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Uzbekistan — a free land
Textbook Part 1, pp. 8–9
GoalLearn words that describe Uzbekistan and find words with similar meanings.
New words
free · ozodbeautiful · ko‘rkamfertile, giving big harvests · hosildorgold · zar
Explanation
Uzbekistan is a free and independent country. The textbook has a poem about the homeland by G‘ulom Shomurod. Poets describe the homeland with beautiful words: ko‘rkam (beautiful), zar (gold), hosildor (fertile).
Worked examples
“My free land”. Uzbekistan is a free and independent country. Its fields are wide and its gardens are beautiful. Its land is fertile: there is a lot of cotton, wheat and fruit. We love our country and sing songs about it.
Similar words: ko‘rkam = chiroyli (beautiful), zar = oltin (gold).
Class activity
“Change one letter”: bog‘ (garden) — tog‘ (mountain), zar (gold) — tar (wet). Children change one letter to make a new word.
Practice
1
How is our country described in the text?
Free and independent
2
What grows a lot on our land?
Cotton, wheat, fruit
3
What do we do about our country?
We love it and sing songs about it.
4
Find the word in the text that means “beautiful”.
ko‘rkam