Past Simple ali Past Continuous – razlika med časoma

PAST SIMPLE se uporablja za:

PAST CONTINUOUS se uporablja za:

zaključena, dovršena dejanja v preteklosti:
I went to the cinema yesterday.

trajajoča dejanja, ki so bila prekinjena:
While I was watching TV, the phone rang.

pretekle navade, stanja v preteklosti:
I always visited my grandparents during my summer holidays when I was a child.

dejanja, ki so trajala v točno določeni časovni točki:
Last night at 7, I was making dinner.

dejstva v preteklosti:
I lived in the center of Ljubljana for several years.

dejanja, ki so trajala in se dogajala vzporedno:
While I was washing the dishes, my husband was sleeping.

POMEN: dejanje se je ZGODILO

POMEN: dejanje se je DOGAJALO

Tipični prislovi: ago, last, yesterday, when…

Tipični prislovi: while, as, at 9pm…