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Working with a text and vocabulary
Textbook: pp. 126–127
GoalEnrich vocabulary with synonyms and antonyms while working on a text about the neighbourhood.
New words
neighbourhood · mahallaneighbour · qo‘shniunity · hamjihatlikprosperous, tidy · obod
Explanation
Mini-text: “Our neighbourhood is small but very friendly. When someone has a wedding or an event, the neighbours help in unison. Young people made the neighbourhood garden tidy, and the elders blessed them.” Working on the text: find synonyms (inoq — totuv, obod — shinam), find antonyms (kichik — katta, yoshlar — keksalar), choose a title. Main idea: the neighbourhood is a place of unity.
Worked examples
Inoq — harmonious, united.
Yoshlar — keksalar: an antonym pair.
Class activity
Write a four-sentence text about your own neighbourhood and mark one synonym pair and one antonym pair in it.
Practice
1
Name a synonym of «inoq».
Totuv, ahil.
2
Find an antonym pair in the text.
Yoshlar — keksalar.
3
State the main idea.
The neighbourhood is a place of unity.
4
Choose a title for the text.
E.g. “A friendly neighbourhood”.