2: 00 – It’s two o’clock. 2: 30 – It’s half past two. 2: 05

Affirmative=Positive – Darak shakl
Subject+was/were+verb1ing…
Interrogative=Question – So’roq shakl
Was/were+subject+verb1ing…?
Negative – inkor shakl
Subject+was/were not+verb1ing…
Use – ishlatilishi
Biz o’tgan davomiy zamonni quyidagi holatlarda ishlatamiz:
* O’tgan zamonda aniq bir paytda sodir bo’layotgan ish-harakatlarga past continuous ni ishlatamiz. Biz ish-harakat qachon boshlanib qachon tugagan ekanligini bilmaymiz.
At three o’clock yesterday afternoon Mike and his son were washing the dog. (We do not know when they started or finished washing the dog.)
Kecha soat 3 da tushlikdan keyin Mayk va uning o’g’li kuchukni cho’miltiryotgan edilar. (Biz bilmaymiz ular kuchukni cho’miltirishni boshlagan vaqtini va yakunlagan vaqtini.)
* O’tgan zamonda bitta ish-harakat sodir bo’layotgan vaqtda ikkinchi ish-harakat bo’lib qo’yganda o’tgan davomiy zamonni ishlatamiz. Sodir bo’layotgan ish-harakat o’tgan davomiy zamonda, bo’lib qo’ygan ish-harakat o’tgan oddiy zamonda bo’ladi. Uzunroq ish-harakat past continuous, qisqaroq ish-harakat past simple da bo’ladi.
He was reading a newspaper when his wife came. (was reading = longer action; came = shorter action)
U gazeta o’qib o’tirgan edi rafiqasi kelganida. (o’qiyotgan edi = uzunroq ish-harakat; kelganida = qisqaroq ish-harakat).
* O’tgan zamonda ikki va undan ortiq ish-harakatlar bir vaqtning o’zida sodir bo’lsa o’tgan davomiy zamonda ifodalanadi. (bir vaqtning o’zida sodir bo’layotgan ish-harakatlar).
The people were watching while the cowboy was riding the bull.
Chavandoz buqani minayotgan paytda odamlar tomasha qilayotgan edilar.
* Hikoyadagi dastlabki axborotni berganimizda o’tgan davomiy zamonni ishlatamiz.
The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Tom was driving his old truck through the forest.
Quyosh charaqlayotgan edi va qushlar sayrayotgan edi. Tom o’zining eski yuk moshinasida o’rmon kezib haydab ketayotgan edi.