Affirmative: S+was/were+main verb+ing

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:

the whole day, all day long, at…o’clock yesterday, at this time yesterday

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.