Web Help for Unit 8

Cases: The Russian Web Tutor has a number of exercises on the genitive case and the "counting rules" that you'll find helpful. First, read through the grammar explanation for the genitive (much of it is review from last semester)

• Uses of the genitive case

Now do the exercises on the formation of the genitive plural (nouns and modifiers):

• Plural of nouns.
• Plural of nouns and adjectives.

Practice the counting rule with this exercise:

• Nouns with numbers

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!

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Web Help for Unit 9

Dates: The Russian Web Tutor offers a succinct overview of time expressions:

• Dates

And some useful exercises for practice:

• Dates with date and month.
• Dates with date, month, year.
• Days of the week

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!

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Web Help for Unit 10

Cases: The Interactive Online Russian Reference Grammar has an overview of the usage of который that you'll find helpful. You'll also find there an explanation of the noun system -- you now know all the cases! This page will provide you with a refresher for all the other cases, their formation, and their usage.

For help with the instrumental case, see the appropriate section at Master Russian.

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 , 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!

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Chapter 11 Web help

Dative: You’ll need to review the formation of Datives

• Dative case: Personal pronouns (overview)
• Dative singular of nouns (exercises)
• Dative singular of nouns and modifiers (exercises)
• Dative plural of nouns and modifiers (exercises)

Dates:

The Online Russian Reference Grammar has a section on time expressions that covers all the grammatical constructions you've so far encountered.

Russian morphological (grammatical form) generator:

Click on this link for a very useful morphological engine. You can enter any word and the generator will provide the declension (for nouns and adjectives) or the conjugation (for verbs).

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Web Help for Unit 12

The Online Russian Reference Grammar covers indefinite pronouns (-то and -нибудь) and offers advice on choosing the correct particle. At the bottom of the page there are exercises to test your understanding. You'll also find a section on чтобы with exercises and on negative constructions (the last is very useful).

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!

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Web Help for Unit 13

The Online Russian Reference Grammar covers the reflexive pronoun себя and exercises to test your understanding.

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!