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.
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expensive
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disposition, temper, temperament; customs, morals, manners; не по нра́ву: not to liking
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dacha, summer house, cottage
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to sleep, to be asleep imperfective
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to count, to compute, to reckon; to consider, to think imperfective
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vision, sight, eyesight
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salad
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pickles, conserved vegetables
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to dress, to put one's clothes on imperfective
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to stare, to goggle imperfective
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to prove, to show, to demonstrate perfective
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to show, to point at, to display, to reveal perfective
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theme, topic, subject
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it is dark; dark
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world; peace
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to think
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significant, meaningful, telling, expressive, full of suggestion
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method, means; manner, way, mode
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generation
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burgundy (color), vinous
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to inspire, to invigorate perfective
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to carry, to drug, to pull; to wear imperfective
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to fall in love imperfective
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to come up to, to approach; to suit perfective
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to amaze; to strike dumb, to surprise
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to hear
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full-fledged, of full value
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rich, wealthy
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to develop, to evole, tp grow, to progress, to thrive, to unfold, to advance
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to become a fool, to go crazy (slang)
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когда
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изнывать
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отвёртка
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чемодан
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крик
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предприятие
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cloudy, overcast
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awl
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Baba Yaga
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to snap; to snarl; to talk back imperfective
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universe
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huge, vast, enormous, tremendous
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self-taught person
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idle talk, twaddle
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eyelash
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to eat (up) perfective
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to look for, to search, to seek imperfective
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to think, to consider, to ponder; to understand, to grasp imperfective
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exercise, practice
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to share (computer slang)
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to trust, to confide
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blanket
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sweater, pullover, slip-over
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shorts
End of the Part 1
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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.
People in Russia really know how to have fun.
Лю́ди в Росси́и и пра́вда уме́ют весели́ться.
They had fun like children do.
Они́ весели́лись как де́ти.
The badly constructed speech of the speaker was tiring.
Косноязы́чие выступа́ющего утомля́ло.
He is a little tongue-tied.
Он страда́ет небольши́м косноязы́чием.
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YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the noun in brackets.
The exercise includes 10 questions.
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лесе
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лесу
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лесом
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лес
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лесами
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лесов
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кефирами
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кефиром
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кефира
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кефир
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кефирах
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кефире
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пассатижах
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пассатижей
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пассатижам
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пассатижи
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пассатижами
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учитель
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учителям
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учителем
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учителей
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учителя
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учителями
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квартирах
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квартире
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квартирам
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квартиры
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квартира
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квартиру
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батареи
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батарее
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батарея
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батареях
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батареями
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батарею
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розеток
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розетке
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розетки
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розеткам
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розетку
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розеткой
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колесе
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колесо
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колеса
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колёс
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колёсами
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колесом
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свиданий
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свиданиям
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свиданиями
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свиданиях
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свиданию
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свидании
Push-ups from the floor are effective exercises for the upper muscle group.
Push-ups from the floor are effective exercises for the upper muscle group.
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мышц
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мышцей
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мышцы
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мышцу
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мышца
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мышце
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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.
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будете служить
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служили
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служит
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будешь служить
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служишь
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будет служить
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подразумевающий
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будешь подразумевать
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подразумевало
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подразумевай
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будут подразумевать
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подразумевают
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будут давать
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давал
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давая
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давать
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давали
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буду давать
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буду уметь
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умеешь
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умея
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умеет
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умев / умевши
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будем уметь
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слыву
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будешь слыть
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слывёт
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слыла
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слыв / слывши
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слыли
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заберётесь
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забрался
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заберись
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заберётся
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заберёшься
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заберёмся
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разговаривал
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будете разговаривать
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разговариваешь
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разговаривав / разговаривавши
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будет разговаривать
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буду разговаривать
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посоветуй
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посоветуешь
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посоветовавший
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посоветовал
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посоветовать
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посоветовало
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бежавший
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будет бежать
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бегут
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бежишь
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бежит
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бежите
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выздоравливающий
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выздоравливает
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выздоравливая
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будешь выздоравливать
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будут выздоравливать
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будете выздоравливать
End of the Part 4
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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.
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производила Imperfective
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произвела Perfective
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заблуждаться Imperfective
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заблудиться Perfective
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катались Imperfective
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покатались Perfective
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буди Imperfective
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разбуди Perfective
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извиняйтесь Imperfective
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извинитесь Perfective
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заказывали Imperfective
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заказали Perfective
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смотрят Imperfective
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посмотрят Perfective
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покачивался Imperfective
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покачался Perfective
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случается Imperfective
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случится Perfective
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осеняла Imperfective
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осенила Perfective
End of the Part 5
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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 упасть (to fall, to drop).
You can find the conjugation of this verb and examples of its use here: упасть - conjugation.
YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the verb according to the description given.
The exercise includes 14 questions.
- упа́ло
- упа́в / упа́вши
- упадём
- упадёте
- упадёшь
- упа́вший
- упадём
- упа́ло
- упадёте
- упа́л
- упа́в / упа́вши
- упаду́
- упадёте
- упаду́
- упади́
- упадёт
- упадём
- упа́вший
- упадёшь
- упа́ло
- упадёте
- упади́те
- упаду́
- упа́л
- упадём
- упа́вший
- упадёшь
- упаду́
- упа́ли
- упа́ла
- упа́вший
- упа́ли
- упадёшь
- упади́
- упа́л
- упадём
- упа́ли
- упади́
- упа́л
- упа́ла
- упаду́т
- упадёт
- упаду́т
- упа́ла
- упадёшь
- упади́те
- упадём
- упади́
- упа́ла
- упа́ли
- упа́вший
- упадёте
- упади́те
- упа́л
- упаду́т
- упади́
- упаду́
- упа́ли
- упади́те
- упадёт
- упадёшь
- упа́вший
- упадёте
- упа́л
- упа́ло
- упа́ла
- упадёт
- упадёшь
- упаду́т
- упа́л
- упадём
- упа́вший
- упа́вший
- упа́ло
- упадёшь
- упа́в / упа́вши
- упаду́т
- упадёт
- упади́те
- упа́вший
- упа́ла
- упадёт
- упади́
- упадёшь
End of the Part 6
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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.
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твоим
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твоей
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твою
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твоё
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твоего
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твоём
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этом
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этого
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этой
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том
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этими
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тому
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её
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ей
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нею
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ею
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ней
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неё
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этой
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теми
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эти
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этого
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этим
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этом
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нашем
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нашей
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наша
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наши
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нашими
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нашему
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вами
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тебе
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тобой
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них
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нами
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тебя
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моя
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моими
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моему
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моей
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моих
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мой
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моими
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моём
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моё
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моему
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моим
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мою
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нашей
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его
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вашим
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наши
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мои
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твою
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нашим
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наша
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нашу
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нашем
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наших
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нашему
End of the Part 8
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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,
We are aware of this problem and created a little note that explains it.
As much as we would really like to fix it, we simply don’t know how. We have asked the programming community on specialized forums to help us, but so far got 0 replies. So for now it is what it is.
We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope to find a solution sooner or later.
André says:
Hello
I ve made one mistake because I couldn’t hear the sound
Have a nice day !!!
Learn Russian Words says:
Hello André,
Well done! Sorry about the bug with the sound. Sooner of later, we will find a way to fix it.
Have a nice day you too! 🙂
Paul D'hooge says:
You developed a great site! Congratulations, I love it.
I have only one question (at this time :-)):
Concerning the exercise on the verb aspects, it would be very informative for me should there be an explanation why in each particular example the imperfective or perfective verb is used. (as you do already for the cases exercise). This can be very short, i.e. : one time use, repetitive action, finished action etc… To me it is not always clear why one or the other is used in some of the examples.
Learn Russian Words says:
Hello Paul,
Thanks for the suggestion. We are planning to introduce some more explanations to all the grammar quizzes, so this goes well along with that. Written down. 🙂
Andi says:
I wold just like to say these lessons are geared up for people who are intermediate to advanced.
They have been developed by people who were taught a grammatical way. There is no room for beginners in these daily lessons. Many of the sentences used are just totally abstract of no use in daily life.
I believe it needs a complete over haul and total relook from out of the box. Look at how children learn – they are not given grammer grammer grammer
For a beginner who has learnt many words, for survival Russian the next step is simple conversation.
I would suggest you make up simple conversations examples,
Introduction in the present tense,
Something that happed now, yesterday and in the future – a walk in the park – so one can see the difference. same with all the subjects below.
Subjects encapsulated should be everyday things –
How are you? Welcome to my home/ going out to the cinema
Shopping
Weather
Games/sports
Body/medical/Dentist/doctor
Directions
Holidays
Driving/riding a bike/ a horse
Watching TV/listening to the radio…
Cookiing
Bathroom – toilet/bath/shower etc..
Going to bed.
Concerts/Night clubs/Restaurants….
The subjects are endless but relevant to ones live
Not
Хватит ссориться из-за пустяков!
Enough quarreling over small things!
Хватит … из-за пустяков!
Мы вчера реально оплошали.
We really blundered yesterday.
Мы вчера реально [оплошать].
to pay, to pay off, to settle accounts
Я взяла две [штука] – одну на сейчас и одну про запас.
I took two pieces – one for now and one in store.
I am never going to use any of those phases sorry. I understand it is to get the correct noun or verb or tense thereof of the context would be helpful if it was relevant to modern life and living and it’s situation.
I shall still use the flashcards to increase my vocab, but I do not see anything else here that gets me from words to sentences and therefore conversation. Maybe I am missing something.
Maybe an idea to consider – is provide a list of Russian words with translation then form a simple conversation between two people.
Then introduce another set of words and introduce them to the same conversation there by increasing someones knowledge. I would suggest due to grammatical complexities of Russian, you provide conversations in Past/Present and Future tense and maybe explain in the introduction plurals of words or in the list of Russian words with there English translation.
In the introduction you could provide verb conjugation etc.. and other varients.
These are my thoughts.
Learn Russian Words says:
Hello Andi,
Thank you for your thoughts, you mentioned a few interesting points and we’ll use them in the future lessons.
You might find something closer to what you are talking about on another site of ours – https://learnrussianstepbystep.com/. This site is designed particularly for beginners and has both grammar and vocabulary lessons.
Learn Russian Words is the Russian Word of the Day first and foremost. The lesson of the day is created because it would be a shame for us not to try to make the most of all these words and examples we have collected, and, more importantly, because many people find it beneficial for their practice.
We do invite beginners to try themselves with the exercises, but if it’s too difficult and just demotivates, then no point. However, there is only a short period of time when you are a beginner, you should try again when you feel like having something more challengable. We suggest to subscribe to the newsletter, it includes a different set of exercises, and do only those that you can do. With time you will be able to do the most (if not all) of them. Also, the newsletter comes with a series of links to other lessons which you might want to check out that day to refresh your knowledge.
And if you have ideas on how we could improve on what we have, about any of the websites of ours (you can see them all here – https://learnrussian101.com/network/), they are always welcome as the ones you already mentioned.
What it highlighted, though, is the fact that we should probably communicate about the level of the questions in the quizzes. We’ll think about how to put it better.
Thank you
Steef Vooren says:
There is a mistake in Part 6 of todays lesson.
Learn Russian Words says:
Hi Steef,
The lesson exercises are shown randomly and we can not know what exactly you’ve seen. Can you please let us know what exactly the mistake is about? Thank you.
Alix says:
Hi, it’s not a question but a suggestion: in the translation exercises, it would be good to add an intermediate qualification between Correct and Wrong; something like “almost correct”, or “approx”, or “not wrong”, etc., that rescues the positive of what the student has been able to answer.
Learn Russian Words says:
Hi Alix,
Great suggestion, thanks. I’ll try to implement it as soon as I can. 🙂
Oğuzhan Benli says:
Please print the letter ë as is, NOT e
Learn Russian Words says:
Hi Oğuzhan,
Thanks for your comment.
We do use Ё most of the time, it’s just in some old words and examples we still have Е instead and did not have time to find and correct it.
Oğuzhan Benli says:
We cannot judge which aspect of the verb to use reading one sentence only. The meaning must be explained
Learn Russian Words says:
Hi Oğuzhan,
Thanks for your comment.
The translation of the sentence is given right there. From it, you can judge about the meaning and pick the correct aspect.