Working with text and dictionary. Stress
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Explain the symbol in the text “The Candle” in your own words in 3–4 sentences.
The candle is a selfless person (teacher, parent) who spends himself for others; the answer depends on the student’s explanation.
2
Find the meanings of ko‘chmoq in an explanatory dictionary and make a sentence for each.
The answer depends on the dictionary senses (e.g. to move elsewhere – we moved to a new house).
3
Mark the stress: qalam + -ga, kelayotgan, programma + -lar, albatta, yozdingmi.
Qalamgá, kelayotgán, programmalár, álbatta, yozdíngmi.
4
Find 3 words with wrongly placed stress in the speech of people you know or announcers and write the correct form.
The answer depends on the student’s observations; correctness is checked in a pronunciation dictionary.
5
Why does wrong stress affect the culture of speech? Write 2–3 sentences.
Because correct stress makes speech fluent and clear; a mistake leaves the listener with a negative impression of the speaker’s level.