
You weren’t working	You weren’t working
She/he wasn’t working	They weren’t working

Pravopisna pravila:

1. Ukoliko se glagol završava na y, on se ne menja prilikom dodavanja nastavka –ing

play – playing  study - studying

2. Ukoliko se glagol završava na e, ono se gubi pre dodavanja nastavka  –ing

have – having  make - making

3. Glagoli kao što su lie i die menjaju ie u y

Die – dying  lie - lying

4. Jednosložni glagoli s kratkim samoglasnikom i jednim suglasnikom na

kraju, udvajaju taj poslednji suglasnik po dodavanju nastavka - ing

Swim – swimming        sit- sitting

Prošlo trajno vreme se upotrebljava:

nKada želimo da kažemo da je neko bio u sred vršenja neke radnje u neko određeno vreme. Ova radnja je već počela pre tog vremena i ni tada se nije završila:

This time last year I was living in Brazil.

 nKoristi se zajedno sa prošlim prostim vremenom za radnju koja se desila u sred neke druge radnje ili ju je prekinula. 

While I was working in the garden, I hurt my back.