Russian, from zero to B1

Week 41, Lesson 81, Monday

Review: travel

Month 6 in one lesson. The rules sit side by side; the exercises mix new questions with old ones you have not seen for weeks.

In this lessonabout 70 minutes
New words6
Focustickets and times, the six prefixes, из and с, the hotel, the story of a trip

1Recap 5 minutes

Three questions from Month 10, before anything new.

2Goal 1 minute

I can handle a whole trip in Russian: tickets, arriving and leaving, the hotel and the story afterwards.

3The lesson 20 minutes

Travel in six rules

A whole trip in four steps: everything from Month 6.

1Buy aticketбиле́т до …2Arriveприе́хал3Check inгости́ница4Tell thestoryснача́ла …
Month 6 in four steps.
RuleExample
до + the genitiveбиле́т до Москвы́
2 to 4: the genitive singularдва биле́та
при- arrive, у- leaveприе́хал, уе́хал
в- in, вы́- out, пере- acrossвошёл, вы́шел, перешёл
в ↔ из, на ↔ сиз до́ма, с рабо́ты
ночь is an она́ wordдве но́чи
Два биле́та доПетербу́рга, пожа́луйста.Two tickets to St Petersburg, please.БТуда́ иобра́тно?Return?К
до + the genitive; два биле́та.
Week 41 on one plate. Lesson 81: билет до Москвы; приехал, уехал; из дома, с работы; на две ночи. Lesson 82: У меня болит голова; Мне нужно к врачу; что-нибудь от кашля; Вам надо отдыхать.
Week 41 on one plate. This lesson is band L81.

4Listen and say 5 minutes

Sound of the lesson: Prefixes in speech

Prefixes are said lightly; the stress stays on the verb: прие́хал, уе́хал.

5Phrases and words 5 minutes

Phrases to learn whole

Learn each one as a single unit, the way you would learn a word. They come back in your Daily 10.

Words to read aloud

Read each one aloud, then open it to check.

пое́здка
прие́хать, уе́хать

to arrive, to leave

вы́йти, войти́, перейти́

to go out, in, across

биле́т до …

a ticket to …

туда́ и обра́тно

return

гости́ница, но́мер

hotel, room

6Class exercises 15 minutes

Checked instantly. Get one wrong and you can try it again.

In class. With Екатери́на: plan a trip together, then tell it as if it had already happened.

Role-play

Take one card each. Swap roles for a second round.

You

  • Buy a ticket, check into a hotel, and tell the trip afterwards.

Екатери́на

  • Play the cashier, then the receptionist.

7Your turn 5 minutes

Write three sentences about a trip, with prefixes.

See a model answer

Я прие́хал в Каза́нь у́тром. Я вы́шел из ваго́на. Ве́чером я уе́хал домо́й.

Saved as you type. It goes to Екатери́на together with Homework 81.

8Mini questionnaire required, 80% to pass

9Feedback 5 minutes

10Check your goal 1 minute

I can handle a whole trip in Russian: tickets, arriving and leaving, the hotel and the story afterwards.

Can you do this now? Be honest: the answer decides your next step.

11Homework

Homework 81 on Tuesday: travel review.

I can handle a whole trip in Russian: tickets, arriving and leaving, the hotel and the story afterwards.

Can you do this now?