ABSTRACT

Designed for students with a basic knowledge of Russian, this book provides an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.
Across more than forty grammar topics it introduces the student to Russian people and culture through the medium of the language used today, covering the core material which the student would expect to encounter in their first year of learning Russian.
Complete with a full key to exercises and glossary, Basic Russian is a user-friendly reference grammar suitable for both independent study and class use.

chapter |6 pages

UNIT ONE Identifying people and objects

chapter |4 pages

UNIT TWO Describing people and objects

chapter |5 pages

UNIT THREE Where we do things

chapter |3 pages

UNIT FOUR Expressing likes and dislikes

chapter |5 pages

UNIT FIVE Talking about oneself

chapter |4 pages

UNIT SIX Talking about oneself

chapter 7|6 pages

UNIT SEVEN Revision Unit

Exercise 1

chapter |5 pages

UNIT EIGHT When we do things

chapter |6 pages

UNIT TEN Talking about the past

chapter |4 pages

UNIT ELEVEN Emphasising

chapter 12|5 pages

UNIT TWELVE Revision Unit

Exercise 1

chapter |5 pages

UNIT THIRTEEN Interacting with people

chapter |5 pages

UNIT FOURTEEN Elaborating on things

chapter |6 pages

UNIT SIXTEEN Possession

chapter |6 pages

UNIT SEVENTEEN Absence

chapter 18|4 pages

UNIT EIGHTEEN Revision Unit

Exercise 1

chapter 21|5 pages

and the instrumental case

chapter 22|4 pages

preposition пo and the dative case

chapter 23|6 pages

Adverbials of place: motion

chapter 24|4 pages

UNIT TWENTY-FOUR Revision unit

Exercise 1

chapter |3 pages

UNIT TWENTY-FIVE Themes and topics

chapter |4 pages

UNIT TWENTY-SIX Doing things for others

chapter 29|4 pages

UNIT TWENTY-NINE Revision unit

Exercise 1

chapter |5 pages

UNIT THIRTY Counting things

chapter |4 pages

UNIT THIRTY-ONE Expression of age

chapter |6 pages

UNIT THIRTY-TWO Dates

chapter |5 pages

UNIT THIRTY-THREE Biographies

chapter 34|7 pages

UNIT THIRTY-FOUR Revision Unit

Exercise 1

chapter 35|8 pages

tense

chapter |7 pages

UNIT THIRTY-SIX Giving advice

chapter |6 pages

UNIT THIRTY-SEVEN Expressing desire

chapter |5 pages

UNIT THIRTY-NINE Expressing necessity

chapter 40|7 pages

UNIT FORTY Revision Unit

Exercise 1

chapter |26 pages

KEY TO EXERCISES

chapter |4 pages

APPENDIX1 : DECLENSIONOFNOUNS

chapter |1 pages

APPENDIX2 : DECLENSIONOFADJECTIVES

chapter |2 pages

APPENDIX 3: DECLENSION OF PRONOUNS

chapter |6 pages

APPENDIX 4: CONJUGATION OF SOME COMMON VERBS

Imperfective: present tense and past tense

chapter |1 pages

APPENDIX 5: NUMERALS

Cardinal numerals

chapter |2 pages

APPENDIX 6: SPELLING RULES

Spelling rule 1

chapter |3 pages

GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS

chapter |3 pages

GLOSSARY OF PROPER NAMES

People mentioned in the workbook

chapter |30 pages

VOCABULARY