Each chapter in Mango Classroom covers a set of grammar goals that are explored across all lessons. Mango Languages has recently created a wide library of grammar articles which are aligned with Mango Classroom’s grammar goals.
Unit 1: Introductions
Chapter 1: Salutations and Small Talk
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Be introduced to accusative, instrumental and prepositional cases
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Be introduced to adverbs
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Use the pronouns ты and вы
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Use the question word как
Unit 1: Introductions
Chapter 2: Languages and Origins
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Form affirmative and interrogative sentences
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Omit the verb "to be" in present tense
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Use negation in verbs
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Use personal pronouns я and мы
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Use the verbs говорить (second conjugation) and понимать (first conjugation)
Unit 1: Introductions
Chapter 3: Introductions and Professions
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Construct preposition в + accusative
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Construct preposition в + prepositional
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Use ordinal numerals первый, второй
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Use the possessive pronouns мой, моя, наш, and наша
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Use the verbs звать and работать (first conjugation)
Unit 1: Introductions
Chapter 4: Personal Info and Preferences
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Form cardinal numerals up to 100
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Form ordinal numerals up to 100
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Learn the dative case of personal pronouns
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Practice the genitive case of nouns, adjectives and personal pronouns
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 1: Places and Directions
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Form adverbs derived from adjectives
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Form the imperative: perfective and imperfective
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Understand and use the genitive for possession and relationship
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 2: Costs and Counting
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Construct compound numerals
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Practice cardinal numerals 1-10, 50, 100, 200, 300
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Use second declension plural nouns
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Use the demonstrative pronouns это, этот, эта, and эти
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Use the verbs есть, стоить, and взять
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 3: Food and Drink Culture
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Construct future tense: быть + imperfective infinitive
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Construct the verb приносить + accusative
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Use future forms of the verb быть
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Use the genitive (relationship)
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 4: Transportation and Currency
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Construct verb принимать + accusative
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Construct verb хотеть + infinitive
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Form cardinal numerals up to 1000
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Use какой as an interrogative pronoun
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 5: Help and Requests
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Construct the verb вызвать + accusative
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Learn the reflexive pronoun себя and the verb чувствовать себя
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Practice the pronouns он, она, and они
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Use the verbs потерять and потеряться
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 6: Clarification and Explanation
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Continue practicing the imperative
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Learn the second conjugation verb значить
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Practice first conjugation verbs: писать, сказать, and знать
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Practice the past tense
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Practice using adjectives and adverbs
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 7: Compliments and Corrections
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Continue practicing the past tense
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Continue practicing using adjectives and adverbs
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Learn the two meanings of the verb учить
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 8: Relatives and Pets
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Practice "preposition c + instrumental" structure
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Use adjectives in the feminine form, ending in -ая
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Use the possessive pronouns мой, твой, его, and её
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 9: Household Rooms and Items
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Construct the preposition над or под + the instrumental case
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Form imperative sentences
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Practice the preposition на + the prepositional case
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Understand the use of the accusative and dative cases
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Use the possessive pronouns ваш, ваша, ваше, and ваши
Unit 2: Connections
Chapter 10: Career and Hobbies
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Practice preposition в + accusative
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Practice мне нужно + infinitive
Chapter 1: Friends and Relationships
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Form the past tense structure видеть + accusative
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Practice primary spatial adverbs здесь and сюда
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Practice to use second-conjugation verbs in -ить
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Understand short adjectives
Chapter 2: Cooking and Eating
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Continue practicing the verb нравиться + dative structure
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Continue using first conjugation verbs in -уть and -ать
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Practice familiar with the perfect and imperfect aspect
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Use units of measurement + genitive
Chapter 3: Weather and Landscapes
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Form the nominative plural of feminine nouns
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Form the nominative plural of masculine nouns
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Learn the difference between ходить and идти
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Use the irregular verb хотеть
Chapter 4: Shopping and Apparel
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Learn more genitive words
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Practice to conjugate reflexive verbs
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Use prepositions через, с and до in relation to time expressions
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Use the verb купить + accusative
Chapter 5: Tasks and Errands
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Form the dative singular of masculine, neuter, and feminine nouns
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Practice using the perfective future
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Practice using verbs of motion: ходить and идти versus ездить and ехать
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Use the word надо to express necessity
Chapter 6: Recreation and Relaxation
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Practice more future forms of the verb быть
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Practice more masculine and feminine short adjectives
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Practice the dative pronouns ему, ей, им, and нам
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Use perfective imperative and negative perfective imperative
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Use the subjunctive mood of the verb мочь
Chapter 7: Travel and Tourism
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Construct the preposition по + the dative case
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Form the nominative plural of neuter nouns
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Practice the use of нет + the genitive case
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Practice using the phrase хотел бы to express desire
Chapter 8: Physical Descriptions and Humor
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Learn the "noun + как + noun" structure
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Learn the declension of adjectives in the prepositional case
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Review the adjective agreement with nouns
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Study complex adjectives
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Use the demonstrative pronouns тот, та, то, and те
Chapter 9: Opinions and Popular Culture
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Continue practicing the compound future tense
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Learn about the declension of first and last names
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Learn the instrumental pronouns ним, ней, and ними
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Practice using the preposition о + prepositional case
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Use the phrase знаком с + instrumental
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 1: Historic People and Events
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Learn how to conjugate reflexive verbs in the past tense
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Learn the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs
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Practice the declension of adjectives in the instrumental case
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Practice the formation of adjectives from nouns: suffix -ск-
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 2: Hospital and Pharmacy
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Practice genitive case in numbers
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Practice the accusative and dative cases
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Practice transitive and intransitive verbs
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Review the imperative form of the verbs
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Use more reflexive verbs in the past tense
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 3: Thoughts and Emotions
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Learn more Russian idioms
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Practice short adjectives
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Practice the past tense of the verbs
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Use and form more reflexive verbs
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 4: College and University Life
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Become familiar with the declension of the pronoun кто
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Conjugate the reflexive verb учиться
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Practice the genitive and accusative cases
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Practice the instrumental case in new words
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Use the future tense of the verbs
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 5: Family and Name Origins
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Learn more words in the instrumental case
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Learn to use the verbs of motion: приходить versus приезжать
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Practice phrases with prepositions по and на
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Practice the genitive and accusative cases
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 6: Food Allergies and Ingredients
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Learn the imperative form of verbs
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Learn the impersonal structure: dative pronoun + нельзя
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Practice conjugating reflexive verbs in the past tense
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 7: Social Events and Gatherings
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Be introduced to first conjugation verbs with a mobile vowel
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Learn the dative of the demonstrative pronouns этот, эта, это, and эти
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Practice the dative case
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 8: Sports and Fitness
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Practice more first conjugation verbs
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Practice the instrumental case
Unit 4: Lifestyle
Chapter 9: Movies and TV
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Learn the declension of the demonstrative pronoun этот
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Practice declension of first and last names
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Practice using the instrumental case
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 1: Airports and Customs
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Learn about the present active participle
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Learn the declension of adjectives in the genitive case
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Practice more second conjugation verbs in -еть and -ить
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Practice the dative case of nouns
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Use impersonal constructions
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 2: Hotels and Local Attractions
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Form the indefinite pronouns ending in -то, -нибудь, and -либо
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Form the perfective passive participle
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Learn about collective numerals
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Learn future of perfective verbs
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Practice more reflexive verbs
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 3: House Hunting and Moving
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Become familiar with the relative pronoun который
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Continue using когда-то to talk about the past
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Practice using the instrumental case
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Practice using the passive voice expressed by reflexive verbs
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Use the hypothetical period of the first kind
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 4: Utilities and Repair
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Continue using constructions with the third person plural
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Practice using cardinal numbers
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Practice using the perfective future
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Review the use of the accusative and genitive cases
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Use prepositions в течение and в промежутке in relation to time expressions
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 5: Education and Career
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Get introduced to emphatic pronoun сам
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Get introduced to reflexive possessive pronoun свой
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Practice giving the date using ordinal numbers
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Understand and use complex sentences
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 6: Emergencies and Aid
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Learn how to form comparative adjectives
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Learn the past tense formation of the verb произойти
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Review the use of the impersonal construction with the dative case
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 7: Household and Lifestyle
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Form the third-person imperative with the particle пусть
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Get introduced to the prefix до-
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Learn more ways to form the perfective passive participle
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Learn the imperative ending in -ь
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 8: Hair and Beauty Services
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Form opposite adjectives with the prefix не-
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Get introduced to the category of uncertainty
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Practice forming comparative adjectives
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Practice using the past tense in reference to the future
Unit 5: Ambitions
Chapter 9: Events and Schedules
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Practice the adverb поэтому
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Review the use of spatial and temporal prepositions
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Use the category of uncertainty in the third-person plural
Specialty Unit 1: Slang
Slang Words and Phrases
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Construct phrases with давай ("let's")
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Form affirmative and interrogative sentences
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Form present and past forms of verbs
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Learn masculine, feminine, and neuter adjectives
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Use personal pronouns
Specialty Unit 2: Superstitions
Let's Knock on Wood!
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Be introduced to the case system
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Use masculine and feminine adjectives
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Use verbs in the present and past tense
