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Vowel sounds
Textbook Part 1, pp. 26–27
GoalKnow the six vowels and find them in words.
New words
vowel · unli tovushsyllable · bo‘g‘incomes out freely · erkin chiqadi
Explanation
Vowels are made when air leaves the mouth freely, without being blocked. Uzbek has 6 vowels: a, o, i, e, u, o‘. Vowels make syllables — without them we could not say words.
Worked examples
shaftoli (peach): a, o, i — 3 vowels
Riddle: “Six brothers live on one page” — the vowel letters.
Class activity
The teacher says a word; children raise a hand each time they hear a vowel and count them.
Practice
1
List the vowels.
a, o, i, e, u, o‘
2
Find the vowels in kitob (book).
i, o
3
Find the word that starts with a vowel: olma, nok, gilos
olma