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

would rather do something than do something else
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I would rather stay at home than go out today.
Agar birovning bir ish-harakat amalga oshirishini yoki qilmasligini xohlasak, quyidagi qurilma qoʻllaniladi:
I would rather you/Tom/they +oʻtgan zamondagi fe'l
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Shall I stay here?
I would rather you came with us.
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Shall I tell them the news? I would rather you didn't.
Yuqoridagi gaplarda oʻtgan zamon qoʻllansada, ish-harakat amalga oshishi hozirgi yoki kelasi zamonga
tegishli boʻladi.
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I would rather you cooked the dinner now.
Oʻtgan zamonda amalga oshmagan istaklar uchun esa would rather+Perfect infinitive qoʻllaniladi.
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Yesterday I had to stay at home. But I would rather have gone to the cinema.
would sooner/had better+bare infinitive qurilmasi ham would rather kabi qoʻllaniladi.
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I would sooner give up sleep than miss my evening class.
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I would sooner not talk about it now.
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I would sooner he didn 't know about it till I've talked to Pete.
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I had better go now. Tom is waiting for me.
Hamdam Atajanov

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Umumiy qoidaga binoan predloglardan (in/at/with/of/about/for/instead of/ in spite of etc.) keyin
fe'lning gerundiy shakl i qoʻllaniladi .
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Are you interested in working for us?
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I am not very good at learning languages.
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She must be fed up with studying.
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What are the advantages of having a car?
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This knife is only for cutting bread .
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I bought a bike instead of going away on holiday.
before va after predloglarining gerundiy bilan qoʻllanishiga e'tibor bering. Bu vaziyatda [before / after