Progress check listen and choose the correct word

PROGRESS CHECK 6


1 Listen and choose the correct word.
Shakhrisabz is one of the most beautiful cities of (1) Surkhandarya/Kashkadarya
Region. It’s located (2) 80/18 km south of Samarkand. It’s one of the oldest cities of
Uzbekistan. It’s more than (3) 250/2,500 years old. Many years ago people called it
‘Kesh’ or ‘Kish’. It was the centre of Sogdiana region. Shakhrisabz is known as the
place where Amir Temur was born. Amir Temur built an amazing Ak-Saray Palace
in (4) 1380/1418. It was 65 metres high and had blue, white and gold mosaics. His
grandson (5) Babur/Ulugbeg built the Kok Gumbaz Mosque here in 1437. Not far
from this place there’s another mausoleum, Hazrat-i Imam Complex. The famous
Uzbek band (6) Bojalar/Yalla sing a song about Shakhrisabz.
DVD script:
Shakhrisabz is one of the most beautiful cities of Kashkadarya Region. It’s
located 80 km south of Samarkand. It’s one of the oldest cities of Uzbekistan.
It’s more than 2,500 years old. Many years ago people called it ‘Kesh’ or ‘Kish’.
It was the centre of Sogdiana region. Shakhrisabz is known as the place where
Amir Temur was born. Amir Temur built an amazing Ak-Saray Palace in 1380. It
was 65 metres high and had blue, white and gold mosaics. His grandson Ulugbeg
built the Kok Gumbaz Mosque here in 1437. Not far from this place there’s
another mausoleum, Hazrat-i Imam Complex. The famous Uzbek band Yalla has
a song about Shakhrisabz.


2 Choose the correct word.
e.g. These rooms are/is cleaned every day.
1) Coff ee is/are grown in Brazil.
2) Books is/are bought in bookshops.
3) Streets are clean/cleaned every morning.
4) Vegetables is/are sold in the grocery.
5) These rooms are clean/cleaned every day.
6) English is/are spoken in South Africa.


3 Write the sentences in the Present Passive.
e.g. the/car/sold/Is/? – Is the car sold?
1) in/many/football/Is/played/countries?
2) sold/bread/Is/a/in/bakery?
3) are/Comedies/on/TV/shown.
4) day/Books/are/every/read.
5) after/The/are/dishes/washed/lunch.
6) Navruz/celebrated/When/is?


4 Read and complete the sentences with words. Find the meaning of the new
Words:FRUIT/FAMOUS/TOURISTS/TRADITIONS/FRIENDLY/COUNTRY/NATURE

Uzbekistan is a beautiful (1) …, which has many advantages. Uzbekistan is

(2)… for its old cities (Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Shakhrisabz, Termez, Tashkent).
In Uzbekistan (3)… is beautiful. You can see great mountains, rivers and lakes. In
Uzbekistan there are delicious and natural (4)… and vegetables. We have amazing
national food which is loved by (5)… . In Uzbekistan we have an original culture
with interesting customs and (6)… . But the most important thing is that Uzbekistan
is famous for its people. The Uzbek people are kind and (7)… .


5 Read and write True or False.
The First Geographer
What is geography? We learn about diff erent places,
c ontinents and countries as well as oceans, rivers, deserts or
mountains on our planet. However, we do not only look at facts
about nature and animals but we also learn how people live in
diff erent parts of the world, learn about diff erent languages,
cultures and diff erent traditions. We also learn how to help our
planet.
The Greek scientist Eratosthenes was the fi rst person who
used the word “geography” 2,000 years ago. He is called the
“Father of Geography”. Eratosthenes was the fi rst to draw a world map. He was
a mathematician, astronomer and poet. That map was diff erent from modern maps
because people did not travel much and they did not know anything about the
Americas. The word “geography” consists of two Greek words which mean “earth”
and “writing”. This means to draw, describe or write about the earth. The word
“geographer” means a person who studies geography, the environment and people.
Maps are made by geographers.
1) Geography is a science which only studies continents and countries.
2) Geographers do not study nature’s problems.
3) The scientist Eratosthenes lived in Greece many years ago.
4) Eratosthenes made the fi rst world map.
5) We use Eratosthenes’s map nowadays.
6) In the fi rst world map there were two Americas.
7) The word “geography” means to draw, describe or write about the earth.