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Practicing greetings by the time of day:
Dobryj dyen’! (3 p.m.) |
Dobroye utro! (11 a.m.) Dobroye utro! (8 a.m.) |
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Dobryj vyechyer! (8 p.m.) |
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Unscramble the dialogue: |
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Nina: |
Zdravstvuj! Davaj poznakomimsya! |
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Natasha: |
Davaj! |
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Nina: |
Myenya zovut Nina. A kak tyebya zovut? |
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Natasha: |
Myenya zovut Natasha. |
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Nina: |
Ochyen’ priyatno! |
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Natasha: |
Mnye tozhye. |
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Chapter 4
Which of the two words indicates a woman?
1. b. amyerikanka |
2. b. russkaya 3. b. nyemka |
4. a. yevryejka |
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5. a. frantsuzhyenka |
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Which of the three words doesn’t belong to the group? |
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1. plyemyannik |
2. otyets |
3. doch’ |
4. babushka |
5. otyets |
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Which of the following statements just doesn’t make sense?
4. Domokhozyajka rabotayet na fabrikye.
Chapter 5
Which of the following two dishes would you most likely eat for breakfast in Russia?
1. a. yaichnitsa |
2. b. butyerbrod s kolbasoj |
3. a. butyerbrod s syrom |
4. b. kasha |
5. a. varyen’ye |
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Which of the following phrases would you probably use or hear while making a restaurant reservation?
1. Ya khotyel by zakazat’ stolik na subbotu.
3.Na dvoikh.
4.Skol’ko chyelovyek?
5.Na vosyem’ chasov.
8.Ya khotyela by zakazat’ stolik na syegodnya.
9.Na kakoye vryemya?
Appendix C: Answer Key 345
Chapter 6
At which of these stores are you likely to find the following items?
1. b |
2. d |
3. a |
4. c |
5. g |
6. e |
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Making comparisons: |
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1. b |
2. d |
3. c |
4. e |
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Chapter 7
Which of the following two days comes earlier during the week?
1. ponyedyel’nik |
2. chyetvyerg |
3. voskryesyen’ye |
4. voskryesyen’ye |
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Which of the two verbs — nachinayetsya or nachinayet — would you use?
1. nachinayet |
2. nachinayetsya 3. nachinayetsya |
4. nachinayet |
Which of the following phrases would you probably use to express that you liked the show or performance you attended?
1. Mnye ponravilsya spyektakl’. |
2. Potryasayush’ye! |
5. Ochyen’ kra- |
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sivyj balyet. |
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Chapter 8 |
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Match the phrases: |
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1. b |
2. c |
3. d |
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Where are you most likely to see all these things?
1. c |
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What do they like to do?
Vanessa Mae lyubit igrat’ na skripkye.
Renoir lyubit pisat’ maslom.
Michelangelo lyubit lyepit’.
Tolstoy lyubit pisat’ romany.
Santana lyubit igrat’ na gitarye.
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Chapter 9
Which words and expressions indicate types of phones?
1. mobil’nik (mobile phone) 2. knopochnyj tyelyefon (touch-tone phone) 5. trubka (mobile phone)
The telephone dialogue in the right order:
d. Mozhno Marinu?
a. Mariny nyet doma. A kto yeyo sprashivayet?
c. Eto Pyetya. Pyeryedajtye pozhalujsta chto zvonil Pyetya. b. Khorosho.
Match the Russian equivalents on the left for the English phrases:
1. b |
2. c |
3. d |
4. a |
Chapter 10
Match the rooms with the most appropriate furniture:
1. c |
2. a |
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In which of the following sections of the Classifieds will you NOT find information about apartments for rent?
3. Rabota
Chapter 11
Find Russian equivalents for the given dates:
1. a |
2. d |
3. b |
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Which of the following places of interest is not located in St. Petersburg?
2. Novodyevich’ye kladbish’ye
Chapter 12
Which of these sentences don’t make sense?
2. Ya yedu pyeshkom.
4. My idyom v Moskvu.
Appendix C: Answer Key 347
Which of the following will you NOT see at an airport?
c. poyezd
Chapter 13
Select the appropriate response for the following phrases:
1.a. Odnomyestnyj nomyer, pozhalujsta.
2.b. Na kakoye chislo?
3.c. Kak vasha familiya?
Help John Evans fill out his hotel registration form:
imya — John familiya — Evans
adryes — 123 Highpoint Drive, Chicago, USA domashnij tyelyefon — 815/555-5544
Unscramble the dialogue:
b.U myenya zabronirovan nomyer.
d.Kak vasha familiya?
a.Moya familiya Ivanov.
c.Zapolnitye ryegistratsionnuyu kartochku.
Chapter 14
Matching money-related activities with places where they are appropriate:
1. c |
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3. b |
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Putting descriptions of interactions with a Russian bank in chronological order:
c. otkryt’ schyot
a.sdyelat’ vklad
b.zakryt’ schyot
Making payments:
1. Tom 2. Mickey
Chapter 15
Which would you use: gdye or kuda?
1. kuda 2. gdye 3. gdye |
4. kuda |
5. kuda |
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Select the correct translation of the English phrases:
1.a. ryadom s bankom
2.a. naprotiv banka
3.a. sprava ot banka
Which of the suburbs is farthest from St. Petersburg? 2. Ryepino — 70 kilometers away
Chapter 16
What place would you call?
1. c 2. a 3. b
Matching symptoms with the most probable sicknesses:
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Picking the word that doesn’t belong: |
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1. gripp |
2. pryestupnik |
3. pozhar |
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Appendix D
On the CD
Track 1: Introduction
Track 2: Pronouncing Russian letters (Chapter 1)
Track 3: Using English cognates (Chapter 1)
Track 4: Using different verb tenses (Chapter 2)
Track 5: Meeting and greeting (Chapter 3)
Track 6: Introducing people to each other (Chapter 3)
Track 7: Talking about your nationality and ethnic background (Chapter 4)
Track 8: Talking about food (Chapter 5)
Track 9: Ordering a meal (Chapter 5)
Track 10: Finding the haberdashery department (Chapter 6)
Track 11: Telling about a new dress (Chapter 6)
Track 12: Asking for the time (Chapter 7)
Track 13: Discussing a ballet performance (Chapter 7)
Track 14: Talking about books (Chapter 8)
Track 15: Discussing sports (Chapter 8)
Track 16: Getting the wrong number (Chapter 9)
Track 17: Making a phone call (Chapter 9)
Track 18: Talking about renting an apartment (Chapter 10)
Track 19: Buying furniture (Chapter 10)
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Track 20: Getting a job (Chapter 10)
Track 21: Submitting documents for a visa (Chapter 11)
Track 22: Talking about moving around (Chapter 12)
Track 23: Going through passport control (Chapter 12)
Track 24: Making hotel reservations (Chapter 13)
Track 25: Checking in to a hotel (Chapter 13)
Track 26: Exchanging money (Chapter 14)
Track 27: Opening a bank account (Chapter 14)
Track 28: Giving directions to a restaurant (Chapter 15)
Track 29: Asking for directions to a museum (Chapter 15)
Track 30: Calling the ambulance (Chapter 16)
Track 31: Going to the doctor (Chapter 16)
Index
• A •
a (letter), 16, 21–22 academic subjects, 14 accents, vowels, 21 accepting invitations, 152 accidents
about, 285
asking for help, 286 English-speaking help, 289–290 help, 285–290
help phone numbers, 286–287 reporting problems, 287
accusative case about, 33 adjectives, 49
adjectives about, 46
accusative case, 49 adjective-noun agreement, 47–48 declension, 49
genitive case, 49 instrumental case, 49 nominative case, 47 prepositional case, 49 selection, sentences, 58–59
adverbs about, 57
of manner, 57 time, 57
African, 84 ages, 88–89 airport
about, 233 boarding, 233–234 check in, 233–234
customs, 234–235 flying, 233 leaving, 237
passports, 234–235 allergies, 295
alphabet, Russian, 15–20 Altaic languages, 18 American Indian, 84 American, 84
answer key, 343–348 answering machines, 191 apartments, 195–197 appointments, workplace, 208 Arabs, 84
Argentinean, 85 articles, 50 asking
for help, 286
for person on phone, 186 for time, 143–145
aspiration, consonants, 23 ATMs, 266–267
• B •
b (letter), 16 ballet
about, 156 intermission, 157 tickets, 156–157
banks
ATMs, 266–267
making deposits, 265–266 making withdrawals, 265–266 opening accounts, 263–264
baseball, 178
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basketball, 178 Belorussian language, 18 Bible translation, 18 boarding
airport, 233–234 trains, 242
booking hotels, 245–250 books, 306
borsht, 10 breakfast, 102
broken items, hotels, 255 Bulgarian language, 18 burping, social taboo, 324 buses, 238–239
• C •
calls, phone, 183 cases
about, 32 accusative, 33 dative, 33–34 genitive, 32–33 instrumental, 34 nominative, 32 nouns, 36–38 prepositional, 34 pronouns, 43–44
cash, 268–269 Catherine the Great, 88 Catherine’s Palace, 159 CD contents, 349–350 ch (letters), 17 changing
hotel rooms, 256 money, 261–263
check-in
airport, 233–234 hotels, 251–253
check-out, hotels, 256–257 Chinese, 85
Christmas, 315 clusters, consonants, 24 cognates, 11–12 collecting, 177
commands, direction, 277–281 communal living, 197 communication, workplace, 208–209 composite numbers, 64 conjunctions, sentences, 59 consonants
about, 16 aspiration, 23 clusters, 24 devoicing, 23 pronunciation, 23–24
contact information, 94–95 cost, hotels, 248
counting, 60
countries, travel, 217–218 courtesy phrases, 27 credit cards, 269 currency
about, 259 ATMs, 266–267 banks, 263 cash, 268–269
changing, 261–263 credit cards, 269 deals, 267–268 dollars, 260–261 euros, 260–261
international currencies, 260–261 kopecks, 259–260
making deposits, 265–266 making withdrawals, 265–266 opening accounts, 263–264 rubles, 259–260
spending, 267–269 customs, airport, 234–235 Cyril, 15, 18
Cyrillic alphabet, 15, 18
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• E • |
d (letter), 16
dates, travel, 213–216 dative case, 33–34 day, time of, 147
Day of Defender of Fatherland, 315–316 deals, currency, 267–268
declension adjectives, 49 nouns, 36–37 pronouns, 43–44
declining invitations, 151 destinations, travel, 216–219 devoicing consonants, 23 diagnosis, 296–298
dialing phone, 183–185
dictionary, Russian-English, 331–342 different-sounding letters, 18–19 difficult sounds, 24–26
dining out
ordering meals, 113–114 paying bill, 115–116 reservations, 112–113 wait staff, 114–115
dinner, 103–104 directions
about, 271 commands, 277–281 distances, 281–283
how do I get there, 273–274 left, 275
prepositions, 274–275 right, 275
specific directions, 274–276 where questions, 271–273
distances, 281–283 dollars, 260–261 drinking
about, 99–100 vocabulary, 10
e (letter), 17
e-mail, sending, 192–193 Easter, 315
eating out
ordering meals, 113–114 paying bill, 115–116 reservations, 112–113 wait staff, 114–115
eating vocabulary, 10 Egyptian, 85
elderly in public transportation, 324 emergencies
about, 285 allergies, 295 asking for help, 286 crimes, 299–301 diagnosis, 296–298
English-speaking help, 289–290 examinations, 296–298
help, 285–290
help phone numbers, 286–287 herbal medicine, 299 knowing anatomy, 291–292 medical care, 290–299 pharmacies, 298–299
police, 299–301
questions from police, 300–301 reporting problems, 287 special conditions, 295 specialists, 295–296 symptoms, 292–293
talking to police, 300 employment
ages, 89 vocabulary, 92–94
English, 85
English language, 31 English-speaking help, 289–290 English words in Russian, 11–12