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Mixed Review: Advanced Case Selection 1
Practise all six Russian cases in 10 contextual questions covering prepositions, agreement, negation and verb government.
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Browse Cases practiceQuestion 1
Статья о ___ событии появилась в газете.
English context
Choose the correct case form of 'важный' (important).
Options
- важный
- важного
- важному
- важном
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- важном
Correct feedback
Perfect! 'Важном' is prepositional neuter after 'о' (about).
Grammar rule
The preposition 'о' (about) requires prepositional case.
Question 2
Из-за ___ погоды экскурсию отменили.
English context
Choose the form of 'плохой' (bad): the excursion was cancelled because of bad weather.
Options
- плохая
- плохую
- плохой
- плохим
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- плохой
Correct feedback
Из-за requires the genitive. Погоды is feminine genitive singular, so its adjective is плохой.
Grammar rule
Из-за takes the genitive; adjectives agree with their nouns in case, gender and number.
Question 3
Я позвонил ___ после встречи.
English context
Choose the form of 'коллега' (colleague): I phoned my colleague after the meeting.
Options
- коллега
- коллегу
- коллегой
- коллеге
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- коллеге
Correct feedback
Позвонить кому? takes the dative: я позвонил коллеге.
Grammar rule
Звонить and позвонить govern the dative for the person called.
Question 4
Вчера мы встретили ___ у театра.
English context
Choose the form of 'новый преподаватель' (new teacher): we met the new teacher.
Options
- новый преподаватель
- новому преподавателю
- нового преподавателя
- новым преподавателем
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- нового преподавателя
Correct feedback
The teacher is the direct object. For masculine animate singular nouns and adjectives, the accusative looks like the genitive: нового преподавателя.
Grammar rule
Masculine animate singular accusative forms match the genitive.
Question 5
Она интересуется ___.
English context
Choose the form of 'русская история' (Russian history): she is interested in Russian history.
Options
- русская история
- русской истории
- русскую историю
- русской историей
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- русской историей
Correct feedback
Интересоваться чем? governs the instrumental: русской историей.
Grammar rule
Интересоваться takes an instrumental complement.
Question 6
Завтра мы поедем в ___.
English context
Choose the form of 'новый музей' (new museum). The museum is our destination.
Options
- новом музее
- нового музея
- новый музей
- новому музею
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- новый музей
Correct feedback
В + accusative marks the destination: в новый музей. This inanimate masculine accusative looks like the nominative.
Grammar rule
В takes the accusative for a destination and the prepositional for a location.
Question 7
Документы лежат в ___.
English context
Choose the form of 'верхний ящик' (top drawer): the documents are in the top drawer.
Options
- верхний ящик
- верхнего ящика
- верхним ящиком
- верхнем ящике
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- верхнем ящике
Correct feedback
This is a location (где?), so в takes the prepositional: в верхнем ящике.
Grammar rule
В + prepositional expresses location.
Question 8
У нас нет ___ для обсуждения.
English context
Choose the form of 'время' (time): we have no time for discussion.
Options
- время
- временем
- времени
- времена
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- времени
Correct feedback
Нет requires the genitive: нет времени. Время has the extended stem времен- in this form.
Grammar rule
Нет takes the genitive; время becomes времени in the genitive singular.
Question 9
___ началась вовремя.
English context
Choose the form of 'наша встреча' (our meeting). The meeting is the subject: our meeting began on time.
Options
- Нашу встречу
- Нашей встрече
- Наша встреча
- Нашей встречей
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- Наша встреча
Correct feedback
Наша встреча is the subject, so it is nominative. The feminine past-tense verb началась agrees with встреча.
Grammar rule
A grammatical subject normally takes the nominative; a past-tense verb agrees with it in gender and number.
Question 10
Мы подошли к ___.
English context
Choose the form of 'старое здание' (old building): we approached the old building.
Options
- старое здание
- старого здания
- старому зданию
- старым зданием
Accepted answers and explanation
Accepted answers
- старому зданию
Correct feedback
К governs the dative: к старому зданию. Motion does not automatically require the accusative; the preposition matters.
Grammar rule
К takes the dative, including when it expresses movement toward something.