Present simple Upotreba

Prosto sadanje vreme se koristi za:

Radnje koje se ponavljaju (navike, obiaji, rutine):

I get up at 6 oclock. (Ja ustajem u 6 sati.)

She wears a uniform at work. (Ona nosi uniformu na poslu.)
The English drink tea at 5 oclock in the afternoon. (Englezi piju aj u 5 sati popodne.)
U ovom smislu se mogu koristiti i prilozi i fraze za uestalost (rei koje oznaavaju koliko esto se deava radnja).

To su: always (uvek), usually (obino), often (esto), sometimes (ponekad), never (nikad), every day (svakog
dana), every month (svakog meseca), every year (svake godine) i sl. Zatim, once a year (jedanput
godinje), twice a day (dvaput dnevno), three times a week (triput nedeljno) i sl.
Prilozi always, usually, often, sometimes, never dolaze pre glavnog glagola u potvrdnom obliku.
Fraze every day, every month, twice a year najee dolaze na kraju reenice:
I always go to school at 8 oclock in the morning. (Ja uvek idem u kolu u 8 sati ujutru.)
She usually drinks tea in the evening. (Ona obino pije aj uvee.)
We never eat in the living room. (Mi nikad ne jedemo u dnevnoj sobi.)
Opte istine (neto to je uvek tano):

People change money in banks. (Ljudi menjaju novac u bankama.)

A day has 24 hours. (Dan ima 24 asa.)
The Earth goes around the Sun. (Zemlja se okree oko Sunca.)
The Sava flows into the Danube. (Sava se uliva u Dunav.)
Karakteristike subjekta:

He speaks English very well. (On dobro govori engleski.)

My sister plays the piano. (Moja sestra svira klavir)

The Present Continuous Tense Upotreba

Present Continuous Tense (Sadanje trajno vreme) se koristi za:

Radnju koja se deava u trenutku govora, te se stoga uz njega esto nalaze vremenske odrednice now (sada) i at the
moment (u ovom trenutku):
She is reading a book at the moment. (Ona trenutno ita knjigu.)
Look! She is dancing. (Pogledaj! Ona plee.)
Planove vezane za budunost:

I am visiting my sister next weekend. (Sledeeg vikenda u posetiti svoju sestru.)

She is travelling to Italy next month. (Ona e putovati u Italliju sledeeg meseca.)

Present perfect simple Upotreba

Present Perfect Tense (Sadanje svreno vreme) se koristi za:

Radnju koja je upravo zavrena, te se stoga uz njega esto nalazi vremenska odrednica just (upravo). Ovaj prilog se
nalazi izmeu glagola to have i participa prolog:
She has just gone out. (Ona je upravo izala.)
Radnju koja se desila u prolosti u neko neodreeno vreme:

I have travelled to America. (Putovao sam u Ameriku.)

Prolu radnju koja ima vidljive rezultate (posledice) u sadanjosti:

The lift has broken down. We have to use the stairs. (Lift se pokvario. Moramo da idemo stepenicama.)
I have washed the car. It looks lovely. (Oprao sam kola. Izgledaju odlino.)
Za radnju koja kazuje neko ivotno iskustvo subjekta. U ovom znaenju esto se javljaju i prilozi ever (ikada)
i never (nikad), koji se nalaze izmeu glagola to have i participa prolog:
He has never eaten Chinese food. (On nikada nije jeo kinesku hranu.)
Have you ever been to France? (Da li si ikada bio u Francuskoj?)
I all my life (Where have you been all my life Rihanna :D )
Za radnju koja se dogodila ranije nego to je oekivano. U tom smislu se upotrebljava prilog already (ve) koji se
nalazi izmeu glagola to have i participa prolog:
Jane: Tom, dont forget to post the letter. (Dejn: Tome, nemoj da zaboravi da poalje pismo.)
Tom: Ive already posted it. (Tom: Ja sam ga ve poslao.)
 Za oekivanu radnju. U tom smislu koristimo re yet, koja se nekada ni ne prevodi, ali ima znaenje do sad, do ovog
trenutka, jo uvek. Ona se nalazi na kraju reenice, i koristi se samo u odrinim i upitnim reenicama:
Has it stopped raining yet? (Da li je kia prestala da pada?)
I havent done my homework yet. (Jo uvek nisam uradio svoj domai zadatak.)

Past simple tense Upotreba

Prosto prolo vreme se koristi za radnju koja je zavrena u prolosti.
Karakteristine vremenske odrednice uz koje se upotrebljava su:

yesterday jue,
the day before yesterday prekjue,
two years ago pre dve godine,
three hours ago pre tri sata,
last Monday prolog ponedeljka,
last year prole nedelje,
in 1977 1977. i sl.
Primeri:

I worked in a shop last year. (Radio sam u prodavnici prole godine.)

My brother finished his homework an hour ago. (Moj brat je zavrio domai pre sat vremena.)
Last week we decided to buy a new house. (Prole nedelje smo odluili da kupimo novu kuu.)
Sandra closed the window a few minutes ago. (Sandra je zatvorila prozor pre nekoliko minuta.)
My father built this house in 1997. (Moj otac je sagradio ovu kuu 1997.-e)
The day before yesterday Marko bought a nice hat. (Prekjue je Marko kupio lep eir.)

Past Perfect Tense - Upotreba

The Past Perfect Tense (Davno prolo vreme) se upotrebljava za:

Radnju koja se zavrila pre neke druge prole radnje:

She suddenly found that she had lost her camera. (Odjednom je shvatila da je izgubila foto aparat.)
The Past Perfect Tense se upotrebljava u zavisnim reenicama uz after. Takoe se mogu pojaviti i
prilozi when i because:
After we had reached the top, we began to feel tired. (Poto smo se popeli na vrh poeli smo da oseamo umor.)
His friends tried to help him after he had lost all his money. (Prijatelji su pokuali da mu pomognu nakon to je
izgubio sav svoj novac.)
When he had finished his homework, he went to play. (Kada je zavrio domai, izaao je da se igra.)
Because hed spent so much, he had very little money. (Poto je bio potroio toliko, imao je vrlo malo novca.)

Future Simple Tense Upotreba

Future Simple Tense koristi se:
Da bismo govorili o radnjama koje predviamo da e se desiti u budunosti (future predictions):

She will travel to Jamaica next year. (Ona e putovati na Jamajku sledee godine.)
Will it rain tomorrow? (Hoe li padati kia sutra?)
Za odluke donete u trenutku govora:

A: We ran out of sugar. (Nestalo nam je eera.)

B: I will go and buy some. (Otii u i kupiu ga.)

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Upotreba

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense se upotrebljava za radnju koja je trajala do nekog trenutka u prolosti. Tako se
ne naglaava da je radnja zavrena nego se potencira njeno trajanje. esto se uz ovo vreme koriste for i since:
When we came Sally had been waiting for half an hour. (Kad smo mi stigli, Seli je ekala ve pola sata.)
When I called on him he had been reading for a while. (Kada sam ga posetio, on je itao ve neko vreme.)