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Motion Basics: Destinations and Routines 2
Practice идти and ехать for one-way trips and ходить and ездить for regular routines.
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Browse Motion Verbs practiceQuestion 1
Сейчас я ___ в университет пешком.
English context
Choose the verb for a one-time trip on foot happening now.
Options
- иду
- хожу
- еду
- езжу
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- иду
Correct feedback
Correct! Иду describes a specific trip on foot happening now.
Grammar rule
Идти describes one-way motion on foot toward a specific destination; ходить describes repeated or non-directional walking.
Question 2
По будням мы ___ в офис на метро.
English context
Choose the verb for a regular commute by transport.
Options
- едем
- ездим
- идём
- ходим
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ездим
Correct feedback
Exactly! Ездим expresses a repeated commute by transport.
Grammar rule
Ездить describes repeated or habitual travel by transport; ехать describes one specific journey.
Question 3
Завтра она ___ к бабушке на автобусе, как только закончит работу.
English context
Choose the verb for one planned trip by bus.
Options
- ездит
- поедет
- ходит
- пойдёт
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- поедет
Correct feedback
Good! Поедет presents one planned future trip by transport.
Grammar rule
Поехать is perfective and commonly describes setting off on one future journey by transport.
Question 4
Мой сын часто ___ в библиотеку пешком после уроков.
English context
Choose the verb for frequent trips on foot.
Options
- идёт
- ходит
- едет
- ездит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ходит
Correct feedback
Correct! Ходит describes a repeated walking routine.
Grammar rule
Ходить is used for habitual or repeated motion on foot.
Question 5
Смотри, автобус уже ___ к остановке.
English context
Choose the verb for a vehicle moving toward a stop now.
Options
- ездит
- идёт
- едет
- ходит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- едет
Correct feedback
Yes! Едет describes this specific vehicle's current journey.
Grammar rule
Ехать describes one-directional motion by vehicle in progress.
Question 6
Летом мы каждое утро ___ к озеру пешком.
English context
Choose the verb for a repeated walking routine.
Options
- идём
- ходим
- едем
- ездим
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ходим
Correct feedback
Right! Ходим expresses a repeated routine on foot.
Grammar rule
Ходить, not идти, describes repeated walks to a destination.
Question 7
Когда начался дождь, я как раз ___ домой пешком после концерта.
English context
Choose the verb for a walk home already in progress when it started raining.
Options
- ходил
- шёл
- ехал
- ездил
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- шёл
Correct feedback
Correct! Шёл describes the walk home in progress when the rain began.
Grammar rule
Шёл describes a particular walk in progress; ходил can report a visit or repeated walking.
Question 8
В прошлом месяце они несколько раз ___ в музей на машине.
English context
Choose the verb for repeated trips by car.
Options
- ехали
- ездили
- шли
- ходили
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ездили
Correct feedback
Well done! Ездили describes several completed trips by car.
Grammar rule
Ездить in the past describes repeated or round-trip travel by transport.
Question 9
Подожди, я сейчас ___ в магазин пешком.
English context
Choose the verb for a single current trip on foot.
Options
- хожу
- иду
- езжу
- еду
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- иду
Correct feedback
Exactly! Иду is the current one-way motion form.
Grammar rule
Идти is used for a single, directed walk that is in progress.
Question 10
Каждую зиму родители ___ на юг поездом.
English context
Choose the verb for a regular long-distance train trip.
Options
- едут
- ездят
- ходят
- идут
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ездят
Correct feedback
Great! Ездят describes a recurring trip by train.
Grammar rule
Ездить describes habitual journeys by transport, including regular train travel.