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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till late at night
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perfidious, treacherous
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downy, fluffy
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by and large, overall
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to take the garbage out
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to subtract, to deduct perfective
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laundry, laundering
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at one's own expense, out of one's own pocket
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contrary to, in defiance of, regardless of; in spite of, despite
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to wink
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to take off ; to rent ; to take a photograph / to film
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in the know, familiar with, posted, aware
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to go for a walk, to walk, to stroll, to be outside imperfective
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boring, dull
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to get warm perfective
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to fall in love imperfective
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cheek
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kindergarten
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to lag behind; to be slow; to lose touch; to come off; to leave alone
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to turn out, to be found, to prove to be; to find oneself, to fall within
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coverlet, bedspread, counterpane; shawl; covering, layer
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to cause, to do
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to clink (glasses)
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expresses surprise with someone
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pryanik, spice-cake made of sugar, honey and spices
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to mean, to imply; to keep in mind
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to serve, to work as, to do one's duty imperfective
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to knit, to tie up perfective
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engine, motor
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cold vegetable soup with bits and pieces of meat or sausage
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to hang, to be hanging
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to occupy oneself, to get busy, to engage
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to enjoy, to relish, to delight, to revel
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to be able, can
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scanty, poor, slender, meagre
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to be off scale / too much / through the roof
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clever, intelligent, smart
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to stretch, to extend; to reach out; to last perfective
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cold, chill
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disorderliness, negligence, carelessness
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employee, official; colleague
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whisper
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ventilator, fan
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envy
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invitation
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delicious, out of this world
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slowpoke, dawdler
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vacation, holidays, recess
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obviously, apparently, manifestly, evidently
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bravery, valour, courage
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hammer
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to have time, to be in time perfective
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of course, sure
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motherland
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to stretch, to reach for; to stretch oneself
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light, slight, easy
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quick-tempered, hot-tempered, irascible, hasty
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son-in-law, brother-in-law
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stool
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bicycle, bike
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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.
Every enthusiastic fisherman will tell you that fishing is a whole science.
Ка́ждый увлечённый рыболо́в вам ска́жет, что ло́вля ры́бы - э́то це́лая нау́ка.
Going barefoot was tickling.
Идти́ босико́м бы́ло щеко́тно.
For several years now, every second Tuesday of October, the world celebrates Women's Achievement Day in science.
Уже́ не́сколько лет ка́ждый второ́й вто́рник октября́ в ми́ре отмеча́ется День достиже́ний же́нщин в нау́ке.
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YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the noun in brackets.
The exercise includes 10 questions.
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детству
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детства
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детство
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детствам
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детств
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детстве
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девушках
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девушкам
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девушку
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девушкой
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девушками
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девушки
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зеркалами
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зеркала
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зеркал
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зеркалах
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зеркало
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зеркалом
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месту
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месте
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местам
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места
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мест
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местами
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химчистке
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химчисткам
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химчистках
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химчистками
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химчисток
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химчистку
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семья
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семьями
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семье
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семью
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семьях
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семьёй
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брюками
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брюкам
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брюки
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брюках
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брюк
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смыслах
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смыслу
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смыслам
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смысле
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смыслы
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смыслами
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слезы
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слезой
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слёзы
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слёз
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слезе
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слезу
In the interview, the writer told where she finds sources of inspiration for her books.
In the interview, the writer told where she finds sources of inspiration for her books.
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вдохновениям
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вдохновением
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вдохновению
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вдохновениях
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вдохновение
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вдохновения
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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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засну
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заснул
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заснём
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засни
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заснув / заснувши
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заснула
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утомите
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утомила
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утомлю
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утомив / утомивши
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утомим
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утомивший
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будем стоять
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стою
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будешь стоять
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стоишь
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стоим
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будете стоять
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говорят
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говоришь
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говорил
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говорящий
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будет говорить
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говорив / говоривши
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расстроишься
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расстройся
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расстроюсь
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расстроимся
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расстроились
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расстроитесь
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решая
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решав / решавши
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будешь решать
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будут решать
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решали
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решайте
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будет делить
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будете делить
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делили
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деля
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дели
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будешь делить
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будет находиться
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находитесь
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находится
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находимся
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будут находиться
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находящийся
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умевший
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умею
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умеете
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будет уметь
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будут уметь
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умеешь
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будет заглядывать
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заглядываю
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заглядывают
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буду заглядывать
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заглядывая
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будете заглядывать
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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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доставать Imperfective
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достать Perfective
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изменять Imperfective
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изменить Perfective
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возвращаться Imperfective
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возвратиться Perfective
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знакомиться Imperfective
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познакомиться Perfective
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прощать Imperfective
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простить Perfective
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покупать Imperfective
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купить Perfective
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хвастаются Imperfective
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похвастаются Perfective
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выращивает Imperfective
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вырастит Perfective
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случались Imperfective
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случились Perfective
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рассказывать Imperfective
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рассказать 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 звать (to call).
You can find the conjugation of this verb and examples of its use here: звать - conjugation.
YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the verb according to the description given.
The exercise includes 24 questions.
- зва́ли
- бу́дем звать
- бу́дут звать
- зва́нный
- зову́т
- зовём
- зову́
- зва́ли
- бу́дешь звать
- бу́дет звать
- зовёте
- бу́дете звать
- звав / зва́вши
- бу́дете звать
- звал
- зовёте
- бу́ду звать
- зови́те
- бу́дет звать
- зову́щий
- зови́те
- зва́вший
- зва́ло
- зову́
- бу́дут звать
- зовёшь
- зови́
- зва́ло
- зовём
- зову́т
- зовёшь
- зови́
- звала́
- зовёте
- зва́нный
- зовём
- звал
- зови́
- зовёт
- зва́вший
- зовёшь
- бу́дешь звать
- бу́ду звать
- зовя́
- зови́те
- бу́дут звать
- звала́
- звал
- зва́ло
- зови́те
- зовёшь
- зовя́
- зову́
- бу́дешь звать
- звала́
- зову́т
- звав / зва́вши
- зва́ло
- бу́дет звать
- зовёшь
- зва́нный
- зовёте
- зва́ли
- зва́ло
- зову́щий
- зови́
- зва́вший
- зовёшь
- зови́те
- зовёт
- зовя́
- зову́
- звала́
- бу́дешь звать
- зовёте
- бу́дете звать
- зови́те
- звав / зва́вши
- звала́
- бу́ду звать
- зовёт
- бу́дем звать
- бу́дете звать
- зови́те
- зови́
- звал
- бу́дет звать
- зову́
- бу́ду звать
- зовём
- зови́
- зову́т
- зовёшь
- звав / зва́вши
- зва́нный
- зовёт
- зовёшь
- зови́те
- зову́
- зовём
- зову́щий
- зовя́
- бу́дут звать
- зовём
- звала́
- зовёшь
- зовёт
- зови́те
- зовёшь
- зовёте
- зва́нный
- зову́щий
- зови́
- зва́ли
- зову́
- зовёте
- звав / зва́вши
- зва́ло
- зовёт
- бу́дут звать
- зовёт
- бу́дут звать
- зва́ли
- звал
- бу́ду звать
- зови́те
- бу́дем звать
- зови́те
- бу́ду звать
- зва́вший
- зову́
- бу́дешь звать
- зови́те
- зовёте
- бу́дете звать
- бу́дешь звать
- зову́щий
- зови́
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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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твоего
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твоими
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твои
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твою
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твоя
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твоих
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моими
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моего
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моём
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мой
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мою
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моим
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ней
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неё
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ею
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нею
-
ей
-
её
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меня
-
ими
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вам
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мной
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мне
-
их
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этого
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этому
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этим
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эти
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то
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том
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наша
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нашим
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нашу
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наши
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наше
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нашему
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твоим
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твоих
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твою
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твоими
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твоё
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твоём
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мне
-
его
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тобой
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тебе
-
ею
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тебя
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этой
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том
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тех
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тому
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эту
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этого
End of the Part 8
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Reference
The words practiced in this lesson:
- Выносить мусор / вынести мусор
- За свой счёт
- Нравиться
- Скучный
- Покрывало
- Гладить
- Иметь в виду
- Висеть
- Погода
- Протянуть
- Вентилятор
- Тепло
- Родина
- Вспыльчивый
- Годовщина
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,
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.