Listen to the audio & repeat:

1. Книга на столе. 

2. Книга в столе.

To say the item’s position, we can use prepositions ‘в’ (in, inside something) and ‘на’ (on, on the surface) and the Prepositional case for the noun. 

 

NOTE!

Some nouns in the prepositional case have a ‘y’ ending instead of ‘e’. 

  • шкаф - в/на шкафу  —  in/on the drobe
  • угол - в/на углу — in/on the corner
  • пол - на полу  —  on the floor
Test: MatchTextDialog

Listen to the audio to hear the correct answers

Test: ListenAndWriteDialog
Test: ListenAndWriteDialog

Listen to the audio to hear the correct answers

Task 4: Watch the video & complete the dialog below.

Dina and Borya are discussing where to put the Christmas tree.

Vocabulary for the video:

  • ставить ёлку - put up the Christmas tree
  • Только думай быстро. - Just think quickly.
  • колючая - prickly, spiky
  • мало места - little space 
  • тогда - then 
  • совсем - completely 
  • стоять - stand 
  • А как там ходить? - But how to walk there?
  • всё-таки - after all 
  • А эту куда? - And where does this one go? 
  • маме - to mother
Test: MatchTextDialog

Watch the video with subtitles

Photo credits: Reza Estakhrian; RapidEye; Peter Dazeley/Getty Images