Literature and Prescribed Textbook Content (पाठ्यपुस्तक आधारित अभ्यास / литература)
Literature questions come from the MSBSHSE Russian textbook: short texts, dialogues, poems and cultural notes. You are tested on who/what/where, character feelings, and simple opinion sentences, so revise the prescribed lessons rather than outside reading.
What to revise
- The title, author and main character of each prescribed text.
- Five to eight key sentences from each text that state the main idea.
- Vocabulary groups: family, school, city, seasons, hobbies.
- Opinion phrases for open questions: Мне нравится... / Я думаю, что... / Главная мысль...
Answering technique
- Use the exact names and places printed in the textbook.
- Answer in a short Russian sentence; add a because-clause only if you can control it.
- For «Что ты думаешь о...?», give opinion + reason: «Я думаю, что Анна добрая, потому что она помогает друзьям.»
- For poem questions, name the feeling or season rather than quoting a long stanza.
Worked example
Text: «Это Антон. Он живёт в Москве. Он любит читать книги о животных.» Question: Что любит Антон? Answer: Антон любит читать книги о животных. Reasoning: что любит asks for the object of любит; the answer is the infinitive phrase читать книги о животных. Keep о + prepositional plural животных exactly as in the text.
Traps
- Inventing characters or events not in the text.
- Borrowing a name from a different lesson.
- Writing a long personal opinion when the question asks for a fact.
- Forgetting that о животные is wrong; it must be о животных.