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Types of text. Narrative text
Textbook: pp. 13–14
GoalName the types of text and know the structure of a narrative text.
New words
narrative text · hikoya matnievent · voqeaopening · boshlanmaending · yakun
Explanation
By purpose, texts fall into three types: narrative, descriptive and reasoning texts. A narrative tells events one after another and answers the question “What happened?”. It usually has three parts: an opening (where and when it began), the development of events and an ending. The predicates are often past-tense verbs: keldi (came), ko‘rdi (saw), aytdi (said). A fairy tale, an anecdote or an account of an event belongs to this type.
Worked examples
“The lost pencil”. On the way to school Aziz found a pencil. In class he showed it to the teacher. Dilnoza raised her hand: the pencil was hers. Aziz gave it back to its owner.
Opening — a pencil was found; development — its owner was looked for; ending — the pencil was returned.
Class activity
“Chain story”: each child adds one sentence to the story in turn. Mark the opening, development and ending as you go.
Practice
1
What types of text are there?
Narrative, descriptive and reasoning texts.
2
Which question does a narrative text answer?
“What happened?”
3
Name the parts of a narrative text.
Opening, development of events, ending.
4
Why are the predicates of a narrative often in the past tense?
Because a narrative tells about events that have already happened.