Tense degan atama bilan ifodalanadi. Macmillian English Dictionary for Advanced Learners lug'atida zamon, ya'ni tense

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P
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C
ONTINUOUS
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ENSE
Mazkur zamon oʻtgan zamondagi biror bir ish-harakatdan yoki vaqtdan oldin davom etib turgan
va oʻtgan zamonda natijasi ayon boʻlgan ish harakatni bildiradi. Mazkur zamonda egadan keyin
had been+V
(ing)
qoʻllaniladi.
Qoʻllanish shakli:
Positive form
Negative form
Question form
I had been working
I hadn't been working
Had I been working?
He/she/it had been
working
He/she/it
hadn't
been
working
Had
he/she/it
been
working?
We/you/they had been
working
We/you/they hadn't been
working
Had we/you/they been
working?
Qoʻllanish holatlari:
1. Oʻtgan zamonda biror ish-harakatdan oldin ma'lum muddat davom etib turgan ish-harakatni
bildiradi. Ish-harakat qancha davom etganligini koʻrsatuvchi for/since payt ravishlari va soʻroq
gaplarda how long soʻroq olmoshi gapda qatnashishi lozim. Nutqda qoʻllanilganda oʻtgan
zamondagi gap bilan qoʻllaniladi.

When I arrived at the party, Tom and Ann had been dancing for an hour.

How long had you been reading the book when I came?

It was cold and windy. It had been raining since morning.
2. Past perfect continuous tense oʻtgan zamonda natijaga ega boʻlgan davomiy ish-harakatni
ham ifodalaydi, ya'ni Present perfect continuous tense ning oʻtgan zamon shakli sifatida
qoʻllaniladi.

His hands are dirty. He has been repairing the car. (Uning qoʻllari kir. U mashinani
tuzatmoqda…hozirgi zamondagi vaziyat)

His hands were dirty. He had been repairing the car. ( Uning qoʻllari kir edi. U mashinani
tuzatayotgan edi… oʻtgan zamondagi vaziyat)