Tenses
Tenses
along
with the explanations in Uzbek:
Present Perfect O‘tgan zamonda Subject + just, already, She has finished her
biror vaqtda sodir have/has + past yet, ever, never, homework. (U uy
bo‘lgan, lekin aniq participle since, for vazifasini tugatdi.)
vaqt
ko‘rsatilmagan We have lived here
harakatlarni yoki for 10 years. (Biz bu
hozirgi paytda yerda 10 yildan beri
davom etayotgan yashayapmiz.)
harakatlarni
ifodalaydi
Present Perfect O‘tgan zamonda Subject + for, since, all day, I have been reading
Continuous boshlanib, hozirda have/has + been recently, lately for two hours. (Men
davom etayotgan + verb + ing ikki soat davomida
yoki yaqinda kitob o‘qiyman.)
tugagan
harakatlarni They have been
ifodalaydi. working since
morning. (Ular
tongdan beri
ishlashmoqda.)
Past Simple O‘tgan zamonda Subject + past yesterday, last, in He visited Paris last
aniq bir vaqtda verb 2010, in the past, year. (U o‘tgan yil
sodir bo‘lgan ago Parijga tashrif
harakatlarni buyurgan.)
ifodalaydi.
They studied hard for
the test. (Ular test
uchun juda qattiq
o‘qigan.)
Past Perfect O‘tgan zamonda Subject + had + before, by the She had finished the
boshqa bir past participle time, already, report before the
harakat yoki yet, after meeting started. (U
voqea sodir hisobotni majlis
bo‘lishidan oldin boshlanishidan oldin
yakunlangan tugatgan edi.)
harakatlarni
ifodalaydi. I had already eaten
when they arrived.
(Ular kelganida men
allaqachon
ovqatlandim.)
Past Perfect
Continuous
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| | O‘tgan zamonda yana bir harakatdan oldin davom etayotgan yoki tugagan harakatlarni ifodalaydi.
| Subject + had + been + verb + ing | for, since, before, all day, the whole time | He had been working
for hours when I arrived. (Men kelganimda u soatlar davomida ishlagan edi.)<br>They had been waiting
for a long time when we came. (Biz kelganimizda ular uzoq vaqt kutgan edilar.) |
| Future Continuous | Kelajakda muayyan bir vaqtda davom etayotgan harakatlarni ifodalaydi.
| Subject + will + be + verb + ing | this time tomorrow, next year at, at 8 PM tomorrow | I will be
studying at 8 PM tonight. (Bugun kechqurun soat 8 da men o‘qiyotgan bo‘laman.)<br>They will be
traveling next month. (Ular kelasi oy sayohat qilishadi.) |
| Future Perfect | Kelajakda ma’lum bir vaqt yoki voqea sodir bo‘lishidan oldin yakunlangan
harakatlarni ifodalaydi. | Subject + will + have + past participle | by, by the time, before, in (a year),
already | She will have finished the project by next week. (U kelasi haftaga qadar loyiha tugatgan
bo‘ladi.)<br>I will have graduated by 2025. (Men 2025 yilga qadar bitiraman.) |
| Future Perfect Continuous | Kelajakda ma’lum bir vaqtga qadar davom etayotgan harakatlarni
ifodalaydi. | Subject + will + have + been + verb + ing | for, since, by the time, in (a year), by
| By next year, they will have been living here for 10 years. (Kelasi yilga kelib, ular bu yerda 10 yildan beri
yashayotgan bo‘lishadi.)<br>I will have been working here for 5 years by the end of this year. (Men bu yil
oxirigacha bu yerda 5 yil ishlagan bo‘laman.) |
Key Points:
- Simple tenses (Hozirgi, O‘tgan, Kelajak): Umumiy holatlar, faktlar yoki bir marotaba yoki doimiy
harakatlar uchun ishlatiladi.
- Perfect tenses: O‘tgan zamonda yakunlangan va boshqa bir harakat yoki voqea bilan bog‘liq bo‘lgan
harakatlarni ifodalaydi.
- Perfect continuous tenses: O‘tgan zamonda boshlangan va hozirgi vaqtga yoki boshqa bir harakatga
bog‘langan davom etayotgan harakatlarni ifodalaydi.
This table provides a comprehensive guide to English tenses, with formulas and signal words in addition
to the explanations and examples in Uzbek.
Here are various exercises on **English t tenses**, covering multiple types such as gap-filling, multiple
choice, and sentence transformation. These exercises will help solidify the understanding of each tense.
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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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- B) have finished
- A) start
- B) have started
- C) are starting
- A) studied
- B) study
- C) will study
- A) was watching
- B) watched
- C) am watching
- A) has graduated
- B) will graduate
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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### **Exercise 5: Multiple Choice (Continuous Tenses)**
- A) will be traveling
- B) am traveling
- C) will travel
- A) was reading
- B) is reading
- C) reads
3. We __________ (wait) for the bus for an hour when it finally arrived.
- B) were waiting
- C) have waited
- A) were playing
- B) had played
- C) played
- A) worked
- B) am working
- C) was working
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Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
4. I __________ (work) here for three years when I finally got promoted.
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2. I __________ (live) in New York for two years when I was a child.
- A) have lived
- B) was living
- C) had lived
- A) will lie
- B) will be lying
5. She __________ (study) for the test when you called her.
- A) studies
- B) was studying
- C) is studying
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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1. I will have been waiting for you when you will arrive.
These exercises cover a range of tenses and focus on practical use, helping students practice with
**simple**, **continuous**, **perfect**, and **perfect continuous** tenses in different forms.
Here are **10 more elementary-level exercises** focused on English tenses. These exercises cover a
variety of forms, including gap-fill, multiple choice, and sentence correction.
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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- A) do
- B) did
- C) doing
- A) went
- B) go
- C) going
- A) have
- B) had
- C) having
- A) had
- B) has
- C) having
- A) forget
- B) forgot
- C) forgetting
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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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- A) am watching
- B) watch
- C) watches
- A) run
- B) are running
- C) running
- A) study
- B) are studying
- C) studying
- A) works
- B) is working
- C) working
- A) am not liking
- B) is not liking
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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- A) am studying
- B) studied
- C) was studying
- A) will live
- B) will have lived
- C) have lived
3. We __________ (wait) for the bus for 10 minutes when it finally arrived.
- A) wait
- B) were waiting
- A) haven't seen
- B) don't see
- C) didn't see
- A) is writing
- B) writes
- C) wrote
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### Summary:
These **10 additional exercises** are designed to further practice key **English tenses** like the
**Present Simple**, **Past Simple**, **Present Continuous**, **Past Continuous**, **Present
Perfect**, **Past Perfect**, and **Future Simple**. The exercises are intended for elementary-level
students and encourage comprehension and active usage of tense forms in a variety of contexts.
Here are **5 more multiple-choice questions** that are designed to be a bit more **confusing** in
terms of tense usage. These exercises will test the student's understanding of when to use specific
tenses in slightly tricky scenarios.
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- B) already ate
2. She __________ (study) for two hours when I called her last night.
- A) was studying
- B) studies
- D) is studying
- D) never see
- A) leaves
- B) had left
- C) was leaving
- D) will leave
- A) won’t finish
- B) hadn’t finished
- C) hasn’t finished
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1. **D) will have already eaten** – The action of eating will be completed **before** the time you
arrive (future perfect).
2. **A) was studying** – The action was **ongoing** in the past when another action happened (past
continuous).
3. **B) have never seen** – Present perfect is used to indicate an experience up until the present (with
"never").
4. **B) had left** – The train had already left **before** we arrived (past perfect).
5. **D) won’t have finished** – The report will not be completed **before** the meeting starts (future
perfect).
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These questions are designed to test the student’s ability to distinguish between **present perfect**,
**past perfect**, **future perfect**, and **continuous** forms in different contexts, making them
think carefully about the sequence of actions.