Present Simple Past Simple

Yesterday

The day before yesterday

Last day/morning/ week/month/year…

The other day

An hour/two days, … ago

In 1986

In the 20^th century

Once

Once upon a time

e.g. We met at the restaurant last week.

I saw him the other day.

Peter called the day before yesterday.
2. O’tgan zamonda har qandaydir vaqt oralig’ida takrorlangan doimiy ish-harakat. Lekin o’tgan zamon ko’rsatuvchi vaqt ko’rsatgichi bo’lishi kerak.

Always 100%

Usually 99%-90%

Often 90%-75%

Sometimes 75%- 25%

seldom 25%-10%

rarely 10%-1%

never 0%

frequently

regularly

ever

normally

occasionally

e.g. I never got up early when I was a child

We usually had breakfast at the café near our house in winter.

Last year he rarely went to clubs.

3. Bir-biri orqasidan ketma-ket bajarilgan ish-harakatlar:

e.g He left the hotel, took a taxi and drove to the theatre.

O’tgan zamonda odatda sodir bo’lgan ish-harakat haqida gapirilganda S+ used to V ishlatiladi. Bunda aytilgan ish-harakat faqatgina o’tmishda bajarilib, hozir esa qilinmayotganligi nazarda tutiladi. e.g. I used to smoke ten cigarettes a day but now I don’t smoke at all. When I was a child I used to swim very fast. Inkor va so’roq gapda did yordamchi fe’li ishlatiladi. e.g. Did you use to collect stamps? I didn’t use to smoke so much. Lekin rasmiy tilda : I used not to smoke so much. O’tgan zamonda takrorlangan, odatiy bo’lgan ish-harakat would orqali ham ifodalanadi. e.g. On Sundays, when I was a child, we would get up early and go fishing.