Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous/Progressiveje glagolsko vrijeme.

Ono izražava radnju koja traje u trenutku dok o njoj govorimo. Takođe, ovo glagolsko vrijeme se
koristi za izražavanje radnje koja neprekidno traje, izražavanje navika, buduće radnje koju smo
već isplanirali i radnje koje se sporo mijenjaju.

Tvorba:

1. Affirmative

Potvrdni oblik (engl. affirmative) Present Continuous se temelji na pomoćnom glagolu „be“
(biti) koji se mijenja po zamjenicama dok infinitiv glavnog glagoal (engl. main verb) dobiva
nastavak –ing

He is writing.

Kada se tvori potvrdna rečenica (affirmative sentence) u Present Continuous Tensu redoslijed
riječi je sledeći:

Subject + „be“ + main verb (infinitive) + -ing

Examples:

The Sun is rising.

My sister is making breakfast.

They are singing in a choir.

Singular Pronoun be main verb Plural Pronoun be main verb

1. I am writing. 1. We are working.
2. You are writing. 2. You are working.
He 3. They are working.
3. She is writing.
It

2. Negative

Odrični oblik (engl. negative) se tvori na sledeći način:

Subject + „be“ + not + main verb (infinitive) + -ing

Examples:

They are not wearing boots.

Iam not doing my homework.

Singular Pronoun be negative main Plural Pronoun be negative main

verb verb
1. I am not writing. 1. We are not working.
2. You are not writing. 2. You are not working.
He 3. They are not working.
3. She is not writing.
It

3. Interrogative or yes/no questions

Upitni oblik (engl. interrogative) se tvori ovako:

„be“ + Subject + main verb (infinitive) + -ing

Examples:

Are we going out?

Are Jessica and Selma making dinner?

Singular be Pronoun main Plural be Pronoun main

verb verb
1. Am I writing? 1. Are we working?
2. Are you writing? 2. Are you working?
Is he 3. Are they working?
3. she writing?
it
Odgovort na ovakvu vrstu pitanja će biti sledeći:

yes/no word + Subject + „be“ + (not ako je negativan odgovor) + main verb (infinitive) + -ing

Examples:

Yes, we are going out. or No, we are not/ aren’t going out.

Yes, Jessica and Selma (or they) are making dinner. or No, Jessica and Selma are not/aren’t
making dinner.

4. wh- questions

U wh- questions ubrajamo:

Who? When? How? Where? What? Why?

Ovu vrstu pitanja tvorimo ovako:

wh- word + “be“ + Subject + main verb (infinitive) + -ing

Examples:

*Who is sleeping now?

When are they coming home?

How are they doing?

Where are we heading?

What is he going to do?

Why are they having lunch?

*kada postavljamo pitanje sa Who? podrazumijeva se da se u odgovoru traži subjekat pa ćemo

kada postavljamo pitanje unutar samog pitanja da izbacimo subjekat

Spelling
1. Ako se glagol završava na jedan suglasnik ispred kojeg stoji kratak, naglašen
samoglasnik, krajnji se suglacnik ispred nastavka –ing udvostručava:

hit (infinitive) + -ing = hitting

stop (infinitive) + -ing = stopping

begin (infinitive) + -ing = beginning

2. glagoli koji se zavrsavaju sa slovo l, to krajnje l se udvostručava:

travel (infinitive) + -ing = travelling

3. Ukoliko se glagol završava na slovo -e, to krajnje –e se gubi i dodaje se nastavak –ing:

come (infinitive) + -ing = coming

make (infinitive) + -ing = making

take (infinitive) + -ing = taking

4. Ukoliko se glagol završava na slova –ie, taj nastavak prelazi u y i dodaje se još na njega i
nastavak –ing:

die (infinitive) + -ing = dying

lie (infinitive) + -ing = lying