Month 13 review

1Story of the week 15 minutes

Mark joins a book club. Everything here comes from Month 13.

Check your understanding

Then listen

Listen to Russian on the same topic. The textbook audio matches it best; the YouTube link opens a search, so pick a short video made for beginners.

• YouTube search: Чехов рассказы для изучающих (opens in a new tab)

2Weekly questionnaire required, 80% to pass

3Feedback

4More practice from earlier weeks optional, 10 minutes

Five questions from earlier weeks, in different formats. Remembering after a gap is what makes it stick; your answers also feed the retention figure in Analytics.

5Your words this week

Say each word aloud and tick the ones you know without looking at the English.

• Я люблю́ ру́сскую культу́ру. I love Russian culture.
• Неда́вно я прочита́л ска́зку Пу́шкина о рыбаке́ и ры́бке. Recently I read Pushkin's tale of the fisherman and the fish.
• Её мора́ль проста́я: жа́дность до добра́ не доведёт. Its moral is simple: greed leads to no good.
• Ещё мне понра́вился расска́з Че́хова «То́лстый и то́нкий». I also liked Chekhov's story «The Fat and the Thin».
• В Москве́ я хочу́ пойти́ в Третьяко́вскую галере́ю и в Большо́й теа́тр на бале́т. In Moscow I want to go to the Tretyakov Gallery and to the Bolshoi for the ballet.
• Сове́тую всем посмотре́ть «Лебеди́ное о́зеро». I recommend everyone see Swan Lake.
• А вы? Что вы неда́вно прочита́ли? And you? What have you read recently?

Play with these words

Flashcards to remember them, then a 60-second speed round to recall them fast. Your best score stays on this device.

6Can you do this now?

7Next week

Week 53: Month 14 begins: the news.