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Have you ever noticed that cats seem to sleep all the time? It is true. A cat sleeps for about fifteen hours every day. That is more than half of its life! So why do cats sleep so much?
Long ago, wild cats had to hunt for their food. Hunting takes a lot of energy. To save energy, cats rest and sleep for many hours. Even when a cat looks like it is sleeping, it can wake up very quickly if it hears a small sound. A cat that sleeps well and plays well is happy — and that is why so many people love cats.
Vocabulary from this story
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noticed
sezmoq, payqamoq
wild
yovvoyi
hunt
ov qilmoq
energy
quvvat, energiya
save
tejamoq, ayamoq
quickly
tez
Grammar from this story
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to + verb (purpose)
Maqsad: ...ish uchun. Feʼlning boshlangʻich shakli oldidan ‘to’ qoʻyiladi.
To save energy, cats sleep a lot.
She went out to buy some milk.
more than
...dan ortiq, ...dan koʻp (miqdorni taʼkidlaydi).
A cat sleeps more than fifteen hours a day.
There were more than 100 people.
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1. How many hours does a cat sleep each day?
Matnda mushuk kuniga taxminan 15 soat uxlashi aytilgan — bu uning umrining yarmidan koʻpi.
2. Why do cats sleep so much?
Yovvoyi ajdodlari ov qilishi kerak boʻlgan, ov esa koʻp quvvat talab qiladi — shuning uchun mushuklar kuch tejash uchun koʻp uxlaydi.
3. What can a cat do even while it looks like it is sleeping?
Matnda uxlayotgandek koʻrinsa ham, mushuk kichik tovushni eshitsa tez uygʻonishi aytilgan.
