Zamon shakllari

before …dan oldin/avval
Phillip had been working for twenty five years before he retired. – Filip pensiyaga chiqishidan oldin 25 yildan beri ishlayotgan edi.
until …gacha/…maguncha	It had been raining heavily until it finally stopped. – Va nihoyat tingunicha qattiq yomg’ir yog’ayotgan edi.

Past Simple – Past Continuous – Past Perfect

Past Simple O’tgan zamonda orqama-ketin darhol sodir bo’lgan ish-harakatlarga nisbatan. Last Monday, Lisa and her husband fed the children when he came home. – O’tgan dushanba, Liza va uning eri u uyga kelganidan so’ng bolalarni ovqatlantirishdi. (avval uning eri uyga keldi, keyin ular birgalikda bolalarni ovqatlantirishdi.)

Past Continuous O’tgan zamonda boshqa bir ish-harakat uni bo’lib sodir bo’lgan paytda davom etayotgan ish-harakatga nisbatan. Last Tuesday, Lisa was feeding the children when her husband came home. – O’tgan seshanba, uning eri uyga kelganida Liza bolalarni ovqatlantirayotgan edi. (erining uyga kelishi uni bo’lib sodir bo’lganida, uning ovqatlantirish harakati davom etayotgan bo’lgan.)

Past Perfect O’tgan zamonda boshqa bir ish-harakatdan oldin sodir bo’lgan ish-harakatga nisbatan. Last Friday, Lisa had already fed the children when her husband came home. – O’tgan Juma, eri uyga kelganida, Liza bolalarni allaqachon ovqatlantirib bo’lgan edi. (avval Liza bolalarni ovqatlantirib bo’lgan, keyin eri kelgan.)

IN OTHER WORDS

Quyidagi misollarga ifodalaydi. Har ikkal 1. When did they buy since How lon qancha payt bo’ldi? ago How lon olishdi? 2. She didn’t begin cl bo’lmagunicha tozala before She wai boshlashdan oldin ha

yaxshilab e’tibor bering. Birinchi va ikkinchi gaplar o’xshash ma’nolarni a holatni ham o’rganib oling. their tickets? – Ular chiptalarini qachon sotib olishdi? g is it since they bought their tickets? – Ular chiptalarini sotib olishganiga g ago did they buy their tickets? – Ular chiptalarini qancha payt ilgari sotib eaning until after all the guest had left. – U hamma mehmonlar ketib shni boshlamadi. ted until all the guests had left before she began cleaning. – U tozalashni mma mehmonlar ketib bo’lishini kutdi.

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3. We haven’t seen Carol for two weeks. – Biz Kerlni ikki haftadan beri ko’rmadik.
time The last time we saw Carol was two weeks ago. – Kerlni oxirgi marta ko’rganligimiz ikki hafta oldin edi.

4. It’s a long time since I ate out. – Tashqarida ovqatlanganimga ham ancha bo’ldi.