O’tgan zamonda, aniq paytda davom etayotgan gaplarda ishlatiladi. Ish-harakatning qachon boshlanib, qachon tugaganligi muhim emas

Past Continuous Tense

O’tgan davomiy zamon

Ishlatilishi:

• O’tgan zamonda, aniq paytda davom etayotgan gaplarda ishlatiladi. Ish-harakatning qachon boshlanib, qachon tugaganligi muhim emas.

I was watching TV at 8 o’clock last night. ( Kecha soat 8 da televizor ko’rayotgan edim)

•Birinchi sodir bo’layotgan ish-harakatiga ikkinchi ish-harakat halaqit berganda. Sodir bo’layotgan ish-harakatiga past continuous( davomiy), halaqit qilgan ish-harakatiga past simple (qisqa) zamoni ishlatiladi.

I was reading a book when the lights went out.( Men kitob o’`qiyotgan payt chiroq o’chib qoldi).

I was doing my homework(davomiy) when my mother came(qisqa).

• Ikki yoki undan ortiq, bir vaqtda sodir bo’layotgan davomiy ish-harakatlarida.

Natalie was flying her kite while her sister was riding her bicycle.

While I was cooking,my sister was playing in the garden.

•Hikoyadagi atmosferani, holatni tasvirlab berish uchun

The sun was shining and the birds were singing that summer morning in Nashville. Emily was getting ready for work and Joe was making pancakes for the children.

Formulasi:

(+) Subject+was/were+verb+ing (?) Was/were+subject+verb+ing? (-) Subject+was/were+not+verb+ing

I was playing tennis. We were playing tennis. Was he playing tennis? Were you playing tennis? I wasn’t playing tennis. We weren’t playing tennis.

(+)		(-)	(?)
I was reading You were reading He was reading She was reading It was reading We were reading You were reading They were reading		I was not reading You were not reading He was not reading She was not reading It was not reading We were not reading You were not reading They were not reading	Was I reading? Were you reading? Was he reading? Was she reading? Was it reading? Were we reading? Were you reading? Were they reading?