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Aspect and Prefixes: Resulting Actions
Practice how prefixes create perfective meanings and results with делать/сделать and писать/написать.
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Browse Verb Aspect practiceQuestion 1
Каждый день она ___ упражнения.
English context
She does exercises every day. Choose the correct form of делать/сделать.
Options
- делает
- сделает
- сделала
- делала
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- делает
Correct feedback
Correct. A daily routine uses imperfective делает.
Grammar rule
The unprefixed imperfective делать describes repeated activity; сделать presents a completed result.
Question 2
К вечеру я ___ все упражнения.
English context
By evening I will complete all the exercises. Choose the correct form.
Options
- сделаю
- делаю
- делал
- сделал
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- сделаю
Correct feedback
Correct. Сделаю marks completion by a deadline.
Grammar rule
сделать is perfective and focuses on completing or producing a result.
Question 3
Я долго ___ отчёт, но не закончил.
English context
I worked on the report for a long time but did not finish it.
Options
- делал
- сделал
- сделаю
- делаю
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- делал
Correct feedback
Correct. Делал focuses on the unfinished process.
Grammar rule
Imperfective делать can describe an ongoing attempt without an achieved result.
Question 4
Он быстро ___ три упражнения.
English context
He quickly completed three exercises. Choose the correct form of делать/сделать.
Options
- сделал
- делал
- делает
- сделает
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- сделал
Correct feedback
Correct. Сделал presents one completed result.
Grammar rule
The perfective сделать presents a completed act or result; its masculine past form is сделал.
Question 5
Сейчас я ___ письмо начальнику.
English context
I am writing a letter to my manager right now. Choose the correct form of писать/написать.
Options
- пишу
- напишу
- написал
- писал
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- пишу
Correct feedback
Correct. Пишу describes writing in progress.
Grammar rule
писать is imperfective and forms the true present for an action in progress.
Question 6
До обеда я ___ письмо и отправлю его.
English context
By lunch I will write the letter and send it.
Options
- напишу
- пишу
- писал
- пишет
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- напишу
Correct feedback
Correct. Напишу promises a completed letter before sending.
Grammar rule
написать is perfective: it presents writing as producing a finished text.
Question 7
Вчера она весь вечер ___ заметки.
English context
Yesterday she spent the whole evening writing notes; completion is not stated.
Options
- писала
- написала
- напишет
- пишет
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- писала
Correct feedback
Correct. Писала emphasizes the duration of the activity.
Grammar rule
The imperfective писать highlights duration or activity without its endpoint.
Question 8
Наконец он ___ статью для журнала.
English context
Finally he wrote and completed an article for the journal.
Options
- написал
- писал
- пишет
- напишет
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- написал
Correct feedback
Correct. Наконец and the finished article call for написал.
Grammar rule
The prefix на- in написать contributes a bounded result: a completed text.
Question 9
Если будет время, я ___ вам завтра.
English context
If there is time, I will write to you tomorrow with one message.
Options
- напишу
- пишу
- писал
- написал
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- напишу
Correct feedback
Correct. A single future message is presented as a completed act: напишу.
Grammar rule
In a single future event, perfective писать with на- can present the message as completed.
Question 10
Он любит ___ планы на неделю.
English context
He likes making plans for the week as a general activity.
Options
- делать
- сделать
- сделает
- делал
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- делать
Correct feedback
Correct. Любит делать names a general activity, so the imperfective infinitive is used.
Grammar rule
Imperfective infinitives describe general activities, skills, and preferences.