past continuous
o‘tgan davomiy zamon — o‘sha paytda davom etayotgan fon harakati
Qanday yasaladi
S + was/were + V-ing
was (I/he/she/it) yoki were (you/we/they) + -ing. Ko‘pincha when (past simple) yoki while (past continuous) bilan juftlashadi.
Namunalar — Examples
Afsona was preparing for the exam when the power went out.
Afsona imtihonga tayyorlanayotganda elektr o‘chib qoldi.
Izoh — qachon ishlatiladi
Speaking Part 2 hikoyasini jonlantiradigan zamon: fonni continuous, voqeani simple bilan bering — I was waiting for the bus when I met my old teacher.
⚠️ Tez-tez qilinadigan xato
❌ While I studied, the phone rang → ✅ While I was studying, the phone rang.
O‘xshash shakllar va farqi
| past simple | continuous = davom etayotgan fon; simple = uni bo‘lgan voqea |
Shu ma’nodagi boshqa grammatikalar — Vaqt va ketma-ketlik — Time & sequence
present simple T1
present continuous T1
past simple T1
present perfect T3
present perfect continuous T5
past perfect T4
future continuous T5
future perfect T6
would (past habit) T5
the tense of the chart (Task 1) T3
as soon as / by the time / once T4
the process passive (Task 1) T4
Hammasini jadvalda solishtirish