Past Continuous
O’tgan
davomli zamon
1.1.
O’tgan zamon davom fe’lining
yasalishi
Affirmative:
S+was/were+main verb+ing
I was cooking the dinner at 4
o’clock yesterday.
She was playing football at 3
o’clock yesterday.
He was working when I came
in.
They were dancing at the
party.
Yes/No questions: Was/were+S+main
verb+ing?
Were they walking along the street?
Was he sleeping?
Were you having dinner?
Wh-questions: wh+was/were+S+main verb+ing?
What were you doing at 5 o’clock yesterday?
Why was he crying when I saw him?
When were they
doing their housework?
When was he
going fishing?
Who was she
dancing with at the party last night?
Negatives: S+was/were+not +main verb+ing
He was not dancing with her.
We were not sleeping when
mother phoned us.
I was not speaking.
1.2.
O’tgan zamon davom fe’lining
qo’llanilishi
a)
O’trgan zamon davom fe’li yordamida o’tgan zamonda boshlanib, ma’lum
vaqt oralig’ida davom etgan ish-harakatlarni ifodalaymiz. Bunda,
ish-harakatning nihoyasiga yetgan yoki yetmaganligiga urg’u berilmaydi. Faqat
harakatning o’zi e’tiborimizda bo’ladi:
She was sitting comfortably on the floor - U
pol ustida joylashib o’tirgandi.
The boy was throwing stones at a kitten which
was sitting on
the fence across the street – Bola ko’chaning narigi
tomonida devor ustida o’trigan mushukchaga toshlar otayotgandi.
He was reading a book at 5 o'clock – Soat
5 da u kitob o’qiyotgandi.
I was cooking the dinner – Men tushlikni
pishirayotgandim.
b)
O’tgan zamon davom
oddiy o’tgan zamondan farq qiladi:
She was
cleaning the house – U uyni tozalayotgandi (tozalash jarayoni harakatda,
lekin, harakat qachon nihoyasiga yetganligi haqida bizda ma’lumot yo’q).
She cleaned
the house – U uyni tozaladi (ish harakat boshlanib, nihoyasiga yetgan).
c)
Hozirgi zamon davom fe’li bilan qiyoslang:
I am
working at this moment – Ayni damda men ishlayapman.
I was
working at that time yesterday – Kecha men ayni shu vaqtda ishlayotgandim.
d)
O’tgan zamon davom fe’lini quyidagi frazalar bilan birga ishlatamiz:
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the whole day, all day long, at…o’clock yesterday,
at this time yesterday
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They were reading the whole day – Ular kun uzog’i o’qishdi.
My friend and I were watching TV all day long – Men o’rtog’im bilan kun
bo’yi televizor ko’rdik.
He was watching the football match at 3 o’clock yesterday – U kecha soat 3
da futbol musobaqasini tomosha qilayotgandi.
e)
Agar jarayon o’tgan zamonda doimiy takrorlanuvchi hususiyatga ega
bo’lsa: always, constantly, ever
Her photo was always appearing in women’s
magazines – Uning foto surati muntazam ravishda ayollar jurnalida ko’rinardi.
Ann was
constantly complaining of being lonely – Anna tinimsiz yolg’izlikdan
nolirdi.
f)
O’tgan zamon davom fe’li ko’pincha o’tgan oddiy zamon bilan birga keladi
va ish-harakat yuz berayotgan vaqtda nimadir sodir bo’lganligini ko’rsatib
keladi:
She was
doing her homework when mother called
– Onasi chaqirganida u uy vazifalarini bajarayotgandi.
When I was smoking, father passed
me without speaking – Men sigaret chekayotganimda, otam gapirmasdan oldimdan
o’tib ketdi.
