In this episode, we start working with TORFL-style test tasks and focus on solving real exam exercises that involve commonly confused Russian words and expressions.
You will learn the difference between:
- ‘слу́шать’ and ‘слы́шать’
- ‘одина́ковый’ and ‘похо́жий’
- ‘молодо́й’, ‘мла́дший’ and ‘ма́ленький’
- ‘ре́дкий’, ‘еди́нственный’ and ‘еди́ный’
- ‘води́ть’, ‘е́здить’ and ‘вози́ть’
- ‘начина́ться’, ‘конча́ться’ and ‘продолжа́ться’
- ‘наступа́ть’, ‘выступа́ть’ and ‘поступа́ть’
- ‘обсуди́ть’, ‘рассказа́ть’ and ‘объясни́ть’
- ‘лежа́ть’, ‘стоя́ть’ and ‘висе́ть’
- ‘собира́ться’, ‘собира́ть’ and ‘убира́ть’
- ‘изуча́ть’, ‘учи́ться’ and ‘занима́ться’
- ‘изучи́ть’, ‘вы́учить’ and ‘научи́ться’
- the meaning and use of several important prepositions and more
Each task is explained in context, showing how to choose the correct answer and avoid common mistakes in TORFL-style exercises.
This approach helps you understand how Russian works in real exam conditions and improves your accuracy when solving similar tasks.
Find out more about this format here.
Note
In tasks 24 and 25, the verbs ‘изуча́ть’ and ‘изучи́ть’ are imperfective and perfective forms, but they are used with the same meaning. That is why in the video I said that we had already covered this verb, even though it was a verb of a different aspect.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.