Present Simple

Nastavak –s u trećem licu jednine.

Ukoliko se glagol završava na –o,–ch, –sh, –x, –ss nastavak glasi –es.

Ako se glagol završava na –y i ukoliko je ispred njega suglasnik, –y prelazi u –ie:

 He cries. (cry -plakati)

 It flies. (fly – leteti)
Ako se glagol završava na –y i ukoliko je ispred njega samoglasnik, nema promene:
 She plays. (play – igrati)
 He stays. (stay – ostati)
Izuzetak je glagol have koji u trećem licu glasi has.

*always, every, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, on Sundays, from time to time

Present Continuous

Ako se glagol završava na jedan suglasnik ispred kojeg stoji kratak, naglašen samoglasnik,
krajnji se suglasnik ispred –ing udvostručava:

 hit – hitting
 stop – stopping
 permit – permitting
 begin – beginning

Krajnje –l se uvek udvostručava:

 travel – particip: travelling

Ukoliko se glagol završava na –e, to -e se gubi i dodaje se nastavak –ing:

 come – coming
 make – making
 take – taking

Ukoliko se glagoli završavaju na –ie, nastavak -ie prelazi u y i dodaje se nastavak – ing:

 die – dying
 lie – lying

*at the moment, now, (Watch out), this week/month/year, at present

 Present Perfect (Have/has + Past Participle)

*ever, never, since, for, already, yet, just, recently, so far

Engleski Present Simple Continuous Perfect Srpski

take up take up taking up taken up uzmi, početi

be into be into being into been into biti u, voleti

turn up turn up turning up turned up pojačati, pojaviti se

back out back out backing out backed out povući se, izaći

go through with go through with going through with gone through with proći kroz

put on put on putting on put on obući se, staviti na

set up set up setting up set up postaviti

get across get across getting across got across doći preko, preneti
 noun adjective verb adverb
adventure adventurous ——— adventurously
ambition ambitious ——— ambitiously
bravery brave ——— bravely
challenge challengeable challenge ———
comfort comfortable ——— comfortably
danger dangerous endanger dangerously
darkness dark darken darkly
death dead die deadly
desperation desperate despair desperately
difficulty difficult ——— ———
disaster disastrous ——— disastrously
education educational educate ———
enjoyment enjoyable enjoy enjoyably
exhaustion exhausted exhaust exhaustingly
explorer explored explore ———
failure failing fail ———
importance important ——— importantly
luxuriousness luxurious ——— luxuriously
organization organized organize ———
sadness sad sadden sadly
success successful succeed successfully