Oʻtgan davomli zamon

Oʻtmishning maʼlum bir paytida davom etayotgan harakat haqida gapirish uchun. A2

Past Continuous oʻtmishdagi bir lahzada jarayonda boʻlgan ishni bildiradi. Kecha soat sakkizda nima qilayotgan edingiz? I was watching a film. Film soat sakkizdan oldin boshlangan va undan keyin ham davom etgan.

Tuzilishi: was / were + feʼl + -ing. I, he, she, it bilan was, you, we, they bilan were: She was sleeping. They were playing football.

Bu zamon hikoyalarda ham koʻp ishlatiladi — voqea qanday vaziyatda boʻlganini tasvirlash uchun: The sun was shining and the children were playing in the park.

Shakllar

Tasdiq gap
I / he / she / it + was + verb-ing
you / we / they + were + verb-ing

At ten o'clock last night I was reading in bed.

Inkor gap
I / he / she / it + wasn't + verb-ing
you / we / they + weren't + verb-ing

Sorry, we weren't listening to the teacher.

Soʻroq gap
Was / Were + subject + verb-ing?
Yes, I was. / No, they weren't.

Was it raining in Tashkent yesterday morning?

Qachon ishlatiladi

Oʻtmishning aniq bir paytida davom etayotgan harakat

Bir vaqtda davom etgan ikki harakat

Hikoyada fon va vaziyatni tasvirlash

Oʻzbek tili bilan farqi

Oʻzbek tilida juda yaqin shakl bor: «-ayotgan edi» — «uy vazifamni qilayotgan edim» = I was doing my homework. Shuning uchun maʼnoni tushunish oson. Xatolar boshqa joyda. Birinchidan, was / were tushib qoladi («I doing homework») yoki you, we, they bilan was ishlatiladi. Ikkinchidan, oʻzbekcha «-ardi» («har yozda qishloqqa borardik») — bu takroriy odat, uni Past Continuous bilan emas, Past Simple yoki used to bilan aytish kerak: Every summer we went to the village.

Eslatmalar

Keng tarqalgan xatolar

Mini test

1. This time yesterday we ___ in the sea. swam / were swimming / was swimming

Javob: were swimming. This time yesterday — oʻtmishdagi aniq lahzada jarayon; we bilan were.

2. My friends ___ playing football in the park. were / was / are being

Javob: were. My friends = they, shuning uchun were.

3. While Mum was cooking, I ___ the table. was setting / were setting / am setting

Javob: was setting. Bir vaqtda davom etgan ikki harakat; I bilan was.

4. ___ you sleeping when I called? Was / Were / Did

Javob: Were. you bilan were; -ing bilan Did ishlatilmaydi.

5. I ___ the answer to the last question. was knowing / were knowing / knew

Javob: knew. know — holat feʼli, Past Simple kerak.

По-русски: Прошедшее длительное время

Для действия, которое длилось в определённый момент в прошлом.

Past Continuous описывает действие, которое было в процессе в какой-то момент прошлого. Что вы делали вчера в восемь вечера? I was watching a film. Фильм начался до восьми и продолжался после.

Строится так: was / were + глагол + -ing. С I, he, she, it — was, с you, we, they — were: She was sleeping. They were playing football.

Это время часто встречается в рассказах — чтобы описать фон, обстановку: The sun was shining and the children were playing in the park.

Сравнение с русским и узбекским

В русском нет отдельного длительного прошедшего времени, есть несовершенный вид: «я делал уроки». Он соответствует и I was doing my homework (в процессе), и I did my homework, и повторяющимся действиям. Поэтому бывают две ошибки. Одни избегают Past Continuous: «At eight I did my homework», хотя речь о процессе. Другие переводят каждый несовершенный вид через was + -ing: «Every summer we were going to the village». Для привычек в прошлом нужен Past Simple или used to: Every summer we went to the village.

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