Week 55, Lesson 109, Thursday

Recognise the forms of the news

Newspapers and signs love short forms: Музей открыт. Мост построен. Закрыто. You only need to recognise them, and they agree like short adjectives.

In this lessonabout 70 minutes

New words7

Focusshort forms: открыт, построен, закрыто, on signs and in headlines

1Recap 5 minutes

Three questions from Week 54, before anything new.

2Goal 1 minute

I can recognise the short forms used on signs and in the news, and understand them.

3The lesson 20 minutes

Short forms

One short form, four endings.

They agree like мал, мала.

Russian	Meaning
Музей открыт.	The museum is open.
Библиотека закрыта.	The library is closed.
Мост построен в тысяча девятьсот девяностом году.	The bridge was built in 1990.
Открыто / Закрыто	Open / Closed (on a door)

They agree like мал, мала: открыт, открыта, открыто, открыты. Recognise them; you will make them later.

Three signs you will see in every Russian city.

Week 55 on one plate. Lesson 109: Музей открыт; Библиотека закрыта; Мост построен; Открыто, Закрыто. Lesson 110: Говорят, что; Я читал, что; Что нового; по-моему. — Week 55 on one plate. This lesson is band L109.

4Listen and say 5 minutes

Sound of the lesson: откры́т

откры́т: the stress stays on ы in every form: откры́та, откры́то.

откры́т [at-KRYT] Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)
постро́ен [pa-STRO-yen] Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)

5Phrases and words 5 minutes

Phrases to learn whole

Learn each one as a single unit, the way you would learn a word. They come back in your Daily 10.

Откры́тоOpen
Закры́тоClosed
Когда́ он постро́ен?When was it built?

Words to read aloud

Read each one aloud, then open it to check.

откры́т, откры́та

open

закры́т, закры́то

closed

постро́ен

built

Hear it on Forvo

на́йден

found

Hear it on Forvo

библиоте́ка

library

Hear it on Forvo

в про́шлом году́

last year

Откры́то / Закры́то

Open / Closed (signs)

Hear it on Forvo

6Class exercises 15 minutes

Checked instantly. Get one wrong and you can try it again.

In class. With Ника: read real Russian signs and headlines together and find every short form.

Role-play

Take one card each. Swap roles for a second round.

You

Say what is open and closed in your city on Sunday.

Ника

Ask А когда он построен? about a famous building.

7Your turn 5 minutes

Write what is open and closed today.

Your sentences

See a model answer

Сегодня музей открыт, а библиотека закрыта.

Saved as you type. It goes to Ника together with Homework 109.

8Mini questionnaire required, 80% to pass

9Feedback 5 minutes

10Check your goal 1 minute

I can recognise the short forms used on signs and in the news, and understand them.

Can you do this now? Be honest: the answer decides your next step.

11Homework

Homework 109 on Saturday: short forms.

Open Homework 109

I can recognise the short forms used on signs and in the news, and understand them.

Can you do this now?