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Day 17 · Animals & Nature · A1 Level

Where Is My Cat?

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⏱ Time target: 3-4 minutes 📖 Reading + Vocabulary ✅ 10 True / False questions
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This morningmorning (noun)The early part of the day, before 12 o'clock.🇺🇿UZ: ertalab🇷🇺RU: утро, my catcat (noun)A small furry animal people keep as a pet.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: mushuk🇷🇺RU: кошка Pushok is not in the kitchenkitchen (noun)The room where you cook.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: oshxona🇷🇺RU: кухня. Where is she?

I ask my sistersister (noun)A girl or woman with the same parents as you.🇺🇿UZ: opa, singil🇷🇺RU: сестра, “Where is Pushok? Have you seen her?” My sister says, “I don't know. She was in the gardengarden (noun)Land next to a house with grass, flowers or trees.≈ Synonym: yard🇺🇿UZ: bog‘, hovli🇷🇺RU: сад this morning.”

I go outsideoutside (adv)Not in a building.≈ Synonym: outdoors🇺🇿UZ: tashqarida, tashqariga🇷🇺RU: на улице, снаружи and look in the garden. “Pushok! Where are you?” I call. There is no answeranswer (noun)What you say or write back to a question.≈ Synonym: reply🇺🇿UZ: javob🇷🇺RU: ответ.

I ask my neighbourneighbour (noun)A person who lives near you.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: qo'shni🇷🇺RU: сосед, “Excuse me, have you seen a smallsmall (adj)Not big.≈ Synonym: little🇺🇿UZ: kichik🇷🇺RU: маленький greygrey (adj)The color between black and white.≈ Synonym: gray🇺🇿UZ: kulrang🇷🇺RU: серый cat?” “Yes,” she says. “I saw her underunder (prep)Below something.≈ Synonym: beneath🇺🇿UZ: ostida, tagida🇷🇺RU: под that carcar (noun)A vehicle with four wheels that you drive.🇺🇿UZ: mashina🇷🇺RU: машина, nearnear (prep)Not far from something.≈ Synonym: close to🇺🇿UZ: yaqinida🇷🇺RU: рядом с the treetree (noun)A tall plant with a trunk and branches.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: daraxt🇷🇺RU: дерево.”

I look under the car. She isn't there. I ask myself, “Where elseelse (adv)Different; other than this.≈ Synonym: other🇺🇿UZ: boshqa🇷🇺RU: ещё, другой can she be?”

Then I hear a small soundsound (noun)Something you hear.≈ Synonym: noise🇺🇿UZ: tovush, ovoz🇷🇺RU: звук. “Meow!” It comes from aboveabove (prep)In a higher place than something.≈ Synonym: over🇺🇿UZ: yuqorida, tepada🇷🇺RU: над me. I look up. Pushok is on the roofroof (noun)The top part of a building or house.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: tom🇷🇺RU: крыша of our househouse (noun)A building where people live.≈ Synonym: home🇺🇿UZ: uy🇷🇺RU: дом!

“How did you get up there?” I ask her. “Why don't you come down?” My fatherfather (noun)Your male parent.≈ Synonym: dad🇺🇿UZ: ota🇷🇺RU: отец bringsbring (verb)To take something to a place.≈ Synonym: carry🇺🇿UZ: olib kelmoq🇷🇺RU: приносить a ladderladder (noun)Steps you climb to reach high places.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: narvon🇷🇺RU: лестница, and he helps Pushok climbclimb (verb)To go up something using your hands and feet.≈ Synonym: go up🇺🇿UZ: tirmashib chiqmoq🇷🇺RU: карабкаться down. She looks a little scaredscared (adj)Feeling afraid.≈ Synonym: afraid🇺🇿UZ: qo'rqqan🇷🇺RU: испуганный, but she is safesafe (adj)Not in danger; protected.≈ Synonym: secure🇺🇿UZ: xavfsiz, omon🇷🇺RU: безопасный.

“What a morning!” I say to my familyfamily (noun)A group of people like parents, children, brothers and sisters.≈ Synonym: relatives🇺🇿UZ: oila🇷🇺RU: семья. “Next time, we need to closeclose (verb)To shut something, like a door or window.≈ Synonym: shut🇺🇿UZ: yopmoq🇷🇺RU: закрывать the windowwindow (noun)A glass opening in a wall.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: deraza🇷🇺RU: окно in her roomroom (noun)A part of a house with walls, like a bedroom.🇺🇿UZ: xona🇷🇺RU: комната. Then she can't climb onto the roof again!” We are all happyhappy (adj)Feeling good and pleased.≈ Synonym: glad🇺🇿UZ: xursand🇷🇺RU: счастливый, рад that Pushok is safe at home again.

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      1
      morningnoun
      ertalabутроI walk my dog every morning.
      2
      catnoun
      mushukкошкаOur cat likes milk.
      3
      kitchennoun
      oshxonaкухняWe eat breakfast in the kitchen.
      4
      sisternoun
      opa, singilсестраMy little sister is five.
      5
      gardennoun
      bog‘, hovliсадMy grandfather works in the garden.
      6
      outsideadverb
      tashqarida, tashqarigaна улице, снаружиLet's play outside.
      7
      answernoun
      javobответI know the answer!
      8
      neighbournoun
      qo'shniсоседOur neighbour has a big dog.
      9
      smalladjective
      kichikмаленькийThis shirt is too small.
      10
      greyadjective
      kulrangсерыйThe sky is grey today.
      11
      underpreposition
      ostida, tagidaподThe ball is under the table.
      12
      carnoun
      mashinaмашинаOur car is in the garage.
      13
      nearpreposition
      yaqinidaрядом сThere is a shop near my house.
      14
      treenoun
      daraxtдеревоThe bird is in the tree.
      15
      elseadverb
      boshqaещё, другойDo you want anything else?
      16
      soundnoun
      tovush, ovozзвукI hear a strange sound.
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      abovepreposition
      yuqorida, tepadaнадThere is a clock above the door.
      18
      roofnoun
      tomкрышаThere is snow on the roof.
      19
      housenoun
      uyдомCome to my house after school.
      20
      fathernoun
      otaотецMy father reads the newspaper.
      21
      bringverb
      olib kelmoqприноситьBring me a glass of water, please.
      22
      laddernoun
      narvonлестницаHe climbs the ladder to fix the light.
      23
      climbverb
      tirmashib chiqmoqкарабкатьсяChildren love to climb trees.
      24
      scaredadjective
      qo'rqqanиспуганныйI am scared of the dark.
      25
      safeadjective
      xavfsiz, omonбезопасныйThe children are safe at home.
      26
      familynoun
      oilaсемьяI love my family.
      27
      closeverb
      yopmoqзакрыватьPlease close the door.
      28
      windownoun
      derazaокноThe window is open.
      29
      roomnoun
      xonaкомнатаThis room is very warm.
      30
      happyadjective
      xursandсчастливый, радMy dog is happy to see me.