The Present simple tense

1 The plane to Sydney leaves at eleven o'clock.
2 I have written two letters this morning.
3 They're going on holiday on Saturday.
4 Graham has known Errol for five years.
5 You're always leaving the door open.
6 We are rehearsing a new play at the moment.
7 George has bought a new car.
8 Lisa has been cleaning the house all morning.
9 Look! Alison has dyed her hair!
10 More and more peopleare recycling their rubbish
a) actions which started in the past and continue up to the present
b )action which has recently finished and whose result is visible in the present
с) to put emphasis on the duration of an action which started in the past and continues up to the present
d) to express criticism or annoyance e timetables and programmes
f actions that we have arranged to do in the near future
g) action which has happened within a specific time period which is not over at the moment of speaking
h )action which happened at an unstated time in the past
i) changing or developing situations
j) temporary actions
The Past simple tense.
( oddiy o’tgan zamon) 

S+V2(ed) (darak)

S+did+not+V1 (inkor)

Did+S+V1? (so’roq)

Signal words:  Yesterday-kecha, the day before-ilgari kuni, last week (year,month, day)-o’tgan hafta (yil, oy, kun), an hour ago-bir soat oldin, two years ago,5 weeks ago, in 2009, when I was young… yoshligimda,ago that day-o’sha kuni, just now-haliginda, in my childhood-bolaligimda, at that time-o’sha paytda, during World War I, II-1,2- Jahon urishi davrida,then-o’shanda, the other day-o’sha kuni,once upon a time,one day.
Biz bu zamonni o’tgan zamonda sodir bo’lib o’tgan ishlar haqida gapirganimizda ishlatamiz.
Mr Edwards died ten years ago.
When I lived in Manchester, I worked in a bank.
2. O’tgan zamonda ketma – ket sodir bo’lgan ish harakatlarni ifodalashda ishlatamiz.
First she paid the driver, then she got out of the taxi.
Agar darak gapning kesimi to’g’ri fe’l bo’lsa unga–d, -ed qo’shimchasi qo’shiladi, noto’g’ri fe’lbo’lsaVIIishlatiladi.
I worked hard yesterday.
I went  to the cinema last night.
Yuqoridagi darak gaplarning so’roq, inkor shakli did va didn’t  bilan hosil qilinadi. Bunda to’g’ri fe’ldagi –d, -ed tushib qoladi, VII dan VI ga qaytadi.
He finished his work last week.
Did he finish his work last week?
He didn’t finish his work last week.
They bought a new TV set 10 days ago.
Did they buy  a new TV set 10 days ago?
They didn’t buy a new TV set 10 days ago.
Agar bu zamondagi darak gapning kesimi to be fe’li (was, were) bo’lsa so’roq inkorini o’zi hosil qiladi. To be bor joyda to do bo’lmaydi.
She was  in Kokand last week.
Was she in Kokand last week?
She wasn’t in Kokand last week.
Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.
A: I 1) ..have..seen...(see) this film before.
B: Me too, but I love this actor. He 2)
(play) a lot of good roles.
A: Tom Cruise? I 3) . (meet) him, you know.
B: Really? When?
A: When I 4) .. (be) in Los Angeles on holiday.
A: Who is that man?
B: He's an artist. He 1) ..... (paint) a lot of
beautiful pictures.
A: I think Van Gogh 2) (paint) the most beautiful
pictures ever. But his life 3) (be) miserable.
С A: I 1) .............................. (just/hear from)
an old friend of mine. Oh, really?
Yes. Jim 2) ................... (write) to me. I
3) ................... (get) the letter this morning.
B: That's nice. When 4) ....................
(you/first/meet) him?
He 5) ............................ (live) next door
to me for three years, but he 6) .....
...................... (move) away last June and I (not/see) him since