Positive – Subject + was/were + verb + ing + object

ROUND UP FOUR
UNIT SIX
PAST CONTINUOUS
Structure
Ishlatiladigan holatlar
Stative verbs

Positive – Subject + was/were + verb + ing + object.

STRUCTURE - POSITIVE

• Positive – Subject + was/were + verb + ing + object.
• Examples: I was sleeping while my father was watching TV.
• He was reading a newspaper at 8 o’clock yesterday.

Subject + was/were + not + verb + ing + object.

NEGATIVE

• Subject + was/were + not + verb + ing + object.
• Example: I was not sleeping while my father was watching TV.
• My nephews were paying attention to their cell phones when their grandparents were giving recommendations to them.

Was/were + Subject + verb + ing + object?

INTERROGATIVE

• Was/were + Subject + verb + ing + object?
• Example: Was he walking when it started raining?
• Were they playing football at 7 o’clock yesterday?

PAST CONTINUOUS - ISHLATILADIGAN HOLATLAR
In the middle of happening
Simultaneous actions
In progress – when
Background

Ta’rif – o’tgan zamonda aniq bir vaqtda sodir bo’layotgan davomli ish-harakatni ifodalash uchun ishlatiladi.

IN THE MIDDLE OF HAPPENING

• Ta’rif – o’tgan zamonda aniq bir vaqtda sodir bo’layotgan davomli ish-harakatni ifodalash uchun ishlatiladi.
• Example: Yesterday, I was doing my homework at 9 o’clock. { Kecha soat 9 da men uy ishlarimni qilayotgandim }.

Ta’rif – O’tgan zamonda bir paytning o’zida sodir bo’layotgan ikki yoki undan ortiq ish-harakatlarni ifodalash uchun ifodalash uchun ishlatiladi.

SIMULTANEOUS ACTIONS

• Ta’rif – O’tgan zamonda bir paytning o’zida sodir bo’layotgan ikki yoki undan ortiq ish-harakatlarni ifodalash uchun ifodalash uchun ishlatiladi.
• Example: I was watching TV while my mother cleaning our house.
• He was playing basketball while she was eating her dinner.