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Complex Motion Verbs: Advanced Patterns 1
Practice complex motion verb patterns and prefixes
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Browse Motion Verbs practiceQuestion 1
Каждую неделю он ___ к родителям в деревню.
English context
Choose the correct motion verb for regular trips.
Options
- едет
- ездит
- поедет
- приедет
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ездит
Correct feedback
Perfect! Regular repeated trips use multidirectional motion verbs.
Grammar rule
Regular repeated motion uses multidirectional verbs (ездить, летать, плавать).
Question 2
Самолёт ___ из Москвы в Париж прямо сейчас.
English context
Choose the correct motion verb for current specific direction.
Options
- летает
- летит
- полетит
- прилетит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- летит
Correct feedback
Excellent! Current motion in a specific direction uses unidirectional verbs.
Grammar rule
Current motion in a specific direction uses unidirectional verbs.
Question 3
Дети ___ по двору в разные стороны уже полчаса.
English context
Choose the correct motion verb for motion without specific direction.
Options
- бегут
- бегают
- побегут
- прибегут
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- бегают
Correct feedback
Great! Motion without specific endpoint uses multidirectional verbs.
Grammar rule
Motion without specific direction or endpoint uses multidirectional verbs.
Question 4
Вчера мы ___ на дачу на машине: провели там весь день и собрали яблоки.
English context
Choose the past verb that reports a visit to the dacha, not the journey in progress.
Options
- ехали
- ездили
- шли
- ходили
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ездили
Correct feedback
Perfect! Ездили reports the visit to the dacha by car; ехали would focus on the journey in progress.
Grammar rule
Ездили can report a past visit by transport; ехали describes traveling along a particular route.
Question 5
Когда мы как раз ___ по городу к вокзалу, начался дождь.
English context
Choose the correct past motion verb for ongoing motion.
Options
- ездили
- ехали
- поехали
- приехали
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ехали
Correct feedback
Excellent! Ехали describes the journey in progress along the specific route to the station.
Grammar rule
Ехали describes motion along a specific route in the past; ездили can describe repeated trips or motion around an area.
Question 6
Птицы уже ___ из заповедника на юг — в заповеднике их больше нет.
English context
Choose the correct prefixed motion verb for departure.
Options
- летали
- летели
- полетят
- улетели
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- улетели
Correct feedback
Great! Улетели marks departure from the reserve; the birds are no longer there.
Grammar rule
У- marks departure from a relevant starting place, which need not be the speaker's location.
Question 7
Завтра к нам ___ гости на поезде.
English context
Choose the correct prefixed motion verb for arrival.
Options
- ехали
- ездят
- пойдут
- приедут
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- приедут
Correct feedback
Perfect! Приедут expresses the guests' arrival at the stated destination, к нам.
Grammar rule
При- marks arrival at a relevant destination, which need not be the speaker's location.
Question 8
Автобус ___ мимо нашего дома каждые полчаса.
English context
Choose the correct motion verb for passing by.
Options
- едет
- ездит
- переезжает
- проезжает
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- проезжает
Correct feedback
Excellent! Motion past a location uses prefix про- + imperfective.
Grammar rule
Movement past or through a location uses prefix про- with motion verbs.
Question 9
Мы ___ через мост пешком и оказались на другом берегу.
English context
Choose the correct motion verb for crossing.
Options
- ехали
- ездили
- поехали
- перешли
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- перешли
Correct feedback
Great! Crossing from one side to another uses prefix пере- + perfective.
Grammar rule
Movement across or from one side to another uses prefix пере- with motion verbs.
Question 10
В прошлом месяце студенты ___ из старого общежития в новое и теперь живут там.
English context
Choose the correct motion verb for relocation.
Options
- ехали
- ездили
- поехали
- переехали
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- переехали
Correct feedback
Perfect! Relocation from one place to another uses prefix пере- + perfective.
Grammar rule
Relocation or changing from one location to another uses prefix пере- with motion verbs.