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Exercise 4. Discuss the following questions with your partner.

1. 
   What does the term ―composite mean?
   
2. 
   What types of composite sentences do you know in both English and Uzbek?
   
3. 
   Specify the compound, complex and mixed type of composite sentences.
   
4. 
   What are the problems connected with compound sentences?
   
5. 
   How are the complex sentences classified in Uzbek?
   
6. 
   What is the structural approach to the problem of composite sentences?
   

Exercise 5. Choose one of the topics below. Make a comparative analysis and prepare 10 minutes demonstrative presentation on it.

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  Comparison of English /Russian/ Uzbek simple sentences.
  
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  Comparative analysis of composite sentence in compared languages.
  
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  Typology of English/ Russian/ Uzbek nominal and verbal sentences.
  
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  Comparison of English / Russian / Uzbek word order system.
  

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  Home activities
  

Exercise 1. Read the statements. Circle the true or false definition of ―sentence‖.

1. 
   The sentence is the basic unit of syntax. True / False
   
2. 
   Sentence is different from other language units because it is a unit of speech. True / False
   
3. 
   The sentence is central syntactic construction used as the minimal communicative unit that has its primary predication, which is actualized by definite structural scheme and intonation characteristics. True / False
   
4. 
   A sentence is a unit of speech whose grammatical structure conforms to the laws of the language and which serves as the chief means of conveying a thought. True
   

/ False

5. 
   A sentence is only a means of communicating something about reality and also a means of showing the speaker's attitude to it. True / False
   
6. 
   A sentence does not express a complete thought. True / False