The Russian Lesson of the Day includes a series of quizzes based on the words and examples from our series Russian Word of the Day, as well as some grammar exercises (noun declension, verb aspects and conjugation). The lesson is designed to help you memorize the vocabulary you learn with us and practice your audio, writing and translation skills.
The content of the lesson is updated daily (from Monday to Friday). The words and sentences that appear in the lesson (parts 1 and 2) are picked by the method of spaced repetition which has proven its efficiency when it comes to learning new vocabulary and is used by many existing services. So if you come here every day, you can be sure that you repeat every word and practice every sentence a few times at different days.
Visit this page regularly to get the maximum effect of these exercises and make sure that you don't forget the words you learn with us and that your Russian vocabulary constantly grows. 🙂
Part 1: repeat the words
YOUR TASK:
Pick the correct translation of the word you see or hear.
The exercise includes 15 questions.
- to stay, to remain; to be left
- confiding, trusting, trustful, unsuspecting, gullible, credulous
- stubborn; thick-headed, chuckle-headed, dull-witted
- key; wrench
- muzzle
- to wink
- doubt; scruple, uncertainty
- heritage, legacy
- to defend oneself
- real, present
- defence, protection, shield, shelter
- method, means; manner, way, mode
- бороться
- ножницы
- выбрасывать
- впустить
- личность
- добро
- to prompt, to suggest
- against
- to defend oneself
- carpet, tapis; rug
- dirty
- to keep, to save, to preserve, to retain
- drawer, box
- industrious, diligent, hard-working, assiduous
- trousers; pants
- to stay, to remain; to be left
- thimble
- fertilizer
- доверять
- подсказать
- плоскогубцы
- остановить
- душистый
- заметить
- common sense
- to be proud; to take pride
- namesake
- calm, quiet; placid, serene; composed
- shy, timid, bashful, diffident
- discount
- свежий
- влажный
- жарить
- против
- натощак
- часть
- uncertainty
- real, present
- from time to time; occasionally
- intricate, ingenious, complex; fancy, elaborate ; recondite, abstruse
- sewing pattern
- combination pliers
- to stop, to cease, to quit
- heritage, legacy
- to wish, to desire
- decision, solution, conclusion
- madness, insanity
- weed plant (in the garden)
- паяльник
- являться
- трудолюбивый
- ящик
- снимать
- общительный
- team
- together
- lawlessness, lawless action
- dangerous, hazardous, unsafe
- sense, meaning
- (car) hood
- to wink
- ability, capacity, power
- together
- to stare, to goggle
- to stay, to remain; to be left
- headlight
- двигатель
- намордник
- сухой
- честность
- борода
- булавка
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Part 2: translate sentences
YOUR TASK:
Read or listen to the sentence and try to translate it. Then check the correct answer. If you guessed rather correctly, click "Correct", if you could not answer or got it totally wrong, click "Wrong".
The best way to get the maximum of this exercise is to take a pen and a paper and to write down every translated by you sentence before you check the correct answer.
Keep in mind that usually, there are a few ways to translate a sentence. So don't be too hard on yourself trying to totally match the translation we give. Choose "Correct" if your answer is close to ours.
The exercise includes 12 questions.
The family is the foundation of our society, it is what makes a person's life emotionally and spiritually fulfilled.
Семья́ - э́то осно́ва на́шего о́бщества, и́менно она́ де́лает жизнь челове́ка эмоциона́льно и духо́вно напо́лненной.
The plot of the novel is based on the development of the protagonist's personality under the influence of many life circumstances.
В осно́ву сюже́та рома́на легло́ разви́тие ли́чности гла́вного геро́я под возде́йствием мно́гих жи́зненных обстоя́тельств.
Yesterday they were trying to convince us of the opposite.
Вчера́ они́ нас убежда́ли соверше́нно в обра́тном.
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YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the noun in brackets.
The exercise includes 10 questions.
Let's go roller blading?
Masculine, plural, Prepositional
Let's go roller blading?
- роликами
- роликов
- ролику
- роликах
- ролик
- ролики
The buyer is obliged to pay the price of the goods stipulated in the contract of sale.
Masculine, singular, Instrumental
The buyer is obliged to pay the price of the goods stipulated in the contract of sale.
- договорам
- договором
- договорами
- договорах
- договор
- договоров
I need to think and put my thoughts in order.
Masculine, singular, Accusative
I need to think and put my thoughts in order.
- порядок
- порядках
- порядки
- порядков
- порядке
- порядками
Why are you without a hat in such a frost?
Feminine, singular, Genitive
Why are you without a hat in such a frost?
- шапок
- шапки
- шапка
- шапками
- шапке
- шапку
The eyes of fear see danger everywhere. (Lit: The fear has big eyes.)
Masculine, singular, Genitive
The eyes of fear see danger everywhere. (Lit: The fear has big eyes.)
- страхов
- страх
- страхе
- страхам
- страху
- страха
The journey by commuter train took us 40 minutes.
Feminine, singular, Prepositional
The journey by commuter train took us 40 minutes.
- электричкам
- электричках
- электричками
- электричку
- электрички
- электричке
You can cook okroshka on kvass, kefir or water.
Masculine, singular, Prepositional
You can cook okroshka on kvass, kefir or water.
- кваса
- квасах
- квасе
- квасам
- квасом
- квасу
At this time of year the lilac begins to bloom.
Masculine, singular, Genitive
At this time of year the lilac begins to bloom.
- годов
- годам
- годом
- года
- году
- годах
Scientists have taught computers to read lips.
Feminine, plural, Dative
Scientists have taught computers to read lips.
- губ
- губу
- губа
- губы
- губам
- губе
Do stretching exercises.
Feminine, singular, Accusative
Do stretching exercises.
- растяжек
- растяжкой
- растяжках
- растяжку
- растяжки
- растяжкам
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Part 4: practice verb conjugation
YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets.
The exercise includes 10 questions.
- опоздай
- опоздать
- опоздали
- опоздаю
- опоздают
- опоздал
- встретьте
- встретишь
- встретим
- встретила
- встретите
- встречу
- сижу
- сидя
- будут сидеть
- сидела
- будет сидеть
- сидишь
- обалдеет
- обалдела
- обалдеть
- обалдеете
- обалдели
- обалдел
- выглянувший
- выглянуло
- выгляну
- выглянул
- выглянув / выглянувши
- выглянут
- данный
- дай
- дала
- даст
- дать
- дадим
- стирающий
- стирали
- стирало
- буду стирать
- стирают
- стирая
- пишут
- будут писать
- пишет
- будет писать
- пишешь
- писали
- умел
- умела
- будет уметь
- умей
- умев / умевши
- умеет
- виделись
- будете видеться
- будем видеться
- видевшись
- видятся
- видится
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Part 5: practice verb aspects
YOUR TASK:
Fill in the gaps choosing the correct aspect of the verb.
The exercise includes 10 questions.
I'm going to the store, do you need anything?
I'm going to the store, do you need anything?
- собираюсь Imperfective
- соберусь Perfective
Tomorrow I plan to relax from morning to evening.
Tomorrow I plan to relax from morning to evening.
- расслабляться Imperfective
- расслабиться Perfective
A cornered animal has no choice but to attack the offender.
A cornered animal has no choice but to attack the offender.
- бросаться Imperfective
- броситься Perfective
Stop sucking up to me, it won’t help you.
Stop sucking up to me, it won’t help you.
- подлизываться Imperfective
- подлизаться Perfective
The poor man lost all his money and documents.
The poor man lost all his money and documents.
- терял Imperfective
- потерял Perfective
We had a great vacation at sea.
We had a great vacation at sea.
- отдыхали Imperfective
- отдохнули Perfective
In the building across the street, a dry cleaning opened.
In the building across the street, a dry cleaning opened.
- открывалась Imperfective
- открылась Perfective
We managed to find a solution to the problem.
We managed to find a solution to the problem.
- умели Imperfective
- сумели Perfective
Captured unawares, he did not have time to figure out what was happening.
Captured unawares, he did not have time to figure out what was happening.
- соображать Imperfective
- сообразить Perfective
Wow, how the things turned out.
Wow, how the things turned out.
- получалось Imperfective
- получилось Perfective
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Part 6: random verb conjugation
You might know our standard quiz that follows every verb conjugation table on our site. Here, we offer you to take the same quiz with a random verb.
This time, the verb is пообещать (to promise).
You can find the conjugation of this verb and examples of its use here: пообещать - conjugation.
YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the verb according to the description given.
The exercise includes 14 questions.
- пообеща́ли
- пообеща́ла
- пообеща́ют
- пообеща́вший
- пообеща́ло
- пообеща́ю
- пообеща́ет
- пообеща́ли
- пообеща́ешь
- пообеща́ем
- пообеща́ют
- пообеща́ете
- пообеща́ем
- пообеща́вший
- пообеща́ю
- пообеща́в / пообеща́вши
- пообеща́ла
- пообеща́ют
- пообеща́л
- пообеща́ем
- пообеща́ете
- пообеща́ешь
- пообеща́йте
- пообеща́ют
- пообеща́ет
- пообеща́ли
- пообеща́ете
- пообеща́ло
- пообеща́йте
- пообеща́й
- пообеща́ет
- пообеща́ем
- пообеща́ешь
- пообеща́ете
- пообеща́л
- пообеща́ю
- пообеща́йте
- пообеща́ло
- пообеща́ет
- пообеща́ла
- пообеща́вший
- пообеща́ю
- пообеща́ют
- пообеща́ли
- пообеща́ет
- пообеща́ешь
- пообеща́ю
- пообеща́л
- пообеща́ете
- пообеща́ет
- пообеща́ешь
- пообеща́ли
- пообеща́в / пообеща́вши
- пообеща́л
- пообеща́ете
- пообеща́ю
- пообеща́ем
- пообеща́ло
- пообеща́ли
- пообеща́вший
- пообеща́ли
- пообеща́ла
- пообеща́ешь
- пообеща́ло
- пообеща́в / пообеща́вши
- пообеща́йте
- пообеща́в / пообеща́вши
- пообеща́ют
- пообеща́ет
- пообеща́ешь
- пообеща́ла
- пообеща́ете
- пообеща́ют
- пообеща́л
- пообеща́ешь
- пообеща́ет
- пообеща́йте
- пообеща́ло
- пообеща́ю
- пообеща́ете
- пообеща́ла
- пообеща́в / пообеща́вши
- пообеща́ем
- пообеща́вший
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Part 7: typing exercise
You asked, we listened! As suggested by our readers, we have added a typing exercise.
YOUR TASK:
To make the most of this exercise, first try to translate the word from English (to help you with that, we added the number of characters for every word). If you can't simply translate the word, listen to the audio. Type your guess into the field.
Click "Check answer" to reveal the correct answer and to be able to move to the next question.
The exercise includes 10 questions.
End of part 7
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Part 8: practice Russian pronouns
This quiz is designed to help you practice Russian pronouns in different cases. The examples selected for this quiz are rather simple, so it should suit well for upper-beginners and intermediate level.
YOUR TASK: select the correct option.
The exercise includes 10 questions.
How is your health? (Nominative)
How is your health?
- ваши
- ваших
- ваше
- вашими
- вашего
- вашим
All eyes fixed on him. (Accusative)
All eyes fixed on him.
- им
- ему
- нему
- него
- нём
- ним
Do not rub the cat the wrong way (against the direction of the fur), he does not like it. (Genitive)
Do not rub the cat the wrong way (against the direction of the fur), he does not like it.
- ту
- тем
- этого
- этим
- этими
- та
In which city do your parents live? (Nominative)
In which city do your parents live?
- твоих
- твоими
- твоим
- твой
- твои
- твою
Where did you manage to get this book? (Dative)
Where did you manage to get this book?
- тобой
- тебя
- вас
- нём
- тебе
- его
It turned out that our calculations were wrong. (Nominative)
It turned out that our calculations were wrong.
- нашему
- нашими
- нашего
- наших
- наша
- наши
We will help you with your project. (Instrumental)
We will help you with your project.
- твоя
- твоём
- твою
- твоего
- твоим
- твоих
Some "know-all" decided that the best color for these walls is purple. (Genitive)
Some "know-all" decided that the best color for these walls is purple.
- тех
- эти
- этими
- этого
- этих
- то
Choose what your heart desires. (Dative)
Choose what your heart desires.
- твоя
- твои
- твой
- твоим
- твоему
- твоей
These things are not for jokes (We don't joke with these things). (Instrumental)
These things are not for jokes (We don't joke with these things).
- то
- этими
- тому
- та
- эта
- том
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Reference
The words practiced in this lesson:
- Остаться
- Защищаться
- Выбрасывать
- Подсказать
- Напёрсток
- Душистый
- Застенчивый
- Успех
- Против
- Настоящий
- Наследие
- Ящик
- Вместе
- Подмигивать
- Намордник
The sentences used in this lesson were given as examples for the following words:
Атиргули says:
Когда продолжение?
Learn Russian Words says:
Добрый день, Атиргули,
Урок дня обновляется ежедневно по рабочим дням. Приходите сюда в понедельник, когда будет опубликовано новое слово дня, и упражнения обновятся новыми словами.
marie ventura says:
sorry another time,but audio is often out of order
Learn Russian Words says:
Hello Marie,
As we replied to you before, we are aware of this problem and created a little note that explains it.
Unfortunately, we are not IT geniuses, neigher we can’t hire those to help us. We asked the programming community on specialized forums, but got 0 replies.
Please believe, we would relly like to fix it, but we simply don’t know how at the moment. So for now it is what it is.
We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope to find a solution sooner or later.