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Spelling names of cities and villages
Textbook: Part 3, topic 17, pp. 56–63
ЦельKnow that names of cities and villages are written with a capital letter.
Новые слова
city · shaharvillage · qishloqcapital city · poytaxtregion · viloyat
Объяснение
Names of cities and villages are written with a capital letter: Toshkent, Samarqand, Buxoro, Xiva. The words shahar and qishloq themselves are written with a small letter. The same with viloyat (region): Samarqand viloyati.
Примеры
Toshkent is the capital of Uzbekistan. Buxoro is an ancient city.
Wrong: samarqand shahri. Right: Samarqand shahri (the city of Samarkand).
Работа в классе
“Map journey”: the teacher points to a city on the map and children write its name with a capital letter. Then they also write the name of their own village or neighbourhood.
Упражнения
1
Write correctly: toshkent, buxoro, xiva
Toshkent, Buxoro, Xiva
2
What is the capital of Uzbekistan?
Toshkent
3
Write the sentence correctly: biz samarqandga bordik. (We went to Samarkand.)
Biz Samarqandga bordik.