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Motion Verbs: Carrying, Transport, and Running 1
Practice directional and repeated motion with нести/носить, везти/возить, вести/водить, бежать/бегать, and плыть/плавать.
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Browse Motion Verbs practiceQuestion 1
Сейчас курьер ___ посылку в офис.
English context
Choose the verb for carrying one package in one direction right now.
Options
- носит
- несёт
- везёт
- возит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- несёт
Correct feedback
Correct! Несёт describes one specific carrying trip that is happening now.
Grammar rule
Нести is unidirectional: it describes carrying something in one specific direction. Носить describes repeated, habitual, or multidirectional carrying.
Question 2
Она обычно ___ обед детям в школу.
English context
Choose the verb for a regular habit of carrying food.
Options
- несёт
- носит
- ведёт
- возит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- носит
Correct feedback
Exactly! Носит shows a repeated habit of carrying lunch to the children.
Grammar rule
Носить is the multidirectional or habitual partner of нести; it is used for repeated carrying and for carrying things to various places.
Question 3
Водитель сейчас ___ мебель из магазина к покупателю.
English context
Choose the verb for transporting furniture by vehicle on one specific trip.
Options
- возит
- везёт
- несёт
- носит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- везёт
Correct feedback
Well done! Везёт means transporting the furniture by vehicle on this specific trip.
Grammar rule
Везти is unidirectional motion by vehicle with a person or cargo; возить is repeated or multidirectional transport by vehicle.
Question 4
Компания каждый день ___ товары в магазины города.
English context
Choose the verb for regular delivery of goods by vehicle.
Options
- везёт
- возит
- ведёт
- несёт
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- возит
Correct feedback
Correct! Возит describes the company's regular delivery routes.
Grammar rule
Возить expresses habitual, repeated, or multidirectional transport by vehicle; везти expresses one specific transport trip.
Question 5
Учитель сейчас ___ первоклассников в столовую.
English context
Choose the verb for leading a group toward one destination.
Options
- водит
- ведёт
- везёт
- носит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- ведёт
Correct feedback
Excellent! Ведёт means the teacher is leading the children to one destination now.
Grammar rule
Вести is unidirectional motion while leading or taking a person or group; водить describes habitual or repeated leading.
Question 6
По субботам отец ___ детей в бассейн.
English context
Choose the verb for regularly taking children somewhere.
Options
- ведёт
- водит
- везёт
- бежит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- водит
Correct feedback
Right! Водит describes the father's regular routine of taking the children.
Grammar rule
Водить means to lead or take people repeatedly, on regular trips, or to different places; вести is for one specific direction.
Question 7
Мальчик ___ к финишу и скоро победит.
English context
Choose the verb for one runner moving toward a clear finish line.
Options
- бегает
- бежит
- плавает
- плавёт
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- бежит
Correct feedback
Perfect! Бежит shows one runner moving in a definite direction toward the finish.
Grammar rule
Бежать is unidirectional running toward a specific place; бегать describes repeated, habitual, or movement in several directions.
Question 8
Летом дети часто ___ в озере.
English context
Choose the verb for a repeated swimming activity.
Options
- плывут
- плавают
- бегут
- бегают
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- плавают
Correct feedback
Exactly! Плавают describes the children's repeated swimming activity.
Grammar rule
Плавать describes habitual swimming, swimming in different directions, or the ability to swim; плыть describes one journey in a specific direction.
Question 9
Лодка медленно ___ к берегу.
English context
Choose the verb for one boat moving toward a specific shore.
Options
- плавает
- плывёт
- ездит
- возит
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- плывёт
Correct feedback
Correct! Плывёт describes the boat's single directional movement toward the shore.
Grammar rule
Плыть is unidirectional swimming or sailing toward a particular destination; плавать is repeated or nondirectional movement in water.
Question 10
Каждое утро спортсмены ___ вокруг стадиона.
English context
Choose the verb for repeated running around a place.
Options
- бегут
- бегают
- бежат
- плавают
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- бегают
Correct feedback
Great! Бегают describes a repeated route around the stadium.
Grammar rule
Бегать is used for habitual running, running around an area, or movement in multiple directions; бежать is one directional run.