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Past Perfect Progressive Exercises For Serbian Grammar

Interactive grammar tasks for language mastery

Past Perfect Progressive or ‘Trajni preterit’ in Serbian is used to express an action that was ongoing in the past before another past action. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb ‘biti’ conjugated in the imperfective past perfect tense together with the past participle of the main verb.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the Past Perfect Progressive tense in Serbian.

1. Ona *je već kupovala* (was already buying) hleb, kad sam stigao u prodavnicu.
2. Ja *sam čitao* (was reading) knjigu, dok si ti spavao.
3. Mi *smo gledali* (were watching) film, dok je kiša padala.
4. Oni *su pevali* (were singing) dok smo mi svirali.
5. Ti *si učio* (were learning) srpski, kad sam te video u biblioteci.
6. Moja majka *je spremala* (was preparing) večeru, dok sam ja pisao zadaću.
7. Vi *ste igrali* (were playing) fudbal, dok je sunce sijalo.
8. Ja *sam radio* (was working) na projektu, dok su oni proslavljali.
9. Oni *su vežbali* (were exercising) dok sam ja odmarao.
10. Ona *je slikala* (was painting) pejzaž, dok je sunce zalazilo.
11. Ti *si kuvala* (were cooking) supu, dok je voda ključala.
12. Moji roditelji *su pričali* (were talking) sa učiteljem, dok sam ja čekao ispred.
13. Mi *smo čekali* (were waiting) autobus, dok je sneg padao.
14. Ja *sam slušao* (was listening) muziku, dok su oni igrali šah.
15. Oni *su radili* (were working) na bašti, dok je vetrovito bilo.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate auxiliary verb (jesam, jesi, jeste, smo, ste, su) for the Past Perfect Progressive tense.

1. Ona *je* plakala (was crying), dok sam ja otišao.
2. Ti *si* pisao (were writing) pesmu, dok je ona pevala.
3. Oni *su* igrali (were playing) košarku, dok su mi roditelji gledali.
4. Vi *ste* vežbali (were practicing) srpsku gramatiku, dok je predavač predavao.
5. Mi *smo* plivale (were swimming), dok su oni sunčali.
6. On *je* imao sastanak (was having a meeting) dok sam ja spavao.
7. Ti *si* čitala (were reading) magazin, dok je on gledao televiziju.
8. Mi *smo* stajali (were standing), dok su oni sjedili.
9. Vi *ste* ležale (were lying) na plaži, dok je puhao vetar.
10. Oni *su* gledali (were watching) utakmicu, dok ja nisam bio kod kuće.
11. Ti *si* kuvao (were cooking), dok je ona postavljala sto.
12. Ja *sam* učio (was studying), dok su oni zabavljali.
13. Ona *je* pisala (was writing) dok su oni spavali.
14. Mi *smo* vozili bicikl (were riding bikes), dok je ona trčala.
15. Ti *si* pekao (were baking) kolač, dok je voda ključala.

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