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English Tenses - Exercises
English Tenses - Exercises
Who's been drinking my beer? (Ko je pio moje pivo, ne mora biti cela čaša)
Who's drunk my beer? (Ko mi je popio pivo, može oznaćavati celu čašu. )
What do you do? (Šta radiš, može označavati više stvari na primer u zavisnosti
od konteksta, What do you do for fun.)
What are you doing? (Pitanje koje se odnosi šta radiš u datom trenutku.)
What did you do when you cut your finger? (Šta si uradio kada si posekao
prst, misli se na proceduru nakon napravljene posekotine npr. zavoj)
What were you doing when you cut your finger? (Šta si radio kada si posekao
prst, upitno, kako je došlo do incidenta)
He fired the gun. (Označava prošlo vreme, pucao je Iz pištolja)
He was firing the gun when I saw him (Pucao je iz pištolja kada sam ga
ugledao)
I’ve checked my emails and there’s no reply. (Proveravao sam mejlovi I nije
bilo odgovora)
I’ve been checking my emails, that’s why I’m late. (Proveravao sam mejlove I
zbog toga sam zakasnio, sugeriše se razlog njegovog kašnjenja)
The train leaves in 5 minutes. (Voz odlazi za 5 minuta, zvuči kao da je rečeno
od strane nekog ko radi na stanici.)
The train is leaving in 5 minutes! (Dok ovo više zvuči kao da rečeno od strane
nekog našeg poznanika koji nam ukazuje da voz može da se zakasni na voz)
EXERCISE 3 – PERFECT
What is the difference in meaning between the pairs or groups of sentences
below?
Покушајте својим речима да објасните разлику између реченица (на
српском или енглеском, како вам је лакше).
E.g. They’ve been married for 30 years. (они су у браку 30 година и још увек
су браку)
They were married for 30 years. (они су били у браку 30 година али више
нису; могуће да су се развели, да су преминули и сл.)
When I’ve talked to him, I’ll tell you. (Kada budem razgovarala sa njim rećiću
ti.)
When I talk to him, I’ll tell him. (Kada budem razgovarala sa njim rećiću mu)
EXERCISE 4 – PERFECT
Problems with Perfect Tenses:
The sentences below contain common errors that students make with the
perfect tenses in English. Try to correct them and think about why the student
made the error (e.g. language 1 interference, confusion with another tense).
Покушајте да исправите грешке у реченицама и размислите зашто је
студент направио грешку. (нпр. због утицаја матерњег језика; зато
што је одређено време помешао са другим временом – са којим, зашто?
и сл.)
EXERCISE 5
Make your own sentences using the time words and expressions indicated.
Саставите реченице користећи дате временске одредбе. Напишите у
загради које сте време користили.
All day yesterday - (I have been thinking of you all day yesterday) Past tense
By the end of this week - ( By the end of the week, you're pretty fried) Future
perfect
Between 7 and 10 o´clock tonight - (I'll be seeing you Between 7 and 10 o
´clock tonight) Future tense
Ago – (That was three years ago) Past progresive
For two semesters – (I studied for two semesters) Simple past
As – while – (While I’ve studied at the college, I’ve been working in countless
jobs.) Past
Already – (I've already been there before) Past perfect
This morning (When I woke up this morning I felt tired.) Past simple
Sometimes - (Sometimes I take the bus to work) Present simple
Now (I want to see you now) Present simple
Lately - (I haven't been able to see her lately) Present simple
Two days from now (I'll be seeing you two days from now) Future simple
Before last week - (I was there before last week) Simple past
Before I´m fifty (I want to travel more before I´m fifty) Present simple
EXERCISE 6
EXERCISE 7