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Finding place names
Textbook Part 2, pp. 36–37
GoalFind place names in a text and know the names of the neighbouring countries.
New words
country · davlatneighbouring · chegaradoshregion · viloyatmetro station · metro bekati
Explanation
Uzbekistan borders five countries: Qozog‘iston (Kazakhstan), Qirg‘iziston (Kyrgyzstan), Tojikiston (Tajikistan), Afg‘oniston (Afghanistan), Turkmaniston (Turkmenistan). Some places are named after great people: Navoiy region, Beruniy city, Mirzo Ulug‘bek metro station. These names also take capital letters.
Worked examples
Yozda Farg‘ona viloyatiga bordik va So‘x daryosini ko‘rdik. (In summer we went to Fergana region and saw the Sokh river.)
Navoiy region is named after the poet Alisher Navoi.
Class activity
On a map, children point to the five countries around Uzbekistan, write each name with a capital on a card and place it by the map.
Practice
1
How many countries border Uzbekistan?
5
2
Find the place names: Amakim Qo‘qon shahrida, Navoiy ko‘chasida yashaydi. (My uncle lives in Kokand, on Navoi Street.)
Qo‘qon, Navoiy
3
Write two of the neighbouring countries.
For example: Qozog‘iston (Kazakhstan), Tojikiston (Tajikistan)