Introductory

Question 1

How do you translate “This is…”, or These are….”

Answer 1

это

Question 2

How do you translate “Here is…”, or “Here are…”

Answer 2

тут

Question 3

What word is used to point to somebody or something farther off?

Answer 3

там

Question 4

How do you say umbrella?

Answer 4

зонт

Question 5

What do you call the change in the soud of an unaccented vowel?

Answer 5

reduction

Question 6

What do the unstressed vowels “a” and “o” reduce to?

Answer 6

uh as in above

Question 7

After which seven consonants do we not write the letter ы.

Answer 7

г, к, х, ж, ш, щ, ч

Question 8

Which vowels indicate the preceding consonant is hard?

Answer 8

а о у э ы - indicate that the preceding consonant is hard.

Question 9

Which vowels indicate the preceding consonant is soft?

Answer 9

я ё ю е и and ь - indicate that the preceding consonant is soft.

Question 10

After б- б’; в- в’; д- д’; з- з’; л- л’; м- м’; н- н’; п- п’; р- р’; с- с’, т- т’; ф- ф which five letter pairs represent the same vowel sound and which of those five vowels dicate that the preceding consonant is soft.?

Answer 10

1. the letter pairs а/я, о/ё, у/ю, э/е, ы/и represent the same vowel sound
2. the letters я, ё, ю, е, и indicate that the preceding consonant is soft.

Question 11

How are the letter letters е, я pronounced in the first syllable before the stress?

Answer 11

е and я are pronounced like и [ih]

Question 12

When are е, я are pronounced like ‘ [yuh]

Answer 12

Anywhere after the stress and more than one syllable before the stress е, я are pronounced like ‘ [yuh]

Question 13

What are the three unpaired hard consonants?

Answer 13

ж, ш, ц

Question 14

What are the three unpaired soft consonants?

Answer 14

ч, щ, й

Question 15

According to the 7-letters spelling rule, after the consonants ж, ш, ч, щ is the letter и spelled or ы?

Answer 15

The letter и is spelled, never ы

Question 16

After the unpaired soft consonants ч, щ are the letters а, у spelled or я, ю?

Answer 16

After the unpaired soft consonants ч, щ the letters а, у are spelled (never я, ю in spite of the fact that the consonants are soft).

Question 17

After the unpaired hard consonant ц is the letter ы is spelled in the ending of a word or the root of the word? Is the letter и in the ending of the word or the root?

Answer 17

After the unpaired hard consonant ц the letter ы is spelled in the ending of a word, the letter и is spelled in the root.

Question 18

Does the consonant й follow only consonants or vowels?

Answer 18

The consonant й follows vowel letters only (never follows a consonant).

Question 19

When is the letter г is pronounced [в]?

Answer 19

the possessive pronoun his “его.”
the word today “сегодня”
the genitive case adjectival endings spelled -ого, -его

Question 20

In which words is the letter ч pronounced [ш]?

Answer 20

что (what)

чтобы (in order to)

скучный (boring )

конечно (of course, sure)

Question 21

In which words are the combinations тся and ться that can be seen in some verb endings pronounced [ца]?

Answer 21

учиться (to study at)

Приятно познакомиться! (Nice to meet you!)

Question 22

Does журналист mean “the journalist” or “a journalist”?

Answer 22

In Russian there is no word for “a” or “the.” It can mean either one.