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Lucy’s pen is blue.
Textbook: p. 37
GoalSay the colours of the rainbow; possessive ’s and asking about colours.
New words
rainbow · kamalakgreen · yashilblue · ko‘k, zangoriviolet · binafsha
Explanation
The colours of the rainbow in order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. We ask about colour: “What colour is it?” — “It’s green.” Plural: “What colour are they?” — “They are blue.” For whose thing it is, we add ’s to the name: “Nodir’s pen is red.” “The girl’s bag is pink.” For several children: “the boys’ desks” (with s’). A colour comes before the noun like an adjective: a yellow ruler.
Worked examples
Nodir’s pen is red. Gulya’s ruler is blue. The teacher’s pencil case is green. The girls’ bags are pink and white.
— What colour is the rainbow’s first stripe? — It’s red. — And the last one? — It’s violet.
Class activity
“Colour hunt”: the teacher names a colour and pupils point to a classroom object of that colour and say: “Bobur’s bag is blue”.
Practice
1
Name the first and last colours of the rainbow.
red and violet
2
Ask: What colour is the pen?
What colour is the pen?
3
Say: Sevara’s bag is pink.
Sevara’s bag is pink.
4
Why do we write “the boys’ desks”?
Boys is plural, so we add only an apostrophe.