Progress check 1

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PROGRESS CHECK 6
1 Listen and choose the correct word. (5x2=10)
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. (6x1=6)
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.