Task Read the text, then answer these questions.
1 Why didn't people read poetry in the 15 and 16
centuries?
2 What happened at poetry performances?
3 What were the old poems about?
4 Why are the old poems important?
5 What happened in the 19 century?
6 What did Abay Kunanbaev write about?
7 Where is Kazakh poetry heard nowadays?
Extra reading​

1. JOE: Why have you bought a new car?
AMY: We needed one with a (bigger) boot, to take our sports gear.

2. ROSE: Do you happen to know which is (the smallest / planet in) our solar system?
JILL: Pluto, isn't it? I know it's (far) away from the sun.

3. FRED: How was your driving test?
GEORGE: Oh, not so bad really. It was ( easier than) I'd expected, in fact.
FRED: So, you've passed?
GEORGE: Yes, I have.
FRED: Congratulations! That's (the best) news I've heard for ages!
MARY: Which is (the highest / mountain in) Africa?
ANNE: I'm not sure. Kilimanjaro, perhaps?
MARY: Where's that? In Zambia?
ANNE: No, it's (farther to the / north) that. Kenia I think.

4. EDDY: We'd better go to the bank this morning.
SEAN: Can't we go (later)?
EDDY: No. They shut (earlier / here than) they do at home.

5. WILL: Hurry up! We'll miss the train. Can't you run (faster)?
PETE: Sorry, I'm going (as fast as) I can already.
WILL: OK. I guess you're quite a bit (shorter than / me), after all.

6. CHRIS: I hear you were having problems with your business last year. Is it (better) this year?
JODIE: No. I'm afraid it's (worse) if anything.
CHRIS: I suppose people just aren't spending (more money) they used to.

1. JOE: Why have you bought a new car?
AMY: We needed one with a (bigger) boot, to take our sports gear.

2. ROSE: Do you happen to know which is (the smallest / planet in) our solar system?
JILL: Pluto, isn't it? I know it's (far) away from the sun.

3. FRED: How was your driving test?
GEORGE: Oh, not so bad really. It was ( easier than) I'd expected, in fact.
FRED: So, you've passed?
GEORGE: Yes, I have.
FRED: Congratulations! That's (the best) news I've heard for ages!
MARY: Which is (the highest / mountain in) Africa?
ANNE: I'm not sure. Kilimanjaro, perhaps?
MARY: Where's that? In Zambia?
ANNE: No, it's (farther to the / north) that. Kenia I think.

4. EDDY: We'd better go to the bank this morning.
SEAN: Can't we go (later)?
EDDY: No. They shut (earlier / here than) they do at home.

5. WILL: Hurry up! We'll miss the train. Can't you run (faster)?
PETE: Sorry, I'm going (as fast as) I can already.
WILL: OK. I guess you're quite a bit (shorter than / me), after all.

6. CHRIS: I hear you were having problems with your business last year. Is it (better) this year?
JODIE: No. I'm afraid it's (worse) if anything.
CHRIS: I suppose people just aren't spending (more money) they used to.