The main purpose of this paper is to determine whether and in what way the use of different social forms influences on the pupils’ activity in the class. In order to get an answer, we carried out a research in the form of a questionnaire on a random sample of 72 primary and secondary school teachers from Zadar and Zaprešić. According to the results, the majority of the active class components such as motivation, communication and interaction, is accomplished by the cooperative social forms. However, alongside these, some of the determinants of the active class, such as knowledge and productivity, are not associated with them by the most of the teachers. Even though, looking from the wider perspective, active learning is mainly achieved by cooperative social forms, when it comes to the frequency of the use of different social forms of classwork, the results indicate their state of being neglected in the class process with the domination of the traditional (teacher-centered) form. This is the main reason why it is important to carry out the teachers’ suggestions concerned with more frequent use of active forms, which is complex and longlasting process since it includes the engagement and financial resources from the government. Bearing in mind the numerous potentials and limitations which characterize the social forms, the teachers pointed out their advantages and disadvantages in the context of the active class, according to which it may be concluded that it is crucial to combine them promptly in order to set up the active class.