Checklist for the level A1 in Russian

Essential topics of Russian for beginners course (A1 level).

The Russian grammar is like a deep ocean:) You need a guide not to lose your way. 

In this article, you can find a checklist of the essential grammar and vocabulary topics for beginners (A1 level). Make your learning more structured.

A1 Level

Grammar

Noun

• Gender
• Nouns singular and plural

Adjectives

• Adjectives of all genders and numbers in Nominative case
• Question word какой and its forms
• Degrees of comparison
• Short adjectives должен, рад, готов, занят

Modal words можно, нельзя

Pronouns

• personal pronouns
• possessive pronouns
• demonstrative pronoun
• interrogative pronouns

Verbs

• 1 and 2 conjugations
• past tense
• reflexive verbs учиться, заниматься, кататься, называться
• -ова- \ -ва verbs
• aspects
• the imperative
• compound form of the future tense
• verbs of motion идти (пойти) – ходить, ехать (поехать) – ездить
• verbs of motion + nouns (идти в парк)

Adverbs

• General information
• Prefix по- + suffix -ск- : по-русски

Numbers

• cardinal
• ordinal

Syntax

• simple sentence.
• questions Кто это? Что это?
• question words
• impersonal sentence.
• composite sentence with conjunctions кто, что, какой, который, когда, чей, сколько, почему, поэтому.

Cases

• Accusative
• Prepositional
• Genitive case
• Dative case
• Instrumental case

Vocabulary

• My family
• Shopping
• At the cafe
• In the city
• Free time
• In the university
• Holidays
• Work
• Food
• Appearance
• At the doctor’s
• Numbers.
• Days of the week and time.
• My home
• Transport
• Countries and language

Checklists for pre-intermediate (A2) and intermediate (B1) level.