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Past Continuous Exercises For Russian Grammar

Understand grammar intricacies for improved language skillsĀ 

The Past Continuous in Russian grammar is used to describe actions or events that were in progress in the past. It expresses ongoing, unfinished actions or situations that had a particular time frame. To form the Past Continuous in Russian, you typically use the Imperfective verb aspect in the past tense. This contrasts with the Past Simple, which is used for completed actions with the Perfective verb aspect. In this exercise, you will practice using the Past Continuous in Russian to describe various situations in the past.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blank with the correct Past Continuous form of the verb in brackets

1. ŠœŃ‹ *Š³Š¾Ń‚Š¾Š²ŠøŠ»Šø* (prepare) Š¾Š±ŠµŠ“, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° ŠæрŠøшŠ»Šø Š³Š¾ŃŃ‚Šø.
2. ŠžŠ½Šø *ŠøŠ³Ń€Š°Š»Šø* (play) Š² шŠ°Ń…Š¼Š°Ń‚Ń‹, ŠæŠ¾ŠŗŠ° Š½Šµ Š·Š°ŠŗŠ¾Š½Ń‡ŠøŠ»ŃŃ Š“Š¾Š¶Š“ь.
3. ŠÆ *чŠøтŠ°Š»* (read) ŠŗŠ½ŠøŠ³Ńƒ, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š·Š°Š·Š²Š¾Š½ŠøŠ» тŠµŠ»ŠµŃ„Š¾Š½.
4. Š’чŠµŃ€Š° Š²ŠµŃ‡ŠµŃ€Š¾Š¼ Š¾Š½Š° *сŠ¼Š¾Ń‚Ń€ŠµŠ»Š°* (watch) фŠøŠ»ŃŒŠ¼ Š½Š° ŠŗŠ¾Š¼ŠæьютŠµŃ€Šµ.
5. Š’ тŠ¾ Š²Ń€ŠµŠ¼Ń ŠŗŠ°Šŗ я Š³Š¾Š²Š¾Ń€ŠøŠ» с Š’ŠµŃ€Š¾Š¹, Š¼Š¾Ń сŠµŃŃ‚Ń€Š° *ŠæŠøсŠ°Š»Š°* (write) ŠæŠøсьŠ¼Š¾.
6. ŠœŃ‹ *учŠøŠ»Šøсь* (study) руссŠŗŠøŠ¹ яŠ·Ń‹Šŗ, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š¶ŠøŠ»Šø Š² Š Š¾ŃŃŠøŠø.
7. Š’чŠµŃ€Š° Š²ŠµŃŃŒ Š“ŠµŠ½ŃŒ Š¾Š½ *рŠ°Š±Š¾Ń‚Š°Š»* (work) Š² сŠ°Š“у.
8. ŠžŠ½Š° *сŠ»ŃƒŃˆŠ°Š»Š°* (listen) Š¼ŃƒŠ·Ń‹Šŗу, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° я ŠæрŠøŠµŃ…Š°Š» Š“Š¾Š¼Š¾Š¹.
9. ŠÆ *Š¶Š“Š°Š»* (wait) тŠµŠ±Ń у Š¼ŠµŃ‚Ń€Š¾, Š½Š¾ ты Š½Šµ ŠæрŠøшŠµŠ».
10. ŠœŃ‹ *Š³ŃƒŠ»ŃŠ»Šø* (walk) ŠæŠ¾ ŠæŠ°Ń€Šŗу, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š½Š°Ń‡Š°Š»ŃŃ Š“Š¾Š¶Š“ь.
11. ŠžŠ½Šø *Š¾Š±ŃŃƒŠ¶Š“Š°Š»Šø* (discuss) Š½Š¾Š²Ń‹Š¹ ŠæрŠ¾ŠµŠŗт Š½Š° рŠ°Š±Š¾Ń‚Šµ.
12. ŠÆ *ŠæытŠ°Š»ŃŃ* (try) Š·Š°ŃŠ½ŃƒŃ‚ŃŒ, Š½Š¾ Š±Ń‹Š»Š¾ Š¾Ń‡ŠµŠ½ŃŒ шуŠ¼Š½Š¾.
13. ŠžŠ½ *ŠæŠøсŠ°Š»* (write) стŠ°Ń‚ŃŒŃŽ Š“Š»Ń Š¶ŃƒŃ€Š½Š°Š»Š°, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° я ŠµŠ³Š¾ Š²ŠøŠ“ŠµŠ».
14. Š’чŠµŃ€Š° Š¾Š½Š° *ŠæŠ¾ŠŗуŠæŠ°Š»Š°* (buy) ŠæрŠ¾Š“уŠŗты Š½Š° рыŠ½ŠŗŠµ.
15. ŠœŃ‹ *ŠøŠ³Ń€Š°Š»Šø* (play) Š² Š½Š°ŃŃ‚Š¾Š»ŃŒŠ½Ń‹Šµ ŠøŠ³Ń€Ń‹ Š“Š¾ ŠæŠ¾Š·Š“Š½ŠµŠ³Š¾ Š²ŠµŃ‡ŠµŃ€Š°.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blank with the correct Past Continuous form of the verb in brackets

1. ŠžŠ½Šø *сŠ»ŃƒŃˆŠ°Š»Šø* (listen) рŠ°Š“ŠøŠ¾, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š¼Ń‹ ŠæрŠøшŠ»Šø.
2. ŠÆ *ŠæŠøсŠ°Š»* (write) ŠæŠøсьŠ¼Š¾, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° ŠæрŠ¾Š·Š²ŠµŠ½ŠµŠ» Š±ŃƒŠ“ŠøŠ»ŃŒŠ½ŠøŠŗ.
3. ŠžŠ½Šø *рŠ°Š·Š³Š¾Š²Š°Ń€ŠøŠ²Š°Š»Šø* (talk) ŠæŠ¾ тŠµŠ»ŠµŃ„Š¾Š½Ńƒ, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° я ŠæрŠøхŠ¾Š“ŠøŠ».
4. ŠœŃ‹ *учŠøŠ»Šø* (learn) Š½Š¾Š²Ń‹Šµ сŠ»Š¾Š²Š°, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š½Š°ŃŃ‚ŃƒŠæŠøŠ» ŠæŠµŃ€ŠµŃ€Ń‹Š².
5. Š’чŠµŃ€Š° Š“ŠµŃ‚Šø *рŠøсŠ¾Š²Š°Š»Šø* (draw) ŠŗŠ°Ń€Ń‚ŠøŠ½Ńƒ Š½Š° урŠ¾ŠŗŠµ рŠøсŠ¾Š²Š°Š½Šøя.
6. ŠžŠ½Š° *ŠæŠµŠŗŠ»Š°* (bake) ŠæŠøрŠ¾Š³, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š²Š“руŠ³ Š¾Ń‚ŠŗŠ»ŃŽŃ‡ŠøŠ»Šø эŠ»ŠµŠŗтрŠøчŠµŃŃ‚Š²Š¾.
7. ŠžŠ½ *ŠŗŠ°Ń‚Š°Š»ŃŃ* (skate) Š½Š° ŠŗŠ¾Š½ŃŒŠŗŠ°Ń… Š½Š° ŠŗŠ°Ń‚ŠŗŠµ, ŠæŠ¾ŠŗŠ° Š¼Ń‹ сŠ¼Š¾Ń‚Ń€ŠµŠ»Šø Š½Š° Š½ŠµŠ³Š¾.
8. ŠœŃ‹ *ŠæŠ»Š°Š²Š°Š»Šø* (swim) Š² Š±Š°ŃŃŠµŠ¹Š½Šµ, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š½Š°Ń‡Š°Š»ŃŃ Š»ŠøŠ²ŠµŠ½ŃŒ.
9. ŠÆ *Š³Š¾Ń‚Š¾Š²ŠøŠ»ŃŃ* (prepare) Šŗ эŠŗŠ·Š°Š¼ŠµŠ½Ńƒ, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° Š¼Š°Š¼Š° Š²ŠµŃ€Š½ŃƒŠ»Š°ŃŃŒ с рŠ°Š±Š¾Ń‚Ń‹.
10. Š’ ŠæрŠ¾ŃˆŠ»Š¾Š¼ Š³Š¾Š“у Š¾Š½Šø Š¶ŠøŠ»Šø Š² ŠŠ¼ŠµŃ€ŠøŠŗŠµ Šø *учŠøŠ»Šøсь* (study) Š°Š½Š³Š»ŠøŠ¹ŃŠŗŠøŠ¹.
11. ŠœŃ‹ *чŠ°ŃŃ‚Š¾ Š·Š°Š“Š°Š²Š°Š»Šø* (often ask) Š²Š¾ŠæрŠ¾ŃŃ‹ Š½Š° Š·Š°Š½ŃŃ‚Šøях ŠæŠ¾ ŠøстŠ¾Ń€ŠøŠø.
12. ŠžŠ½ *Š“уŠ¼Š°Š»* (think) Š¾ сŠ²Š¾ŠµŠ¼ ŠæŠ»Š°Š½Šµ Š½Š° Š±ŃƒŠ“ущŠµŠµ, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° ŠµŠ³Š¾ ŠæрŠµŃ€Š²Š°Š» шуŠ¼.
13. ŠÆ *сŠ»ŃƒŃˆŠ°Š»* (listen) Š°ŃƒŠ“ŠøŠ¾ŠŗŠ½ŠøŠ³Ńƒ, ŠŗŠ¾Š³Š“Š° ŠæрŠøшŠ»Š¾ Š½Š¾Š²Š¾Šµ сŠ¾Š¾Š±Ń‰ŠµŠ½ŠøŠµ.
14. ŠœŃ‹ *Š¾Š±ŃŃƒŠ¶Š“Š°Š»Šø* (discuss) сŠ²Š¾Šø ŠøŠ“ŠµŠø Š“Š»Ń Š½Š¾Š²Š¾Š³Š¾ ŠæрŠ¾ŠµŠŗтŠ° Š½Š° сŠ¾Š²ŠµŃ‰Š°Š½ŠøŠø.
15. ŠžŠ½Š° *ŠæŠ»Š°ŠŗŠ°Š»Š°* (cry) Š½Š° сŠ²Š°Š“ьŠ±Šµ сŠ²Š¾ŠµŠ¹ Š»ŃƒŃ‡ŃˆŠµŠ¹ ŠæŠ¾Š“руŠ³Šø.

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