Independent work variant Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

2.Listen to the text and write ten or more questions according to it.

3.Write a short essay on the topic: “My lovely subject”.(200-250words)
4. Speak on the topic: “Uzbek holidays”

Independent work 1
Variant 8
1.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words
Ahmad Yassawiy is the first ----1----representative of Turkish mystical literature and the ---2----of the oldest Turkic order of Yassawiyya in Turkistan, which then ---3----the Naqshbandiyya and Bek-tashiyya –4---the Turks.Ahmad Yassawiy's Hikmat (Divan-i Hikmat or Book of Wisdom) is the first ---5----work of mysti­cal wisdom ---6----in the Turkic language of the area of Yassi, near the ---7----town of Turkistan in Kazakhstan. In his poems, he was the first--- 8---the Turkistanis away from sin. For centuries, ---9----versions of Yassawiy's “Divan-i Hikmat” were written out and ---10----or revised by many hands. It was often ---11---and finally litho­graphed and ----12---in numerous places inside and ---13----Central Asia. As late as the twentieth century, it ---14----accessible to believers in ---15---and written form. His –16---in Yassi is one of the most ---17---places of Turkistan. In the 1390s Temur had this shrine ---18---in honour of Yassawiy, who is popularly known as the Turkistani saint and ---19---as "hazrat". Restoration of his shrine has recently been undertaken.According to a ---20---famous among the people of Turkistan, out of respect for the Prophet Muhammad's death at the age of 63.
1. a) writer b)un- known c) great d)well
2. a) is founded b) founder c) founded d) founds
3. a) influenced b) was influenced c) influencing d) influence
4. a) over b) next to c) between d) among
5. a) knows b knowing c) known d) is known
6. a) write b) written c) writes d) was written
7. a) ancient b) presented c)old d) present
8. a) to warn b) advised c) warned d) warns
9. a) several b) another c)same d) dif­ferent
10. a) amend b) was written c) amended d) was amended
11. a) is known b) recopied c) copied d) warned
12. a) printes b) printed c) was reprinted d) reprinted
13. a) outside b) out off c) inside d)among
14. a) warned b) was remained c) copied d) remained
15. a) written b) oral c) speaking d)listening
16. a) songs b) advices c) shrine d)books
17 a) respected b) is known c) influenced d) ancient
18. a) was built b) built c) respected d) influenced
19. a) respected b) was addressed c) copied d) addressed
20. a) songs b)books c) legend d) respected