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Modern
Grammar
Russian
Workbook
Routledge Modern Grammars
Series concept and development – Sarah Butler
Grammar
Workbook
John Dunn and Shamil Khairov
First published 2011
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by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RN
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Contents
Introduction 1
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Part A Structures 3
Part B Functions 91
12 Establishing identity 93
13 Establishing contact 99
14 Being, becoming and possession 103
15 Negation 108
16 Expressing attitudes 112
17 Asking questions 120
18 Obligation, instructions, requests, advice and
permission 125
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Contents
Index 223
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Introduction
Introduction
Russian Grammar. It can, however, also be used independently and is a resource aimed
both at people studying Russian in a class-room situation, whether at school, university or
elsewhere, and at those who are learning the language independently. The exercises are
intended to be suitable for a wide range of users, starting with near-beginners and reaching
(approximately) second-year undergraduate level. A small number of exercises may be
useful to those who have reached a yet more advanced stage in their studies.
As might be expected, the book follows closely the structure of Modern Russian Grammar.
Part A is concerned with grammatical structures, while the material in Part B relates to
functions. Since the grammatical structures of Russian are extremely complex for English
speakers, and since some degree of mastery of these structures is a prerequisite for being
able to negotiate the functional aspects of grammar, we have made the first section
somewhat larger than the second, while the overall number of exercises is rather greater
than in those companion volumes in this series that are devoted to West European
languages. We have throughout used the same chapter and section headings as in Modern
Russian Grammar, and with one or two exceptions the order in which the material is tested
corresponds to the order of presentation used in the earlier volume. At the foot of each
exercise we have provided a cross-reference to the relevant section or sections of Modern
Russian Grammar; since in practice it is often impossible (and not always desirable) to test
grammatical items discretely, many exercises are accompanied by several such cross-
references, sometimes spread across two or more chapters. It is hoped that these multiple
cross-references will help users to form connections between related areas of grammar that
for practical reasons have to be presented separately.
Our aim has been to offer a wide range of exercises which set a variety of different
tasks. There are a few drills, especially in Part A, since these are a useful way of practising
basic structures, but for the most part we have tried to ‘embed’ the grammatical material
in sentences with some degree of real content. Part B features the extensive use of
dialogues, while other types of exercise, such as completion tasks or answering questions,
will be found throughout the book. Unfortunately, the foreign learner’s experience of Russia
is still such that it is not practical to construct a workbook solely around the situations
likely to be encountered by someone undertaking a work or study visit to that country; we
have instead sought to compensate by providing material that reflects a reasonably wide
section of present-day Russian life. Though we have in one or two instances provided
vocabulary hints, in general we have tried as far as possible to avoid using words or
phrases that cannot readily be found in a good modern bilingual dictionary. We have
adopted a partial system of grading: exercises marked with one star (w) are aimed at those
users who are still at a fairly elementary stage in their studies, while those marked with two
stars ( ) are intended more for those who have reached an advanced level. Many exercises,
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Introduction
however, have been left unmarked: we expect that these may be attempted by a wide
variety of users, regardless of the stage that they have reached.
An Answer Key has been provided at the end of the book. Though the answers we have
given correspond closely to the explanations given in Modern Russian Grammar, they
should not be understood as offering a set of uniquely correct answers. In a great number
of instances (and this is particularly true of Part B) there are several ways of providing
acceptable solutions to the corresponding tasks, and though we have sometimes suggested
alternatives, it would have been physically impossible to list every conceivable correct
answer to all the questions. We therefore recommend that the Answer Key be seen as
offering guidance only, and we would be delighted for students and teachers to use it as
a starting point for discussion.
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Part A
Structures
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Sounds and spelling
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Sounds and spelling
Hard and soft consonants
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Structures
The letters е, ё, ю, я
4 w
w Divide the following list of words into two groups: group (1), consisting of words where
the vowel letters е, ё, ю, я indicate a single sound, and group (2), consisting of words
where the same letters indicate a vowel preceded by the sound [y] (as in the word yes).
лéто мёд yность zгоды
éдем ёжик люблy zсно
въéхал моё поy прzмо
приéхал объём пьют струz
зéбра ребёнок yбка сzдем
Еврóпа бьёт тюрьмá судьz
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