Past Perfect Exercises For Serbian Grammar

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The Past Perfect tense in Serbian language, known as “Pluskvamperfekat”, is used to express an action that happened before another action in the past. It matches the English Past Perfect tense and is constructed with the auxiliary verb โ€˜beโ€™ in form *jesam*, *jesi*, *jeste*, *smo*, *ste*, *su* and past participle of the main verb. It is important to note that verbs in Serbian have gender and reflect it in past tense.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in Past Perfect tense

1. Ana *je kupila* (to buy) knjigu pre nego ลกto je otiลกla na odmor.
2. Pre nego ลกto si doลกao, mi *smo gledali* (to watch) film.
3. Moja sestra *je veลพbala* (to exercise) pre nego ลกto je iลกla na trฤanje.
4. Vi *ste ฤitali* (to read) tu knjigu pre nego ลกto smo je mi uzeli.
5. Doktori *su operisali* (to operate) pacijenta prije nego ลกto je doลกao na posao.
6. Ja *sam spavao* (to sleep) pre nego ลกto si ti doลกao.
7. Ti *si uradila* (to do) domaฤ‡i pre nego ลกto si otiลกao na trening.
8. Naลก pas *je umro* (to die) pre nego ลกto smo se vratili sa odmora.
9. Novi student *je stigao* (to arrive) pre nego ลกto je poฤeo ฤas.
10. Moj brat *je zavrลกio* (to finish) fakultet pre nego ลกto se zaposlio.
11. Deca *su pisala* (to write) sastav pre nego ลกto su otiลกla u ลกkolu.
12. Baka *je kuvao* (to cook) ruฤak pre nego ลกto smo doลกli.
13. Mama *je oฤistila* (to clean) kuฤ‡u pre nego ลกto su gosti doลกli.
14. Pre nego ลกto smo krenuli na put, auto *je pregledan* (to check).
15. Pre nego ลกto je doลกao u posetu, cveฤ‡e *je posaฤ‘eno* (to plant).

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in Past Perfect tense

1. Polako *si kuvala* (to cook) supu pre nego ลกto su deca doลกla iz ลกkole.
2. Naลก tim *je pobedio* (to win) pre nego ลกto je sudio svirao kraj.
3. Ona *je obrisala* (to wipe) suze pre nego ลกto je uลกla u sobu.
4. Deฤak *je pojedio* (to eat) sladoled pre nego ลกto je stigao do kuฤ‡e.
5. Ja *sam proฤitao* (to read) ovu knjigu pre nego ลกto sam je preporuฤio.
6. Mi *smo posetili* (to visit) muzej pre nego ลกto smo otiลกli u park.
7. Vi *ste shvatili* (to understand) lekciju pre nego ลกto je profesor poฤeo objaลกnjavati.
8. Pre nego ลกto mi je otac pomoฤ‡ao, bicikl *je popravljen* (to repair).
9. Pre nego ลกto smo izabrali filmove, prodavnica *je zatvorena* (to close).
10. Moje drugarice *su napustile* (to leave) kafiฤ‡ pre nego ลกto sam ja stigla.
11. Voz *je proลกao* (to pass) pre nego ลกto si stigao na stanicu.
12. Pre nego ลกto smo izvrลกili plaฤ‡anje, raฤun *je plaฤ‡en* (to pay).
13. Pre nego ลกto je sisao sunce, mesec *je nestao* (to disappear).
14. Ptica *je odletela* (to fly away) pre nego ลกto sam mogao da je fotografiลกem.
15. Pre nego ลกto su doลกli gosti, soba *je oฤiลกฤ‡ena* (to clean).

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