кричать
посмотреть
рассказывать
успеть
появляться
поверить
спросить
писать
понять
вспомнить
показывать
говорить
Activities: What are aspect pairs in Russian?
By: Anna Classing
Activity 1: Assemble the aspect pairs!
Find an aspect pair in the box for each verb in the list.
“to look”
Imperfective: смотреть
Perfective:
“to write”
Imperfective:
Perfective: написать
“to remember”
Imperfective: вспоминать
Perfective:
“to understand”
Imperfective: понимать
Perfective:
“to show”
Imperfective:
Perfective: показать
“to manage / be in time”
Imperfective: успевать
Perfective:
“to say”
Imperfective:
Perfective: сказать
“to tell”
Imperfective:
Perfective: рассказать
“to believe”
Imperfective: верить
Perfective:
“to ask”
Imperfective: спрашивать
Perfective:
“to appear”
Imperfective:
Perfective: появиться
“to yell”
Imperfective:
Perfective: крикнуть
Activity 2: Spot the aspect “partner”
Match each imperfective verb with its aspect pair “partner,” which was made by adding a prefix. Remember that verbs in an aspect pair should have the same meaning! Use a dictionary when in doubt.
звать(to call / to invite)
терять(to lose)
петь(to sing)
гореть(to burn)
платить(to pay)
строить(to build)
Activity 3: Make the imperfective form
Turn the perfective verbs below into imperfective ones by adding the suffix -ыва-/-ива-/-ва-.
покрыть(to cover) →
зашить(to stitch up) →
наказать(to punish) →
обмануть(to deceive) →
полить(to water) →
доказать(to prove) →
разбить(to break) →
настоять(to insist) →
