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Actions: action words, “I can …” and “Can you …?”

Lessons 44–46 · 3 lessons · Guess What! 1 Student’s Book, Uzbekistan edition. Cambridge University Press
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Actions

Student’s Book pp. 80–81
GoalSay and mime 10 action words in English.
New words
run · yugurmoqjump · sakramoqswim · suzmoqsing · kuylamoq
Explanation

Actions: run, jump, swim, climb, dance, sing, draw (with a pencil), paint (with paint), ride a bike, play soccer.

Worked examples
Run, run, run! Jump, jump, jump!
Mini chant: “Sing and dance, jump and run — moving is a lot of fun!”
Class activity

“Freeze!”: music plays and the teacher calls an action (dance, swim, climb); children do it. When the music stops, everyone freezes.

Practice
1
How do you say sakramoq in English?
2
What do we do in a swimming pool?
3
What game do we play with a ball and our feet?