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VerbAdjectiveAdverbExpression
Bekzod's day starts at six. The smell of bread wakes him.
Every morning at six the light in the bakery is already on. Bekzod's father works there. He starts at four.
Bekzod washes his face, drinks one cup of tea and walks two hundred steps to the bakery. His father gives him a tray of hot bread. Bekzod carries it to the shop on the corner.
The shop opens at seven. The bus to school leaves at 7:20. Bekzod always catches it.
Water boils at one hundred degrees. Bread needs twenty minutes in this oven. Bekzod knows these facts like his own name.
On Fridays the bakery closes early and the family eats together at three.
Every evening his father says the same sentence: "Bread risesslowly. People rise slowly too."
Vocabulary from this story
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smell
hid
tray
patnis
carries
koʻtarib boradi
catches
ulguradi
degrees
daraja
oven
tandir, pech
rises
koʻtariladi
slowly
sekin
Grammar from this story
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Habits: every morning + present simple
Har kuni takrorlanadigan ish oddiy hozirgi zamonda aytiladi. he / she / it bilan feʼlga -s qoʻshiladi: Bekzod washes, his father works.
Bekzod washes his face and drinks tea.
His father starts at four.
Facts: Water boils at 100 degrees
Hamisha toʻgʻri boʻlgan haqiqatlar ham shu zamonda: tabiat qonunlari, qoidalar, oʻzgarmas holatlar.
Water boils at one hundred degrees.
Bread needs twenty minutes in this oven.
Timetables: The bus leaves at 7:20
Jadval bilan belgilangan kelasi zamon harakati hozirgi zamonda aytiladi — avtobus, poyezd, dars, kino. will leave shart emas.
The shop opens at seven.
The bus to school leaves at 7:20.
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1. What time does Bekzod's father start work?
“He starts at four.” Bekzod oltida turadi, otasi esa ikki soat oldin ishni boshlagan boʻladi.
2. Why does the story say "The bus leaves at 7:20" and not "The bus will leave at 7:20"?
Jadval bilan belgilangan harakat — avtobus, poyezd, dars — oddiy hozirgi zamonda aytiladi, garchi kelasi zamon haqida boʻlsa ham.
3. What does the father mean by "People rise slowly too"?
Non sekin koʻtariladi — odam ham. Bu otaning har kuni takrorlaydigan gapi, yaʼni odat, va shuning uchun says — oddiy hozirgi zamon.
