PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

(Složeno/Trajno sadašnje vreme)

1. AFFIRMATIVE FORM:(+)
We form present continuous with the present of verb TO BE and PRESENT PARTICIPLE.
TO BE: PRESENT PARTICIPLE
I am ( verb + ing)
We / You / They are +
He / She / It is
Ovo vreme formiramo uz pomoć glagola TO BE koji je u prezentu (oblici su navedeni iznad) i oblika koji se
zove particip prezenta a dobijamo ga tako što na infinitiv glagola dodajemo nastavka ING.
Examples:
1. I am studying English now. (Trenutno učim engleski.)
2. We are watching TV at the moment. (Gledamo TV u ovom trenutku.)
3. She is doing her homework now. (Ona sada radi domaći.)

2. NEGATIVE FORM: (-)

We form negative form of present continuous by adding NOT to the verb TO BE.
TO BE + NOT
I am not (I’m not)
We / You /They are not (aren’t) + verb+ing
He / She / It is not (isn’t)
Odričan oblik se gradi tako na glagol TO BE dodajemo rečcu NOT. Gore su navedeni oblici po licima a u
zagradi su dati skraćeni oblici koji su češći od dužih oblika.
Examples:
1. I’m not watching TV right now. (Ne gledam TV sada.)
2. He isn’t playing computer games now. (On sada ne igra kompjuterske igrice.)
3. They aren’t playing football at the moment. (Oni trenutno ne igraju fudbal.)

3. QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS: (?)

We form questions by putting the verb TO BE at the begining of the sentence, then we use subject and
present participle.
TO BE + SUBJECT + verb + ing
Am I ?
Are we / you / they ?
Is he / she / it?
Pitanja formiramo tako što na početak rečenice stavimo glagol TO BE, posle toga ide subjekat rečenice i na
kraju glagol na koji dodamo nastavak ING.
Examples:
1. Are you studying English now? (Da li sada učiš engleski?)
2. Are they watching TV at the moment? (Da li oni sada gledaju TV?)
3. Is he doing his homework now? (Da li on sad radi svoj domaći?)
Kratki odgovori su isti kao za glagol TO BE koji smo pisali još na početku, odnosno po licima glase ovako:

Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.

Yes, we / you / they are. / No, we / you / they aren’t.
Yes, he / she / it is. / No, he / she / it isn’t.

* Posebna napomena:
Kada pravimo present particip, odnosno dodajemo nastavak ING na glagol, kod nekih glagola dolazi do
promena u pisanju. Ovo se dešava u sledećim situacijama:
1. kada je glagol kratak, jednosložan, pre nastavka ing dupliramo poslednje slovo
cut – cutting shop – shopping
sit – sitting stop – stopping
run – running swim – swimming
2. kada se glagol u infinitivu završava na E, to E se gubi pre dodavanja nastavka ing
have – having hide – hiding
make – making like – liking
ride – riding live – living

* Common mistakes (česte greške):

Često učenici greše u određenim slučajevima kad dodaju nastavak ing i to su sledeći primeri:
play – playing ( a ne plaing)
study – studying ( ne studing)
stay – staying (ne staing)
Obavezno obratite pažnju da ne pravite ovakve greške.