It is Saturday. It is cold. Six pupils are in the school yard with one ball.
"Are you the new team?" the coach asks.
"We are," Jasur says. "But we are not ready."
"Why?"
"Bekzod is our goalkeeper, and he isn't here. He is at the doctor."
The coach looks at the six faces. Two boys are tall, four are small, and all six are cold.
"I am Sherbek," the smallest boy says. "I am not a goalkeeper. But my hands are big."
"Good," the coach says. "Today you are the goalkeeper."
After an hour their shirts are wet and their faces are red. The score is three–three. Nobody is angry.
"Are we a team now?" Sherbek asks.
"You are," the coach says. "A team is not eleven good players. It is eleven players in one place, every Saturday."
Grammar from this story
Key patterns that appeared in the text.
I am · he/she/it is · we/you/they are
“Boʻlmoq” feʼli shaxsga qarab uch shaklga boʻlinadi. Oʻzbekchada bu qoʻshimcha ichida yashiringan (tayyorman, tayyormiz), inglizchada esa alohida soʻz boʻlib turadi.
- I am Sherbek.
- Bekzod is our goalkeeper.
- Six pupils are in the school yard.
Negative: is not / isn't · are not / aren't
Inkor uchun feʼldan keyin not qoʻyiladi — boshqa hech narsa kerak emas. Qisqa shakl gapirishda odatiy: isn't, aren't, I'm not.
- We are not ready.
- He isn't here.
Question: Are you ready? · It is cold.
Savolda ega va feʼl joy almashadi: You are ready → Are you ready? Va ob-havo, vaqt, masofa haqida gapirilsa, inglizcha gap it talab qiladi: It is cold — “Sovuq”.
- Are you the new team?
- It is Saturday. It is cold.
