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Unit 02 checkpoint: a day in the city

Follow one day in Moscow: breakfast at a café, a shop, the metro, your routine and the questions you ask along the way. The grammar at the centre is the accusative, the case for the thing you want, buy or see. Score 16 out of 20 to pass.

20 questionsAbout 10 minutesPass mark 16
МЕНЮ́ ко́фечайблины́борщ coffeeteapancakesbeet soup 180 ₽120 ₽250 ₽320 ₽
₽ is the rouble sign, ру́бль. Ordering from this menu is the first section of the test.

1. 9:00 · At the café

To ask for something, put it in the accusative. Feminine -а becomes -у; masculine and neuter things don’t change. Food vocabulary →

Я ХОЧУ́ … (I WANT …) вода́ → воду́ка́ша → ка́шучай → чаймолоко́ → молоко́ waterporridgeteamilk feminine: -а → -уmasculine and neuter things: no change
The accusative marks the direct object: the thing that receives the action of the verb.
Мо́жно …, пожа́луйста?Can I have a coffee, please?
Я хочу́ …I’d like porridge.
Да́йте, пожа́луйста, … без га́за.Still water, please.
…, пожа́луйста!The bill, please!

2. 11:00 · Prices and shopping

ру́бль follows the number rule: 1 рубль, 2–4 рубля́, 5+ рубле́й. Read each price tag and choose how to say it. Numbers guide →

хлеб · bread1 ₽
молоко́ · milk89 ₽
я́блоки · apples154 ₽
сыр · cheese511 ₽

3. 13:00 · The metro

Getting around: signs, announcements and asking the way. Travel vocabulary →

Охо́тный РядЛубя́нкаЧи́стые пруды́Кра́сные Воро́та переса́дка · change
A stretch of Moscow’s red line, the oldest. A переса́дка is a change between lines.
Sign on a door Вход · … Entrance · Exit
Asking a passer-by Скажи́те, пожа́луйста, где …? Excuse me, where is the metro?
The announcement Осторо́жно, две́ри …! Mind the doors, they are closing!
At the ticket desk Оди́н … , пожа́луйста. One ticket, please.

4. Evening · Your routine

Describe a typical day. Many routine verbs are reflexive: they end in -ся and describe something you do to yourself. Reflexive verbs guide →

  1. 7:00Я … в семь часо́в.I get up at seven.
  2. 7:15Пото́м я …Then I get washed.
  3. 8:00Мы … на рабо́ту.We go to work.
  4. 23:00Ве́чером я … в оди́ннадцать.In the evening I go to bed at eleven.

5. All day · Asking questions

Choose the question that matches the answer. Questions guide →

The answerСто рубле́й.A hundred roubles. Which question?
The answerНа второ́й остано́вке.At the second stop. Which question?
The answerВ де́вять.At nine. Which question?
The answerДа, есть.Yes, there is. Which question?

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