First conversation

Imagine: A hotel lobby stuffed full of soviet industrial furniture. It's raining outside. You're waiting for ..?.. and are chatting with the receptionist.

Travel

Imagine: Maybe we should have taken a train instead?

Everyday phrases

Imagine: You're on a train. Outside a flat landscape with lines of poplar trees is sliding past. Another hour to Moscow. You and ..?.. are sharing a compartment with a mother and her young daughter, as well as a vicar. You strike up a conversation to activate your learned Russian ..

My wish is your command

Imagine: Your next hotel in - where again are we today?

About you and me

Imagine: You and ..?.. are at the airport waiting for you flight. You start talking with a large family with enough bags to move a minor household.

Imagine: You've arrived at your destination and trying to organise the taxi driver to help put your baggage in motion.

Shopping

Imagine: You should really bring something home with you. Now what does one bring back from Russia?

Counting

Imagine: You're at a greengrocer and ask for the price of some oranges.

Shopping -questions

Imagine: You're in a busy market with stalls and hawkers selling everything you'd normally expect to find in a department store. There are bulging plastic bags as far as the eye can see ..

Eating and drinking

Imagine: The hotel restaurant. Waiters dressed in black idly chatting by the till. You're joined in the vast, empty dining room by a small, noisy group of hotel guests, probably here on a business trip.

Phrases you'll hear

Imagine: A busy cafe full of office workers and shoppers having lunch. Sit back, sip your coffee and listen.

Idle chat

Imagine: At a bus station. It's rush hour.

Time is on your side

Imagine: Still at the bus station. Sure you haven't missed the bus?

About town

Imagine: You're heading for the woods this afternoon and still need to get a few things organised before you leave the city. It's a chilly morning and you really don't want to get stressed.

Health

Imagine: Your fellow traveller, ..?.., seems to be coming down with something. The nice man at the hotel reception sent you to a doctor next door.

If you're really sick, don't mess around and find someone who can interpret properly.

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First conversation

Imagine: A hotel lobby stuffed full of soviet-era industrial furniture. It's raining outside. You're waiting for ..?.. and are chatting with the receptionist.

Exercises:
My idea:

Travel

Imagine: Maybe we should have taken a train instead?

Exercises:
My idea:

Everyday phrases

Imagine: You're on a train. Outside a flat landscape with lines of poplar trees is sliding past. Another hour to Moscow. You and ..?.. are sharing a compartment with a mother and her young daughter, as well as a vicar. You strike up a conversation to activate your learned Russian ..

Exercises:
Vocab check
My idea:

My wish is your command

Imagine: Your next hotel in ..? Where again are we today?

Exercises:
My idea:

About you and me

Imagine: You and ..?.. are at the airport waiting for you flight. You start talking with a large family with enough bags to move a minor household.

Imagine: You've arrived at your destination and trying to organise the taxi driver to help put your baggage in motion.

(Remember: Russian doesn't use 'a, is, are' - i.e. he = he is)

Exercises:
My idea:

Shopping

Imagine: You should really bring something home with you. Now what does one bring back from Russia?

Exercises:
My idea:

Counting

Imagine: You're at a greengrocer and ask for the price of some oranges.

You will need these more than anything else.

Tip:
40 is the same as TWENTY AND TWENTY,
twelve is TEN AND TWO

Exercises:
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Shopping .. questions

Imagine: You're in a busy market with stalls and hawkers selling everything you'd normally expect to find in a department store. There are bulging plastic bags as far as the eye can see ..

Exercises:
My idea:

Eating and drinking

Imagine: The hotel restaurant. Waiters dressed in black idly chatting by the till. You're joined in the vast, empty dining room by a small, noisy group of hotel guests, probably here on a business trip.

Exercises:
My idea:

Phrases you'll hear

Imagine: A busy cafe full of office workers and shoppers having lunch. Sit back, sip your coffee and listen.

Imagine: A busy cafe full of office workers and shoppers having lunch. Sit back, sip your coffee and listen.

Exercises:
My idea:

Idle chat

Imagine: At a bus station. It's rush hour.

Exercises:
My idea:

Time is on your side

Imagine: Still at the bus station. Sure you haven't missed the bus?

Exercises:
My idea:

About town

Imagine: You're heading for the woods this afternoon and still need to get a few things organised before you leave the city. It's a chilly morning and you really don't want to get stressed.

Exercises:
My idea:

Health

Imagine: Your fellow traveller, ..?.., seems to be coming down with something. The nice man at the hotel reception sent you to a doctor next door.

If you're really sick, don't mess around and find someone who can interpret properly.

Exercises:
My idea:

Special offer: Vocabulary for free

Familiar sounding words that will enrich your practice vocabulary instantly

Exercises:
My idea:

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