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    Noun Declension
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    Russian Noun Declension: Cases and Endings

    Practise masculine, feminine, neuter, and plural noun forms across the six Russian cases.

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    Question 1

    Это новый ___.

    English context

    Choose the nominative masculine singular form for “This is a new dictionary.”

    Options

    • словарь
    • словаря
    • словарю
    • словарём
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • словарь

    Correct feedback

    Correct. The subject after «это» is nominative: «новый словарь».

    Grammar rule

    The nominative case names the subject or identifies what something is.

    Question 2

    У меня нет ___.

    English context

    Choose the genitive feminine singular form of «машина» (car).

    Options

    • машины
    • машину
    • машине
    • машиной
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • машины

    Correct feedback

    Correct. «Нет» requires the genitive: «нет машины».

    Grammar rule

    The genitive expresses absence: «нет машины» (there is no car).

    Question 3

    Я подхожу к ___.

    English context

    Choose the dative neuter singular form of «окно» (window).

    Options

    • окну
    • окно
    • окна
    • окном
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • окну

    Correct feedback

    Correct. The dative singular of neuter «окно» is «окну».

    Grammar rule

    The dative marks an indirect recipient or target: «подходить к чему? — к окну».

    Question 4

    Я вижу ___.

    English context

    Choose the accusative masculine singular form of the animate noun «студент» (student).

    Options

    • студента
    • студент
    • студенту
    • студентом
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • студента

    Correct feedback

    Correct. An animate masculine noun has genitive-like accusative: «вижу студента».

    Grammar rule

    In the singular, animate masculine accusative nouns take the same ending as genitive: «студента».

    Question 5

    Мы живём в ___.

    English context

    Choose the prepositional feminine singular form of «Москва» (Moscow).

    Options

    • Москве
    • Москву
    • Москвы
    • Москвой
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • Москве

    Correct feedback

    Correct. Location after «в» uses the prepositional: «в Москве».

    Grammar rule

    «В» meaning “in” takes the prepositional: «жить в Москве».

    Question 6

    Я горжусь ___.

    English context

    Choose the instrumental plural form of «друзья» (friends).

    Options

    • друзьями
    • друзей
    • друзьям
    • друзья
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • друзьями

    Correct feedback

    Correct. «Гордиться» takes the instrumental: «горжусь друзьями».

    Grammar rule

    The instrumental marks the object of «гордиться»: «гордиться кем? — друзьями».

    Question 7

    У нас много ___.

    English context

    Choose the genitive plural form of «книга» (books).

    Options

    • книг
    • книги
    • книгам
    • книгами
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • книг

    Correct feedback

    Correct. Quantities such as «много» take genitive plural: «много книг».

    Grammar rule

    Quantity expressions like «много» govern the genitive plural.

    Question 8

    Я иду к ___.

    English context

    Choose the dative masculine singular form of «врач» (doctor).

    Options

    • врачу
    • врача
    • врачом
    • врач
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • врачу

    Correct feedback

    Correct. The preposition «к» always takes the dative: «к врачу».

    Grammar rule

    The preposition «к» governs the dative case: «к врачу».

    Question 9

    Он пишет ___.

    English context

    Choose the accusative neuter singular form of «письмо» (letter).

    Options

    • письмо
    • письма
    • письму
    • письмом
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • письмо

    Correct feedback

    Correct. «Письмо» is neuter and its inanimate accusative equals nominative: «пишет письмо».

    Grammar rule

    For inanimate neuter nouns, singular accusative has the same form as nominative.

    Question 10

    Мы говорим о ___.

    English context

    Choose the prepositional plural form of «новости» (news).

    Options

    • новостях
    • новости
    • новостей
    • новостями
    Accepted answers and explanation

    Accepted answers

    • новостях

    Correct feedback

    Correct. «О» takes the prepositional, and plural «новости» becomes «новостях».

    Grammar rule

    The preposition «о» governs the prepositional: «говорить о новостях».