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Nouns naming animals and birds: nicknames and capital letters
Textbook: Part 3, pp. 33–36
ЦельWrite animals’ nicknames with a capital letter; use capitals and punctuation correctly.
Новые слова
nickname · laqabcapital letter · bosh harfgrey · kulrangupset · xafa
Объяснение
A word naming the kind of animal or bird is written with a small letter: mushuk (cat), kuchuk (dog). The name or nickname given to it is written with a capital letter: Momiq, Boybo‘ri. A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark.
Примеры
“My Momiq”. My cat is Momiq. He is grey and fluffy. Momiq sleeps on the windowsill every day. One day he wanted to hunt a bird. But the bird flew away. Momiq was not upset; he drank milk.
Wrong: bizning kuchugimiz boybo‘ri hovlini qo‘riqlaydi. Right: Bizning kuchugimiz Boybo‘ri hovlini qo‘riqlaydi. (Our dog Boybo‘ri guards the yard.)
Работа в классе
“Find the capital”: the teacher gives sentences written in small letters. Children find the nicknames and sentence starts and correct them with capital letters.
Упражнения
1
Correct it: mening qo‘zichog‘im oppoq. uning laqabi momiq.
Mening qo‘zichog‘im oppoq. Uning laqabi Momiq.
2
Which is a nickname: mushuk or Momiq?
Momiq
3
Find the predicate: Momiq sut ichdi.
ichdi