School Activities
The words for what you do at school in Russian - lessons, sport, music, trips, homework and exams - each with its script, how to say it, and its meaning.
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School activities in Russian 🏫
This topic is about the **activities** you do at school - lessons, sport, music, trips, homework and exams. Every word comes with its **Russian script**, a **transliteration** in brackets to help you say it, and the **English** meaning. Russian uses the **Cyrillic** alphabet, written **left to right**.
Words for school activities 🗂️
Here are six to learn first. Each shows the script, how to say it, and what it means.
What does it mean? 🔤
What does физкультура (fizkultura) mean?
- PE
- Music
- Homework
- A library
Match each word to its English meaning 🔗
- урок (urok)
- домашнее задание (domashnee zadanie)
- экзамен (ekzamen)
- экскурсия (ekskursiya)
- a lesson
- homework
- an exam
- a school trip
How the script works 📝
Two things about the Russian script. First, Russian uses the **Cyrillic** alphabet, written **left to right**. Second, a few letters look like Latin ones but sound different: **В** is "v", **Н** is "n", **Р** is "r", **С** is "s" and **Х** is "kh". Watch these false friends and the reading gets much easier.
More school words 📚
Four more, including a place and two objects you will need for the next check.
Which are activities? ✅
Select the THREE words that are school ACTIVITIES, not objects.
- физкультура (fizkultura)
- музыка (muzyka)
- экскурсия (ekskursiya)
- книга (kniga)
- ручка (ruchka)
Match the script to how it is said 🔡
- физкультура
- музыка
- библиотека
- экскурсия
- fizkultura
- muzyka
- biblioteka
- ekskursiya
Where are you? 📍
You go to the библиотека (biblioteka). What is it?
- The library
- The classroom
- The music room
- The exam hall
How do you say it? ✏️
A lesson урок is said _____. PE физкультура is said _____. Music музыка is said _____. A trip экскурсия is said _____.
Putting it together 🧩
Now you can talk about a whole school day. At **school** (школа) you sit in a **lesson** (урок), you might do **PE** (физкультура) or **music** (музыка), and there may be an **exam** (экзамен). There are also school **trips** (экскурсия) and the **library** (библиотека), and at home there is always the **homework** (домашнее задание).
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