it's time + past simple
kechikkan zaruriyat — «endi ... qiladigan vaqt keldi»
Band 7.5+
Shart gaplar — Conditionals
Majburiyat va ruxsat — Obligation
Akademik yozma — Academic writing
Qanday yasaladi
It is (high) time + S + past simple
It is time / It is high time + ega + past simple (shakli o‘tmish, ma’nosi hozir): It is high time governments took this seriously. Muqobil: It is time to + fe’l.
Namunalar — Examples
It is high time schools reconsidered the amount of homework they set.
Maktablar beradigan uy vazifasi hajmini qayta ko‘rib chiqish vaqti allaqachon keldi.
Izoh — qachon ishlatiladi
Xulosaga kuch beradigan, lekin kam ishlatiladigan qolip. Bir insho ichida bir marta — va faqat da’vongiz qat’iy bo‘lsa.
⚠️ Tez-tez qilinadigan xato
❌ It is high time governments take action → ✅ took action.
O‘xshash shakllar va farqi
| should / ought to | should = neytral tavsiya; it's high time = kechikkanini ta’kidlaydi |
Shu ma’nodagi boshqa grammatikalar — Majburiyat va ruxsat — Obligation
must / have to T2
should / ought to T2
need to / needn't T3
modal + passive T5
make / let / have (causative) T4
the subjunctive (It is essential that …) T6
Hammasini jadvalda solishtirish