Qarshi davlat universiteti ingliz filologiyasi fakultetlararo ingliz tili

All morning – butun tong
Last night – O’tgan kecha
This time last year – o’tgan yili shu vaqtda
In spring last year – o’tgan yili bahorda
In May last year – o’tgan yili may oyida
On Monday last week – o’tgan hafta dushanba kuni
Two hours/days/weeks/months/years ago – ikki soat /kun/hafta/oy/yil ilgari



Positive: Subject + was/were + verb + ing + ……
At three o’clock yesterday afternoon, they were sitting at an outdoor café.
Kecha tushdan so’ng soat 3 da, ular kafe tasharisida o’tirgan edilar.
In May of last year, she was studying hard for her final exams. O’tgan yili may oyida, u bitirish imtihonlariga qattiq tayyotgarlik ko’rayotgan edi.
At 6 o’clock this morning, I was walking along the beach. Bugun ertalab soat 6 da, men sohil bo’ylab sayr qilib yurgan edim.
He was playing tennis at 4:30 yesterday. Kecha soat 4:30 da u tennis o’ynayotgan edi.
I was watching TV all evening. Kechasi bilan televizor ko’rib yotgan edim.
Negative: Subject + was/were + not + verb + ing + ……
He was not playing tennis at 4:30 yesterday. Kecha soat 4:30 u tennis o’ynamayotgan edi.
I was not working this time yesterday. Kecha bu vaqtda men ishlamayotgan edim.
Question: Was/Were + Subject + verb + ing + ……?
Was she studying hard for her final exams in May of last year? U o’tgan yili may oyida bitirish imtihonlariga tayyorgarlik ko’rayotgan edimi?
Yes, she was. Ha.
No, she was not. Yo’q.
Were you working all weekend? Butun dam olish kuni mobaynida ishlayotgan edingizmi?
Yes, I was. Ha.
No, I was not. Yo’q.
Compare: The Past Simple vs. The Past Continuous tense