You will probably find the following Grammar Tutorials on the Russian Web Tutor helpful. Keep in mind that, since these exercises are not expressly designed for Live from Moscow that they might contain words you're unfamiliar with. Check your dictionary and glossary for definitions if you need!
Nouns:
Gender
Nouns:
Nominative plural
Personal
pronouns
Spelling
rules
Web Help for Unit II
You will probably find the following Grammar Tutorials and accompanying exercises on the Russian Web Tutor helpful. Keep in mind that, since these exercises are not expressly designed for Live from Moscow that they might contain words you're unfamiliar with. Check your dictionary and glossary for definitions if you need!
Russian morphological (grammatical form) generator: Click on this link for a very useful verb conjugator -- type in the inifinitive of any verb into the box (try one of the verbs from this chapter, like жить or отдыхать), and get its conjugational pattern (the results pop up in another window). Many of the forms given are too advanced for beginning students, but the first two tables give the present and the past tenses.
Web Help for Unit III
You will probably find the following Grammar Tutorials and accompanying exercises on the Russian Web Tutor and helpful. Keep in mind that, since these exercises are not expressly designed for Live from Moscow that they might contain words you're unfamiliar with. Check your dictionary and glossary for definitions if you need!
Russian morphological (grammatical form) generator: Click on this link for a very useful verb conjugator -- type in the inifinitive of any verb into the box (try one of the verbs from this chapter, like жить or отдыхать), and get its conjugational pattern (the results pop up in another window). Many of the forms given are too advanced for beginning students, but the first two tables give the present and the past tenses.
Web Help for Unit IV
You will probably find the following Grammar Tutorials and accompanying exercises on the Russian Web Tutor and helpful. Keep in mind that, since these exercises are not expressly designed for Live from Moscow that they might contain words you're unfamiliar with. Check your dictionary and glossary for definitions if you need!
You might want to review the prepositional case:
You might also find it helpful to review the endings for second-conjugation verbs:
The exercises and explanations at the Russian Interactive Online Reference Grammar are a little complicated, but they offer a lot information and clever exercises. Again, since the exercises aren't tailored to Live from Moscow, you might run across words you don't know. Look them up in a dictionary (try the online ones listed in the web resource section of this course).
Russian morphological (grammatical form) generator: Click on this link for a very useful verb conjugator -- type in the inifinitive of any verb into the box (try one of the verbs from this chapter, like жить or отдыхать), and get its conjugational pattern (the results pop up in another window). Many of the forms given are too advanced for beginning students, but the first two tables give the present and the past tenses.
Web Help for Unit V
You will probably find the following Grammar Tutorials and accompanying exercises on the Russian Web Tutor and helpful. Keep in mind that, since these exercises are not expressly designed for Live from Moscow that they might contain words you're unfamiliar with. Check your dictionary and glossary for definitions if you need!
You might want to review the prepositional case:
You might also find it helpful to review the endings for second-conjugation verbs:
The exercises and explanations at the Russian Interactive Online Reference Grammar are a little complicated, but they offer a lot information and clever exercises. Again, since the exercises aren't tailored to Live from Moscow, you might run across words you don't know. Look them up in a dictionary (try the online ones listed in the web resource section of this course).
Russian morphological (grammatical form) generator: Click on this link for a very useful verb conjugator -- type in the inifinitive of any verb into the box (try one of the verbs from this chapter, like жить or отдыхать), and get its conjugational pattern (the results pop up in another window). Many of the forms given are too advanced for beginning students, but the first two tables give the present and the past tenses.
Web Help for Unit VI
English grammar: Too often, students' weak grasp of English grammar interferes with their acquisition of Russian. For those of you who need a refresher on the parts of speech, the Internet Grammar of English provides a concise overview of sentence functionality (what's the subject, what's the direct object, etc.) and useful self-quizzes to test your understanding. Particularly useful for this unit are:
There's also a very useful glossary and index to the site that you should consult anytime you encounter an unfamiliar grammar term.
You'll also find helpful the page English and Russian Grammar for Russian Students, which includes a concise explanation of the Russian case system and several handy tables.
Cases: You will probably find the following Grammar Tutorials and accompanying exercises on the Russian Web Tutor and helpful. Keep in mind that, since these exercises are not expressly designed for Live from Moscow that they might contain words you're unfamiliar with. Check your dictionary and glossary for definitions if you need!
Apect: Robert Beard's "The Fundamentals of Verbal Aspect" clearly explains the differences between perfective and imperfective. It also contains some "smart exercises" that will let you know whether you got the answer right or wrong.
Verbs: In chapter 6, you learned the perfective counterparts to the verbs you already know. Review the rules for conjugation in the first conjugation and the second conjugation.
Russian morphological (grammatical form) generator: Click on this link for a very useful verb conjugator -- type in the inifinitive of any verb into the box and get its conjugational pattern (the results pop up in another window). Many of the forms given are too advanced for beginning students, but the first two tables give the present and the past tenses.
Web Help for Unit VII
Cases: One use of the genitive case is to express possession: Bob's cat, Denis' shoes, etc. Since it's used after the preposition у "near," and in negative expressions of possession (to denote the nonexistence of something), it's also frequently met with in sentences like "John doesn't have a car." You will probably find the Grammar Tutorials on the genitive case useful:
Genitive case
Keep in mind that, since these exercises are not expressly designed for Live from Moscow that they might contain words you're unfamiliar with. Check your dictionary and glossary for definitions if you need!
Numbers: The Russian Web Tutor has an excellent exercise for reviewing the spelling of numbers.
Russian morphological (grammatical form) generator: Click on this link for a very useful verb conjugator -- type in the inifinitive of any verb into the box , and get its conjugational pattern (the results pop up in another window). One of the forms provided is the imperative, so you have an easy way to test and check yourself on the formation of the imperative!