Lesson three

LESSON THREE

Ubiquity of English – Engliz tilining barcha joyda tarqalishi


Task 4. Match the labels in the box and the sentences 1-12 below.

1. Present Simple 2. Present Perfect 3. Present Perfect Continuous 4. Past Perfect Continuous5. Past Simple 6. Present Continuous 7. Past Perfect 8. Future Simple 9. Future Perfect 10.Future with 'going to' 11. Future Continuous 12 .Past Continuous

1. Students are spending so much time on learning new words by heart._______

2. Sailors in the Mediterranean Sea used ‘lingua franca’ for interaction._________

3. They had researched the market carefully before they decided to open a new branch.______________

4. Diamonds don’t have much intrinsic value and their price mostly depends on their scarcity._______________

5. I think they will explain everything precisely.________________

6. Saodat was reading her favorite ‘Harry Potter’ when her brother interrupted.___

7. I have figured out 51 English words while coming to the university__________

8. The number of English speakers has been increasing recently.______________

9. Consequently, Umar will be lying on the beach with his family next week._____

10. We had been confusing things for two days when they finally illuminated the difference.___________________

11. In my article I’m going to run through some of the main points of the matter.____________________

12. Experts will surely have finished their work by the end of the next month.______________________

Special text

About Cholpon


Abdulhamid Sulaymon oʻgʻli Yunusov (1893 – 4 October 1938), most commonly known by his penname Choʻlpon (sometimes spelled Cholpán in English), was an Uzbek poet, playwright, novelist, and literary translator. Choʻlpon was one of Central Asia's most popular poets during the first half of the 20th century. He was also the first person to translate William Shakespeare's plays into the Uzbek language. Choʻlpon's works had a major impact on the works of other Uzbek writers. He was one of the first authors to introduce realism into Uzbek literature. Choʻlpon was executed during the Great Purge under the leadership of Joseph Stalin.

Abdulhamid Sulaymon oʻgʻli Yunusov was born in 1893 in Andijan. His father, Sulaymonqul Mulla Muhammad Yunus oʻgʻli, was a learned man. Choʻlpon first studied at a madrasa. Later he enrolled in a Russian tuzem school, an elementary school for non-Russians in Turkestan.

From 1919 until 1920, Choʻlpon worked as editor-in-chief of the newspaper TurkROSTA. He also worked on the editorial board of many other publications, such as Ishtirokiyun, Qizil bayroq (The Red Flag), Turkiston (Turkestan), Buxoro axbori (Bukhara News), and Darhon.

Like many Uzbek authors of his time, such as Abdulla Qodiriy and Abdulrauf Fitrat, Choʻlpon was executed during the Great Purge under the leadership of Joseph Stalin. He was arrested as "enemy of the people" in 1937 and was killed on 4 October 1938.

Choʻlpon's first poems were published in Oʻzbek yosh shoirlari (Young Uzbek Poets), a collection of poems by young Uzbek poets, in 1922. His three collections of poems, namely, Uygʻonish (The Awakening) (1922), Buloqlar (The Springs) (1924), and Tong sirlari (The Secrets of Dawn) (1926) were published during his lifetime. Choʻlpon's novel Kecha va kunduz (Night and Day) is one of the most highly acclaimed novels in Uzbek literature.

In addition to writing numerous poems, plays, and short stories, Choʻlpon translated the works of many famous foreign writers, such as Alexander Pushkin, Maxim Gorky, and William Shakespeare into the Uzbek language. In particular, he translated Shakespeare's Hamlet into Uzbek. He also translated Boris Godunov and Dubrovsky of Pushkin.

Answer the questions:

1. When and where was Cholpon born?

2. Whose works did Cholpon translate into Uzbek?

3. What impacts did Cholpon’s works have on the works of Uzbek writers?

4. Can you tell the journals in which his poems were published?

5. What positions did he hold during his life?

Homework: Do exercises of “Grammar activities”.
Grammar Activities
Activity 1. Fill in the gaps with the words “much or many”.

1. I don’t eat … oranges. 2. He eats … fish. 3. Mary mustn’t eat too … salt because she has problems with her blood pressure. 4. There is not … space in my flat. 5. There are … students in the gym. 6. Please don’t put … pepper on the meat. 7. There were … plates on the table. 8. She doesn’t eat … bread, she is on a slimming diet. 9. … people learn English. 10. There is … light in the room, it has … windows. 11. … of their conversation was about the university.

Activity 2. Fill in the gaps with the pronouns “little, a little, few, a few”.

1. I am busy now, I have … time. 2. Would you like … salad? – Yes, thank you. 3. Mother gave us … apples, and we were glad. 4. He didn’t like it in the camp: he had very … friends there. 5. I have … money, so we can go to the cinema. 6. I have … money, so we cannot go to the cinema. 7. She left and returned in … minutes.

Activity 3. Write in the verbs in the correct form.

1. I (to go) to the university by bus. 2. It (to take) me 15 minutes to get there. 3. She (to play) tennis on Sundays. 4. You (to cook) well? 5. We (to have) English twice a week. 6. They not (to eat) meat, they are vegetarians. 7. Ann not (to use) the dictionary while translating. 8. They (to study) five days a week.

Activity 4. Ask general questions. Give negative answers. Work in pairs.

Model: He always gives her presents.

Does he always give her presents? - No, he doesn’t. He doesn’t give her presents.

1. They speak French very well. 2. He goes in for sports every week. 3. She has a modern computer. 4. My sister calls me Dan. 5. They know many English songs. 6. He likes modern art. 7. My friends often visit museums. 8. We send letters to our friends. 9. I try to keep fit. 10. My dog likes cats. 11. This watch goes. 12. We have an English lesson three times a week.

Activity 5. Ask special questions.

1) When…? → The dean comes at half past nine.

2) What…? → The girl asks us a lot of questions.

3) How often…? → We always air our classroom twice a day.

4) Who…? → They tell us about their studies.

5) What book…? → I read an English book every day.

6) What kind of…? →My father drives a new car.

7) How…? → He speaks English very well.

8) Where…? → My sister goes to her office on week-days.

9) How many…? → We have three classes on Monday.