6c
a) Match the words in bold in the text
to their synonyms.
• very big • naughty • glad
pretty • very clever clean
tall
b) Use the synonyms from Ex. 6a to
complete the summary of The Pearl of
Kazakhstan.
The Creator made the world and he gave
1) .................. mountains, 2)............... lakes and
green forests to all the countries. But the Kazakh
people only got the 3) ............., empty steppe. It
was 4)
but the people were sad
because they wanted mountains, lakes and
forests, too. Aldar-Kosse, a kind but 5)............
man, didn't want the Kazakh people to be
miserable. He went to see the 6)
Creator and asked for some mountains. The
Creator gave
Kazakhstan the Karatau
Mountains. Aldar-Kosse saw that the Creator
took the mountains from a sack. Aldar-Kosse
made a hole in it. Mountains, lakes, forests,
rivers, fish and wild animals fell out. They landed
in Kazakhstan, right in the middle of the empty
steppe. The Kazakh people were 7).....​