1. Lesson 2 Reading
Practice for
Первый Круг
Russian Full Circle
by
Donna Oliver and
Edie Furniss
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2. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 1
• What can you
get in this café?
• Where would
you normally get
this item? (write it
по-русски!)

3. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 2
• What does this sign
say?
• What do you think it
means in this context?
(note: the bars it’s
attached to are
scaffolding)

4. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 3
• What is this an ad
for?
• What is it called?
• Why do you think
there is an “o” after
the “в” in the
preposition?

5. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 4
• Given the
context, what do
you think the top
sign says?
• Using a
dictionary,
translate the
smaller sign.

6. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 5
• Again, given the
context, what do you
think this sign says?
• How does the word
differ from the word
on the previous slide?

7. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 6
You should be able to answer
these questions in Russian:
• Какой это фильм?
• Кто играет в этом фильме?
• Где идёт (here: is playing)
фильм ?
• On what date does the film
open? (you can use English
here)

8. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 7
Вечеринка means
“party.”
• What kind of parties
are taking place and
where are they
happening?
• What kind of party
will there be on May
22?
• What kind will there
be on May 29?

9. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 8
Transliterate “Che”
and combine it
with the word that
follows. Then do a
search for that
word.
• Why is this T-
shirt funny?
• Whom does it
depict?

10. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 9
(Remember that in some fonts—
and in italics—the д looks like this:
д )
• Which word is in the
prepositional in this
photo? What does it
mean?
• What sentiment is this
phrase expressing about
Moscow?

11. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 10
Look up these words in a
dictionary. The first word
is the subject of the
sentence and the second
is the predicate (in this
case, the verb).
• To which verb class
does the verb belong?
• Who is the audience for
this warning?

12. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 11
• What’s the
nominative form of
the last word? How
do you know?
• Теперь is one way
to say “now.” So
what do we have to
look forward to
now in our M&M’s?

13. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 12
• Where can you get 4G
here? Who is the
provider?
• Which phrase is in the
prepositional case on
the left side of the
building?
•What can one get
within the city limits?

14. Урок 2:
Практика
чтения
No. 13
• What are you being
asked here?
• The last word in the
question has two
common meanings—
what are they?