Past progressive Exercises For Croatian Grammar

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The past progressive in Croatian grammar, also known as the past continuous, is used to express actions or situations that were in progress in the past, typically at a specific time or during a particular period of time. It is formed by combining the auxiliary verb “biti” (to be) in the past tense with the present participle of the main verb. This tense can express situations or actions that were ongoing, interrupted, or happening simultaneously with another event. In this set of exercises, you will practice the formation and use of the past progressive in Croatian by filling in blanks for appropriate verbs in context.

Exercise 1: Create the correct past progressive form of the verb

1. Ona *je ฤitala* (read) knjigu kada je telefon zazvonio.
2. Dok *su priฤali* (talk) u kafiฤ‡u, poฤeo je padati snijeg.
3. Ja *sam vozila* (drive) automobil dok su djeca spavala.
4. Marina *je gledala* (watch) televiziju kada smo doลกli.
5. Oni *su pjevali* (sing) na koncertu sinoฤ‡.
6. Mi *smo ลกetali* (walk) po parku dok je sunce sijalo.
7. Marko *je radio* (work) u vrtu kada ga je susjed pozvao.
8. Ti *si pisala* (write) pismo dok si ฤekala autobus.
9. Djeca *su plivala* (swim) u moru cijelo popodne.
10. Ana i Petra *su igrale* (play) odbojku na plaลพi.
11. Mi *smo sjedili* (sit) u restoranu dok su donosili hranu.
12. Oni *su se smijali* (laugh) dok su gledali film.
13. Maฤka *je spavala* (sleep) na kauฤu kada je pas uลกao.
14. Ti *si ฤekala* (wait) na stanici dok je vlak stigao.
15. Vi *ste kuvali* (cook) veฤeru dok su gosti stigli.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with the correct past progressive form of the verb in brackets

1. Dok sam ฤekao na semaforu, ลพena *je prelazila* (cross) cestu.
2. Djeca *su se igrala* (play) na dvoriลกtu dok su roditelji razgovarali.
3. Mi *smo spavali* (sleep) kada je poฤela oluja.
4. Ona *je sluลกala* (listen) glazbu dok je ฤistila stan.
5. Oni *su radili* (work) na projektu cijeli dan.
6. Ja *sam plakala* (cry) dok sam gledala film.
7. Ana *je plesala* (dance) na zabavi sinoฤ‡.
8. Marko i Ivan *su razgovarali* (talk) dok su ฤekali.
9. Ti *si pisao* (write) domaฤ‡u zadaฤ‡u dok je tvoj brat spavao.
10. Oni *su kupovali* (shop) u trgovini dok su se prijatelji naลกli.
11. Mi *smo uฤili* (study) za ispit kad je nastavnik uลกao.
12. Ti *si ฤitao* (read) novine dok si doruฤkovao.
13. Oni *su se ljubili* (kiss) na klupi u parku.
14. Ja *sam vozio* (drive) bicikl dok je poฤela kiลกa.
15. Vi *ste trฤali* (run) po ลกumi dok su ptice pjevale.

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