Letters into words Lessons 1–3
Three letters make a word, the vowel leads the way, and at the end of a word a voiced consonant goes quiet.
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Three letters, one word Your first words: мак, рак, кот
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The five soft commanders Я, Ё, Ю, Е, И make the consonant soft
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The ending goes quiet At the end of a word a voiced consonant loses its voice
Syllables and stress Lessons 4–7
A word is read in pieces, and one of those pieces is always stronger than the rest.
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Two syllables Reading a word in pieces: ма-ма, ли-са
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Five stubborn letters Ж, Ш, Ц are always hard, Ч and Щ always soft
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One syllable is stronger Stress: which piece you stretch
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Longer words Three syllables — and the same law of stress
Consonants in a row Lessons 8–11
Two and three consonants in a row, and the two signs that have no sound of their own.
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Two consonants together Read them as one: мост, кран, лампа
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Consonants in pairs ТР, ДР, КР, ГР, БР, БЛ — read as one
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Two silent letters Ь and Ъ — letters without a sound
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The soft sign after Ж, Ш, Ч, Щ Ночь, мышь, вещь — what the Ь is doing there
Written one way, read another Lessons 12–15
Silent letters, neighbours that change the sound, and the handful of words you learn by heart.
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The letter you never hear Солнце, сердце, грустно
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Neighbours change the sound Ложка, лодка, сделать
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The tricky words Что, конечно, счёт — read differently from how they look
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Magic endings -ОГО reads [ово], -ТСЯ reads [ца]
The big test Lesson 16
Twenty-four questions covering every rule at once.
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The big test Every reading rule at once
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