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Past Simple vs Past Continuous Exercises For Serbian Grammar

Language learning simplified with easy-to-understand grammar exercises

In the Serbian grammar, Past Simple and Past Continuous are important tenses that denote actions in the past. Past Simple refers to actions that happened at an exact time in the past. It’s formed with the auxiliary verb ‘biti (to be)’ in the past simple and past participle. On the other hand, Past Continuous is used to denote ongoing actions in the past and is usually translated as “I was doing something”. It’s constructed with the auxiliary verb ‘biti (to be)’ in the present tense and the infinitive of the verb.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct past simple form

1. Ja sam *bio* (was) u školi juče.
2. On je *video* (saw) psa u parku.
3. Mi smo *jeli* (ate) picu za večeru.
4. Ti si *čitao* (read) knjigu pre spavanja.
5. Ona je *plakala* (cried) na filmu.
6. Vi ste *plesali* (danced) cele noći.
7. *Kupio* (bought) sam novi auto.
8. Oni su *igrali* (played) fudbal.
9. *Govorila* (spoke) si o tome na sastanku.
10. Mi smo *pisali* (wrote) testove.
11. Ja sam *trčao* (ran) maraton.
12. Ti si *pevao* (sang) na koncertu.
13. Oni su *gledali* (watched) film.
14. *Pročitala* (read) je novine.
15. Vi ste *radili* (worked) kasno.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct past continuous form

1. Ja sam *bio* (was) čitao knjigu.
2. Ona je *bila* (was) prala kosu.
3. Mi smo *bili* (were) pevali pesme.
4. Ti si *bio* (was) trčao maraton.
5. Ona je *bila* (was) pisala priču.
6. Vi ste *bili* (were) radili domaći.
7. On je *bio* (was) gledao televiziju.
8. Oni su *bili* (were) igrali video igre.
9. *Bila* (was) sam jela doručak.
10. Ti si *bio* (was) vozio bicikl.
11. Oni su *bili* (were) kupovali namirnice.
12. *Bila* (was) je slikala pejzaž.
13. Mi smo *bili* (were) vežbali matematiku.
14. Vi ste *bili* (were) plivali u bazenu.
15. On je *bio* (was) pravio tortu.

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