Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan State World Languages University Republican Scientific – Practical Centre of Developing Innovational Methods of Foregn Languages Authors

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Lesson 1

UBIQUITY OF ENGLISH

•  Possible location and services they offer

•  Language used on the notes

•  Similar places you know

is inevitable;   tonal nature;  c on s t r u c t e d  

rationally;  

in the foreseeable future; 

to say nothing of;  

inveterate homemakers;   

1.  What words come to your mind when you see 

pictures?

2.  What language are these words and do they have 

any equivalents in your own language?

3.  What other examples of English in your daily life 

can you give? 

1.  What makes communication easier?

a) language learning  

b) words

c) Knowledge of English 

2.  What languages were offered as an alternative 

international language?

a) Chinese, Russian 

b) Mandarin,   French  

c) Esperanto

3.  In what areas of Tashkent city English signs are 

less popular?

a) Chorsu, Chupon ota,   b) Kukcha 

c) all areas

4.  What does she think is a good place to enlarge 

one’s vocabulary?

a) City center 

 

b) Chupon ota street  

c) language centers

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Scale up

The word ‘News’ is actually an 

acronym standing for the four 

cardinal compass points - North, 

East, West, and South! 

1.  Diamonds don’t have much intrinsic value and 

their price mostly depends on their scarcity._____

2.  Students are spending so much time on learning 

by heart new words.________________________

3.  I have figured out 51 English words while coming 

to the university.___________________________

4.  The number of English speakers has been 

increasing recently.________________________

5.  Sailors in Mediterranean Sea used ‘lingua franca’ 

for interaction.____________________________

6.  Saodat was reading her favorite ‘Harry Potter’ 

when her brother interrupted.________________ 

7.  They had researched the market carefully before 

they decided to open a new branch.____________

8.  We had been confusing things for two days when 

they finally illuminated the difference._________

9.  I think they will explain everything precisely._____

10. In my article I’m going to run through some of the 

main points of the matter.____________________

11. Consequently, Umar will be lying on the beach 

with his family next week.___________________

12. Experts will surely have finished their work by the 

end of the next month.______________________

a.  _____ regular routines and habits.

b.  _____   an action which is happening at the present 

moment.

c.  _____ something which has happened up to the 

present moment.

d.  _____ the duration of an activity that begins in the 

past and continues up to the present moment.

e.  _____  a  finished  past  action  which  occurs  at  a 

specific moment in the past.

f.  _____ something that is happening at a precise 

moment in the past; an interrupted action.

g.  _____  talking  about  an  action  that  is  finished 

before another action in the past. This form is     

especially useful for giving reasons for a decision 

that was made in the past.

h.  _____ expressing the duration of an activity up 

to another point in time in the past; stressing 

that a certain activity had been going on before 

something important happened.

i.  _____ making a future prediction or express a 

decision about the future made at the moment.

j.  _____ speaking about future intentions or plans 

made before the present moment.

k.  _____ discussing an activity that will be in 

progress at a specific point in time in the future.

Match the labels in the box with the sentences 

1-12 below. 

Read the descriptions a-l and decide which 

sentence in exercise 5 they match.

Look at the pictures and make a list of some other English words you think are known among 

particular groups of people in Uzbekistan.