Russian, from zero to B1A1

Week 1, weekly review, Saturday

Week 1 review

A short story, ten questions across the whole week, then your words and your can-do list. About 60 minutes.

1Story of the week 15 minutes

Eight signs on a Moscow street. Read each one aloud, then answer the questions.

Вы́вески (Street signs)

АПТЕ́КА · РЕСТОРА́Н · ТЕА́ТР · МЕТРО́

ПО́ЧТА · БАНК · КА́ССА · ВЫ́ХОД

Words you may not know yet
  • апте́ка pharmacy
  • по́чта post office
  • ка́сса ticket office, till
  • вы́ход exit

Check your understanding

Then listen

Listen to Russian on the same topic. The textbook audio matches it best; the YouTube link opens a search, so pick a short video made for beginners.

2Weekly questionnaire required, 80% to pass

3Feedback

4Your words this week

Say each word aloud and tick the ones you know without looking at the English.

Week 1 on one plate: all 33 Cyrillic letters in two lessons. Lesson 1, Monday: same as English А a, К k, М m, О o, Т t; false friends В v, Е ye, Н n, Р r, С s, У u, Х kh; new shapes with familiar sounds Б b, Г g, Д d, З z, Л l, П p, Ф f. Lesson 2, Thursday: hushing sounds Ж zh, Ц ts, Ч ch, Ш sh, Щ shch; vowels and Й: Э e, Ю yu, Я ya, Ё yo, И i, Й y; Ъ hard sign, Ь soft sign, Ы deep i; the stress mark in спасибо means say it louder and longer.
The week on one plate.

5Can you do this now?

6Next week

Week 2: textbook Lesson 1, «Привет!». Greetings, names, ты or вы.

Open Week 2