The Rain Is Starting

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Verb Adjective Adverb Expression

Look at the sky. It is getting dark at four o'clock.

"The rain is starting," Dilnoza says. "Are you coming?"

In the yard six boys are playing football. Nobody is listening to her. Sherbek is running with the ball and Jasur is shouting his name.

Afsona is sitting under the tree. She is not playing today; she is reading.

Then the first big drops are falling on her pages.

Now everybody is running, and they are all going in the same direction: to the tree.

Eight pupils are standing under one tree. The ball is lying in the water. Afsona's book is getting wet and she is laughing.

"Is anybody going home?" Dilnoza asks.

Nobody is moving.

Vocabulary from this story

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sky
osmon
dark
qorongʻi
shouting
baqiradi
drops
tomchilar
direction
yoʻnalish
lying
yotmoqda

Grammar from this story

Key patterns that appeared in the text.

am / is / are + verb-ing

Aynan shu daqiqada davom etayotgan ish. Ikki qismli: be feʼli shaxsga qarab oʻzgaradi, asosiy feʼl esa -ing oladi. Ikkinchisini tashlab ketish — eng koʻp uchraydigan xato.

  • The rain is starting.
  • Six boys are playing football.

Negative and question

Inkor: be dan keyin not — She is not playing. Savol: be oldinga chiqadi — Are you coming? do/does bu zamonda ishlatilmaydi.

  • She is not playing today.
  • Is anybody going home?

-ing spelling: run → running, lie → lying

Qisqa unli + bitta undosh bilan tugasa, undosh ikkilanadi: run → running, get → getting, sit → sitting. -ie esa -y ga aylanadi: lie → lying. Oxirgi -e tushadi: come → coming.

  • Sherbek is running with the ball.
  • The ball is lying in the water.

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Read the story, then choose the best answer. Tap a choice to check it.

1. What is Afsona doing at the beginning of the story?

2. Which sentence is correct present continuous?

3. Why does nobody move at the end?

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