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Review: actions and descriptions
Textbook Part 2, pp. 68–69
GoalTell action words from describing words and use both in sentences.
New words
action word · harakat so‘zidescribing word · belgi so‘zidouble line / wavy line · ikki chiziq / to‘lqinli chiziq
Explanation
Action words answer Nima qildi? Nima qiladi? Nima qilyapti?; describing words answer Qanday? Qanaqa? Both can be in one sentence: Kichkina mushuk sakradi. (The little cat jumped.) — kichkina (what kind?), sakradi (what did it do?).
Worked examples
qaynamoq (to boil), yugurmoq (to run), kuylamoq (to sing) — actions; yumshoq (soft), baland (tall), shirin (sweet) — features
Quvnoq bolalar o‘ynashyapti. (Cheerful children are playing.)
Class activity
“Two baskets”: children sort word cards into an “Action” basket and a “Feature” basket, then take one from each and make a sentence.
Practice
1
Action or feature? yumshoq (soft)
feature
2
Action or feature? kuylayapti (is singing)
action
3
Find the describing and action words: Qizil olma tushdi. (A red apple fell.)
qizil (red) — feature; tushdi (fell) — action