PAST SIMPLE – kronoloski tok dogajanja

signalne besede = AGO, YESTERDAY, IN 2010, LAST (NIGHT, WEEKEND,

MONTH…), WHEN
+ GLAGOL + ED/2. OBLIKA
? DID + NEDOLOCNIK
- DIDN’T + NEDOLOCNIK
I woke up at 7 a.m., got dressed and went to school.

PAST CONTINUOUS – dejanja, ki so trajala in so ponavadi

prekinjena/dejanje, ki se dogajalo v dolocenem trenutku
signalne besede = WHILE, AS, WHEN
+ OSEBA + WAS/WERE + GLAGOL + ING
? WAS/WERE + OSEBA + GLAGOL + ING
- OSEBA + WASN’T/WEREN’T + GLAGOL + ING
While I was talking on the phone, the postman knocked on the door.
While I was studying History, my mum was cooking dinner.
My mum cooked dinner and then I washed the dishes.

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE – ko moramo omeniti dejanje, ki se je

zgodilo pred past simplom
signalne besede – before, after, earlier
+ OSEBA + HAD + 3. OBLIKA/-ED
? HAD + OSEBA + 3. OBLIKA/-ED
- OSEBA + HADN’T + 3. OBLIKA/-ED
I sat on the bus and then I realized that I had forgotten my wallet at home.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS – ko moramo omeniti dejanje, ki
se je zgodilo pred past simplom in je trajalo
+ OSEBA + HAD + BEEN + GLAGOL + ING
? HAD + OSEBA + BEEN + GLAGOL + ING
- OSEBA + HADN’T + BEEN + GLAGOL + ING
Before I managed to post the letter in the post office, I had been waiting for two
hours.