Video introduction.
Contents. Part 1 and Part 2.
Course contract. Recording agreement.
Teacher's contact details.
Do the test and send it to your teacher to check. (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Writing).
Watch the video and describe it in 5-7 lines. Record your answer and send it to your teacher to check. (Speaking - 20 points).
You can contact your teacher and send you homework here. The deadline is 11.02.2022
Vocabulary. Task 1. Read the words. Describe the picture and say what you see in it, using the words.
Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 2. Prepare to talk about the topic on task 2. A) Match the words with their definitions. B) Answer the questions.
Q-cards. Task 3. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Reading and speaking. Task 4. Read the forum and discuss every idea that people do to reduce the cost of travelling. What do you think are the pros and cons of each idea? Do you know anyone who has done these things?
Glossary. Speaking 1. Print out the pdf and go over the vocabulary.
Homework. Choose the vocabulary section and make up some sentences with the words. You need to make at least 7 lines. The DEADLINE is on 18.02.2022. (Those students who don't attend the live lectures should send the recordings).
Video. Lecture 1.
Revision. Vocabulary and pronunciation. Task 1. Read the words and translate them in to English.
Revision. Task 2. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Grammar. The nominative case.
Grammar practice. Task 4. Determine the gender and make plural. Tick if the word is plural.
Grammar practice. Task 5. Choose the correct form of adjectives.
Grammar. The verb conjugation.
Grammar practice. Task 7. Open the parenthesis and use the correct form of the verbs.
Printer copies.
Vocabulary. Listen to the words and repeat them after a native speaker.
Listening. Task 1. Listen to the audio and complete it with the words you hear.
Pronunciation. The lexical and pronunciation differences of Moscow and St.-Petersburg dialects.
Vocabulary. Task 2. Do the pdf and send it to your teacher to check.
Speaking. Task 3. Choose two ideas below to talk about. Think about what you're going to say and make notes. Record your answer and send it to your teacher to check.
Grammar. The nominative case.
Grammar practice. Task 4. Do the exercises and send the pdf to your teacher to check it.
Grammar. The verb conjugation. Print out the pdf page and go over the rules.
Grammar practice. Task 5. Highlight the nominative case in the text.
Grammar practice. Task 6. Do the pdf exercises and send the file to your teacher to check.
Dialogue. Task 7. You’re going to listen to small talk. Line A is a speaker 1 and line B is a speaker 2. Read the dialogue and the glossary.
Speaking. Task 8. Describe what you see in the video.
Colloquial Russian. Task 9. Watch the video and read the vocabulary. Make 8 sentences with the highlighted words.
Glossary. Lesson 1A. Review the vocabulary.
The answer key.
Homework. The deadline is 24.02.2022.
Vocabulary. Task 1. Translate the words and phrases into Russian.
Q-cards. Task 2. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Sound description. Task 3. Listen to the music and imagine you're having a holiday. Describe what you feel listening to this music.
Vocabulary. Task 4. Choose the picture and describe it, using the words in the vocabulary section.
Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 5. Prepare to talk about the topic on task 2. A) Match the words with their definitions. B) Answer the questions.
Glossary. Speaking practice 2.
Revision. Task 1. Open the parenthesis and conjugate the verbs correctly in the present tense.
Revision. Vocabulary. Task 2. Translate the words into English.
Grammar practice. The short forms of adjectives.
Grammar practice. Task 3. Make short forms of the adjectives below.
Grammar practice. The perfective and imperfective aspects.
Grammar practice. Task 4. Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
Pronunciation. Read the words.
Speaking. Task 5. Describe the picture, using the words you had in the Glossary.
Revision. Vocabulary and pronunciation. Task 1. Read the words and translate them in to English.
Revision. Task 2. Read the phrases and a) use the correct form of the words in the parentheses; b) put the stress in the words in the following phrases.
Revision. Task 3. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Speaking. Task 4. Watch the short video and say what you see there
Q-cards. Task 5. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Lecture
Video. Bonus lecture 2.
Revision. Vocabulary. Task 1. Translate the words into English.
Grammar practice. The perfective and imperfective aspects.
Grammar practice. Task 2. Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
Speaking. Task 3. Choose a picture and describe it, using the given words.
Speaking. Task 4. Choose the vocabulary section and make up some sentences with them.
Glossary. Speaking practice 2.
Vocabulary. Task 1. Read the words. Describe the picture and say what you see in it, using the words.
Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 2. Prepare to talk about the topic on task 2.
Revision. Vocabulary. Task 3. Read the words and translate them into English.
Speaking. Task 4. Answer the questions.
Speaking. Task 5. Listen to the audio and describe what you feel. Answer the questions.
Grammar. Perfective and imperfective. The past and Future.
Perfective and imperfective. Task 1. Open the parenthesis and conjugate the imperfective verbs. Change the sentences into perfective forms of the verbs.
Grammar. Adverbs.
Grammar practice. Task 2. Choose the correct form of the word and circle it.
Speaking. Task 3. Read the vocabulary and use the words below to tell about your friend.
Speaking. Task 4. Describe the picture and answer the questions.
Grammar. Perfective and imperfective infinitives.
Grammar. Task 1. Choose the correct verb.
Vocabulary. Task 2. Do the exercises and review the family words.
Speaking. Task 3. Describe the picture, using the words.
Speaking. Task 4. Answer the questions. General conversation.
Lecture 4/1 Perfective and imperfective infinitives.
Grammar. Perfective and imperfective infinitives.
Task 1. Read about the rules about England and choose the right form of the verb. Which of these rules are also common in your country?
Grammar and vocabulary. Prefixes for the verb 'работать'.
Grammar and vocabulary. Task 2. Give English equivalents for the following sentences
Q-cards. Task 3. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Speaking. Task 4. Go over the vocabulary and answer the questions.
Video. Lecture 4/2.1.
Grammar. Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
Grammar practice. Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
Speaking. Task 3. Describe a picture, using the vocabulary.
Q-cards. Task 4. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Speaking. Task 5. Go over the days of the week and answer the questions.
Video. Lecture 4/2
Revision. Task 1. Perfective and imperfective infinitives.
Revision. Task 2. Comparative and Superlative adjectives and adverbs. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Speaking. Task 3. Describe the pictures.
Speaking. Task 4. Go over the verbs of motion. Read the situation and give your advice. Use the given words.
Video. Lecture 5/1
Grammar and vocabulary. Task 1. Read the vocabulary and do the exercise.
Grammar and vocabulary practice. Task 2. Match the expressions in the right and left columns. Tell your classmates where you were and what you did at this time.
Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 3. Prepare to talk about the topic on task 3.
Q-cards. Task 4. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 5. Read the vocabulary and describe the pictures.
Video. Lecture 5/2
Revision. Task 1. Open the parenthesis and use the correct word.
Grammar. The prepositional case.
Grammar practice. Task 2. Use the correct ending of the words.
Speaking. Task 3. Watch the short video and describe what you see in this video.
Speaking. Q-cards. Task 4. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Speaking. Task 5. Choose the answers and explain why.
Video. Lecture 6.1
Grammar. The prepositional case.
Grammar. Task 1. Put the words in brackets in the accusative case
Grammar. Task 2. Put the words in brackets in the accusative case
Grammar. The verbs of motion.
Grammar. Task 3. Use the verbs идти́ - ходи́ть in the correct tense
Speaking. Q-cards. Task 4. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Speaking. Task 5. Watch the video and describe what you see in it.
Speaking. Task 6. Answer the questions.
Lecture 6/2
Revision. Task 1. Put the words in brackets in the prepositional case
Revision. Task 1.2. Put the words in brackets in the prepositional case
Grammar. The verbs of motion.
Grammar. Task 2. Use the verbs идти́ - ходи́ть in the correct tense
Grammar. Task 3. Use the verbs е́хать - е́здить in the correct tense
Grammar. Task 3.2. Use идти́ / ходи́ть / е́хать / е́здить in the correct tense
Speaking and vocabulary revision. Task 4. Answer the questions. Practice perfective and imperfective.
Speaking. Task 5. Watch the video and say what objects you can see in the video.
Speaking and translation. Task 6. Read the recipe of borsch and translate it into English. Write down the unknown words.
Lecture 6.2.2
Grammar. The verbs of motion.
Revision. The verbs of motion. Task 1. Open the brackets and do the right form of the verbs of motion.
Grammar. The prepositional and the accusative cases.
Grammar practice. Task 2. Choose between the prepositional and the accusative cases and use the correct ending.
Speaking. Task 3. Watch the video and describe it.
Speaking. Q-cards. Task 4. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Speaking. Task 5. Translate the sentences into Russian and guess the drink they offer you to make.
Lecture 7.1.1
Grammar. The prepositional and the accusative cases.
Revision. Task 1. Open the parenthesis and use the correct case (prepositional or accusative).
Grammar. The verbs of motion with the prefix -по.
Task 2. Open the parenthesis and conjugate the right form of the verb.
Speaking. Task 3. Watch the video. Describe what you see in the video.
Lecture 7.1.2
Grammar. The verbs of motion with the prefix -по.
Task 1. Open the parenthesis and conjugate the right form of the verb.
Grammar. The prepositional and the accusative cases.
Task 2. Choose the right question word and make a question for the following sentences.
Q-cards. Task 3. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Task 4. Read the questions and answer it.
Lecture 7.2.
Grammar. Revision. Task 1. Go over the nominative, prepositional and accusative cases. Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
Grammar and vocabulary. Task 2. Read the prefixes for the verb 'слушать' and make your own examples with them. Do the exercise below.
Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 3. Prepare to talk about the topic on task 3. A) Match the words with their definitions. B) Answer the questions.
Speaking. Q-cards. Task 4. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Lecture 8.1.
Go over the nominative, accusative and prepositional cases. Task 1. Open the parenthesis and use the correct form of the words.
Grammar and vocabulary. Task 2. Read the prefixes for the verb 'слушать' and make your own examples with them. Do the exercise below.
Speaking and translation. Task 3. Translate the texts into English and answer the questions.
Revision of Vocabulary. Task 4. Translate the words and phrases into Russian.
Glossary. Speaking practice 2. Task 5. Read the glossary and make your own sentences with a few words.
Lecture 8.2.
The reflexive verbs
Grammar. Task 1. The reflexive verbs.
Grammar and vocabulary. Task 2. Read the prefixes for the verb 'заниматься' and make your own examples with them. Do the exercise below.
Speaking. Task 3. Answer the questions.
Glossary. Task 4. Go over the vocabulary from Lesson 1A and make your examples with the words.
Lecture 9.1.
Listening. Task 1. Listen to the audio file and complete the missing words. Check yourself in the answer key.
Vocabulary. Task 2. Do the pdf and check it in the answer key. Send a screenshot of 2.2. to your teacher to check.
Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 3. Prepare to talk about the topic on task B. Record your answers and send them to your teacher to check.
Pronunciation. Task 4. Listen to the audio. Read the tongue twisters was fast as you can. Record yourself and send the recording to your teacher to check.
Grammar. Perfective and imperfective in the present and in the past.
Grammar practice. Perfective and imperfective. Task 5. Do the pdf and check yourself in the answer key.
Task 6. Read the following verbs and the rules. Learn the following prefixes that are used with the verb 'работать'. Рау special attention to the nouns that are frequently used with the following verbs.
Task 7. Give English equivalents for the following sentences. Send it to your teacher to check.
Grammar. Short adjectives.
Grammar practice. Task 8. Do the pdf and check yourself in the answer key.
Task 9. Translate the following adjectives into English. Match them with the nouns, making phrases. Send the exercise to your teacher to check.
The answer key.
Glossary. Lesson 1B.
Homework. The deadline is 05.08.2022.
Task 1. Translate the sentences into English.
Q-cards. Task 2. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
Task 3. Watch the video and tell the teacher what you've seen.
Task 4. Answer the questions.
Task 5. Go over the Glossary. Lesson 1B. and make up a few sentences with the words in the list.
Video. Lecture 9.2. The instrumental case.
Grammar. The instrumental case.
Grammar exercise. Task 1. Put the nouns in brackets in the instrumental case
Grammar exercise. Task 2. The instrumental case (adjectives). Put the words in brackets in the instrumental case
Grammar exercise. Task 3. Put the words in brackets in the instrumental case
Video. Ehor. Task 4.1. Listen to the Q-card. Answer the questions.
Video. Lisa. Task 4.2. Listen to the Q-card. Answer the questions.
Q-cards. Task 4. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card.
Task 5. Watch the video and say what you've seen in it.
Revision of cases. Nominative, Accusative, Prepositional and Instrumental. Task 1. Open the brackets and use the correct form of the word.
Revision. The verbs - идти / пойти, ехать/поехать. Task 2. Use the correct form of the verb to complete the sentences.
Revision. Perfective and imperfective. Task 3. Complete the sentences with a verb (imperfective or perfective) in the correct form.
Speaking. Task 4. Read the text and find three mistakes in the verbal aspect
Speaking. Task 5. Answer the questions.
Lecture 10. Video.
Review and check 1. The deadline is 13.10.22
Revision. Task 1. Put the words in brackets in the proper case
Task 2. Complete the texts with the verbs in the correct form.
Grammar. Passive voice in the Russian language.
Task 3. Make the passive voice with the verbs.
Task 4. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the correct forms and voices.
Speaking. Task 5. Translate the sentences and answer the questions.
Speaking. Task 6. Choose a topic and speak about it for 1 min.
Revision. Perfective and imperfective. Task 1. Read the texts and complete them with the verbs in the correct form. Guess who the texts are about.
Grammar. Dative case.
Practice. Dative case, its functions and endings. Task 2. Put the nouns in brackets in the dative case
Task 3. Fill the gaps with the words below
Task 4. Create questions. The highlighted words are the answers
Speaking. Task 5. Answer the questions
Task 1. Write the verbs in the perfective form (future).
Grammar. The dative case.
Task 2: Put the words in brackets in the dative case
Task 3: Put the words in brackets in the dative case
Task 4. Learn the following prefixes that are used with the verb 'учить'. Choose the verb that would bе appropriate in the following situations.
Speaking. Task 5. Write your New Year's resolutions for the next year.
Speaking. Task 6. Dream about what your life is going to be in the future.
Speaking. Task 7. Answer the questions. Provide as much information as you can.
Revision. Task 1. Choose the right words.
Task 1.1 Complete the sentences with the verbs учить - выучить, учиться - научиться, учить - научить, изучать - изучить in the correct form.
Task 2. The dative case & the instrumental case.
Task 3. Complete the sentences with perfective or imperfective verbs in the correct form.
Speaking. Task 4. Say what Max, Anna and Lisa are interested in.
Translation and speaking. Task 5. Translate the sentences and answer the questions.
Revision. Task 1. Put the words in brackets in the dative case
Grammar. The genitive case.
Genitive case. Task 2. Put the right genitive form for each number
Task 3. Create questions. The highlighted words are the answers
Grammar. Perfective and imperfective imperatives. Task 4. Give the correct imperative form.
Speaking. Task 5. Look at the magazines and covers. Say what they are about.
The genitive and accusative cases.
Accusative case. Task 2. Finish the sentences choosing the right form
Genitive case. Task 3. Put the words in brackets in the genitive case
Genitive and Accusative. Task 4. Put the words in brackets in the genitive or accusative cases.
Grammar. Летать and Лететь
Task 5. Use лете́ть - лета́ть in the correct tense
Speaking. Task 6. Отвечайте на вопросы:
All cases, revision. Task 1. Put the words in brackets in the proper case
Grammar. Verbs of motion. Плыть and Плавать
Grammar. Task 2. Use the verbs плыть - пла́вать in the correct tense
Grammar. Task 3. Use идти́ / ходи́ть / е́хать / е́здить /лете́ть / лета́ть
Translation. Task 4. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Speaking. Task 5. Answer the questions.
Revision. The verbs of motion. Task 1. Choose the correct verb and use it in the correct form
Grammar. The verb of motion. Носить / Нести
Grammar practice. The verb of motion НОСИТЬ / НЕСТИ. Task 2. Use the verbs нести́ - носи́ть in the correct tense
Task 3. Use the verbs нести́ - носи́ть in present and in the past
All cases. Task 4. Put the words in brackets in the proper case
Speaking. Task 5. Отвечайте на вопросы.
Translation. Task 6. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Revision of all cases. Task 1. Put the words in brackets in the proper case
Revision of perfective and imperfective. Task 2. Complete the sentences with perfective or imperfective verbs in the correct form.
Revision of verbs of motion. Task 3. Choose the correct verb and use it in the correct form
Speaking. Task 4. Answer the questions
Revision. Translation. Task 5. Translate the sentences into Russian.