Quizzes on fairy tales by C. Perrault, quizzes on your favorite fairy tales.
All quiz questions with answers.
Quiz “Tales of My Mother Goose” (based on the fairy tales of C. Perrault)
1. Does the name of this heroine come from the word “ash”? Answer: Cinderella.
2. What was the name of the heroine who got her nickname thanks to her headdress? Answer: Little Red Riding Hood.
3. What was the name of the hero who loved to wear shoes? Answer: Puss in Boots.
4. What appeared to Donkey Skin when she struck the ground with her magic wand? Answer: Chest with outfits.
5. Who wore a belt with the inscription “When I’m angry, I kill seven”? Answer: Brave tailor.
6. Who had snakes and toads falling from their mouths instead of words? Answer: The rude girl from the fairy tale “The Sorceress”.
7. In which fairy tale does it snow on earth if downy feather beds are fluffed up in the sky? Answer: “Mistress Metelitsa.”
8. What happened to the stupid, beautiful princess when the prince Rike-Khokholok fell in love with her? Answer: She became smart.
9. Which girl lost her shoe at the ball? Answer: Cinderella.
10. What was the name of the owner of Puss in Boots? Answer: Marquis Karabas.
11. How did the brother knights pierce through and through the bloodthirsty villain-murderer, who had the terrible nickname “Bluebeard”? Answer: With swords.
12. What birds were caught in the bag when the cat was hunting for the second time in the fairy tale “Puss in Boots”? Answer: Partridges.
13. Who inherited the middle son of the miller in the fairy tale “Puss in Boots”? Answer: Donkey.
14. Who had big hands, big ears, big eyes, big teeth? Answer: The wolf.
15. Who did the ogre turn into at the request of the cat for the first time in the fairy tale “Puss in Boots”? Answer: To a lion.
16. What vehicle did the fairy turn the pumpkin into with her magic wand in the fairy tale “Cinderella”? Answer: In the carriage.
17. What did the eldest son inherit from his father in the fairy tale “Puss in Boots”? Answer: Mill.
Quiz on fairy tales “Fairy tale men”
■ What is the most popular male name in fairy tales? Answer: Ivan.
■ Whose sleigh drove itself? Answer: Emelya.
■ Which girl rescued her friend Kai from ice captivity? Answer: Gerda.
■ Who ate for three and worked for seven? Answer: Balda.
■ Who sowed money, thinking that a money tree would grow and all that was left was to harvest? Answer: Pinocchio.
■ Who lived on Basseynaya Street? Answer: Absent-minded.
■ Who cooked the porridge using intelligence and ingenuity? Answer: Soldier.
■ Which Russian folk tale heroine was an agricultural product? Answer: Turnip.
■ What was the name of Matroskin’s cat’s cow? Answer: Murka.
■ What was the name of the genie that Volka freed from the bottle? Answer: Hottabych.
■ What were the names of the three fat men? Answer: They didn’t have names.
■ What was the name of the sorceress who was afraid of water, and how many years did she not wash herself? Answer: Bastinda, 500 years.
■ Which of the heroes of the Russian folk tale was a bakery product? Answer: Kolobok.
■ What was the name of Pierrot's bride? Answer: Malvina.
■ Who turned Vasilisa the Wise into a frog? Answer: Koschey the Immortal.
■ Which hero of the Russian folk tale caught fish in a very original way? Answer: Wolf.
■ What was the name of the young man who had the nickname Dwarf Nose? Answer: Jacob.
■ What was the name of the boy who was carried away by the wild swans? Answer: Ivanushka.
■ Who built the house using best practices, but his brothers worked the old fashioned way and almost lost their lives? Answer: Naf-Naf.
■ Who is the best dreamer and sweet tooth in the world? Answer: Carlson.
■ Who was shipwrecked and taken prisoner with the Lilliputians? Answer: Gulliver.
■ Who rushed after the White Rabbit, fell into a very deep well and ended up in an amazing country? Answer: Alice.
■ What was the name of the jackal, the servant of the tiger Shere Khan? Answer: Jackal Tabaki.
■ Who loved the saying “One head is good, but two is better”? Answer: Serpent Gorynych.
■ What was the name of the toy with a very funny name that fell off the table? Answer: Cheburashka.
■ Which king forgot about the death of his children at the sight of the beautiful queen? King Answer: Dadon.
■ Who was the first jungle animal to show an example of friendship with a human child? Answer: Wolf Akela.
Name a shape that has no corners.
2. 9 candles were burning, 5 candles went out. How many candles are left?
3. Name the largest single-digit number.
4. Which figure has 3 corners?
5. Name the smallest two-digit number.
6. How many months are there in a year?
7. How many corners does a rectangle have?
8. What is greater than 1 cm or 10 mm?
9. Name a device for measuring length.
10. Name the neighbors of the number 5.
11. I have a number in mind. I added the same amount to it and got 4. What number did I have in mind?
12. There were 40 pears growing on a pine branch. 32 pears fell. How many pears are left to grow?
13. How many fingers does a person have?
14. What is the sum of the numbers 45 and 25?
15. Find the difference between the numbers 100 and 34.
1. How many grams are in 1 kg?
2. Which figure has all sides equal?
3. What is greater than 1 m or 100 cm?
4. How many neighbors does the number 0 have?
5. What shape does the Earth have?
6. What units of mass do you know?
7. The name of the components of the subtraction action.
8. How many summer months do you know?
9. What are the components of the task?
10. There were 6 apples growing on one birch branch, and 36 on the other. How many apples were growing in total?
11. The geese were flying. One in front, two behind. Two behind, one in front. Two on the edges, one in the middle. How many geese were flying?
12. Name a device for measuring temperature.
13. Name a device for measuring mass.
14. I have a number in mind. I increased it by 10 and got 50. What number did I have in mind?
15. How many months are there in a year?
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1. Magomed has 10 sheep. All but the ninth died. How many sheep are left?
2.You are the pilot of a plane flying from Havana to
Moscow with two transfers. How old is the pilot?
3.Which month has 28 days?
4. There are 10 fingers on the hands. How many fingers are there on 10 hands?
5.Under what bush does the hare sit during the rain?
6.How many cuts do you need to make to cut
log into 3 parts?
7. 7 candles were burning. Three went out. How many candles
1 class
2. What is another name for ABC.
3. Name a vowel letter that can represent two sounds.
4. Name a letter that does not represent a sound.
5. Which vowel letter does not have a capital pair.
6. How many syllables are in the word FUN.
7. Name the first letter of the alphabet.
8. How to correctly spell the word CHAIKA into syllables
9. Name a word with the combination - ZHI -
10. What vowel letter is written in the word TOWET.
11. Name the paired consonants.
12. Name a word in which the letters and sounds are the same.
13. Name a word that has more letters than sounds.
14. Name a word that has fewer letters than sounds.
15. Name a word in which the sound [b] is hard.
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In Russian
2nd class
1. Name a word in which the consonants are soft.
2. Name a word in which all consonants are soft.
3. Replace the phrase with one word:
To kick the bucket -
4. Name a word that is close in meaning to the word
FAMOUS
5. Name the word opposite in meaning to the word
6. The dog barks, the cat meows, and the donkey….
7. Name a word that cannot be hyphenated.
8. What is the spelling in the word CLASS.
9. When the word EAGLE is written with a capital letter.
10. What language does the echo speak?
11. Name a word in which the letters and sounds are the same.
12. Name a word that has more letters than sounds.
13. Name a word that has fewer letters than sounds.
14. Name the first consonant letter of the alphabet.
15. How many letters are in the Russian language.
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In Russian
3rd grade
1. Which of these words is close in meaning to the word scold?
Search, deceive, scold, interrupt.
2. Finish the proverb:
The forest is being cut down - chips...
3. Give a synonym for the word sad.
3. Name the word with the suffix –ushk-
4. Name a word that has more letters than sounds.
5. Name a word that has fewer letters than sounds.
6. Name a word in which the letters and sounds are the same.
7. How many cases are there in the Russian language.
8. Name the last consonant letter of the alphabet.
9. Name the first consonant letter of the alphabet.
10. Name a word with a double consonant at the root of the word.
11. Does a noun change by gender?
13. Which part of speech indicates an object, but does not name it.
14. Choose a synonym for the word SPRING.
15. Form the plural of the word DRIVER.
Goals:
- introduce the works of Ch. Perrault;
- expand the idea of a fairy tale;
- expand the understanding of the historical development of the fairy tale genre and consider this process on a timeline;
- reconstruct the course of the fairy tale with the children, discovering the beginning, climax, and denouement;
- increase children's creative interest;
- try to maintain a special fairy-tale mood along with research interest;
- cultivate moral character traits.
Equipment.
- textbook “Literary reading 2nd grade (compiled by V.Yu. Sviridova N.A. Churakova.) Samara: Publishing House “Educational Literature” of the Fedorov Corporation, 2002,
- portrait of a writer,
- exhibition of the author's books,
- audio recording of the music “On the roads of fairy tales”.
- "When my friends are with me"
- chest with the author's fairy tales,
storyteller costume. Lesson type:
combined Leading method:
research
During the classes
1. Organizational moment.
Positive attitude to class.
(It is necessary to set the children in a working mood and wish them success.)
Teacher. What's your mood?
I want our lesson to be a success, to take place, to help us.
Close your eyes and wish me and yourself good luck on our journey.
2. Work on the topic of the lesson.
Teacher. Guys, today we have an unusual lesson - a journey into the magical world of fairy tales by Charles Perrault.
The music “On the roads of fairy tales” sounds.
Teacher. Have you read a fairy tale at home?
Did you like her?
Have any of you had your parents read this story to you before?
Do you know what other fairy tales belong to the magical pen of the French storyteller C. Perrault?
Brief information about the author. (A student prepared in advance tells). Ch. Perrault was born in France in 1628 in the family of a royal official and poet. He was the fifth child in the family. Since childhood, he loved literature and in his early years began to write poetry. He studied at college and was self-educated. He has written three collections of fairy tales. The first collection included eight fairy tales: “Tales of My Mother Goose” (1697), “Cinderella”, “Bluebeard”, “Puss in Boots”, etc. Later he wrote two more collections of fairy tales.
Working with the timeline.
Teacher. The storyteller worked in the 17th century.
Where should we place the flag on the timeline? Approximately how much time has passed since the fairy tale “Puss in Boots” was written?
Research work.
Teacher. Since you and I not only read, but also do research, we will try to answer the question:
Teacher. What can't a fairy tale exist without?
Children. No magic items.
Teacher. Let's see what magical objects are in the fairy tale “Puss in Boots.”
Children. Boots.
Teacher. Are there any other versions, dear detectives?
Children. Magic transformations.
Teacher. How many times did the Ogre turn into animals and what kind?
Children. Twice, in the mouse and the lion.
Teacher. Are there any other versions about what a fairy tale cannot exist without?
Children. Without evil and good heroes.
Teacher. Name the heroes of this fairy tale: evil and good.
Is it possible to call Puss in Boots magical assistant hero?
Is the hero worthy of having such an assistant?
Why will the miller's son receive everything on a silver platter?
In which Russian folk tales does the action develop according to the same laws?
Fizminutka to the music of V. Shainsky, lyrics. M. Tanich
If you go on a journey with a friend,
If you go on a journey with a friend
More joyful road.
I'm a little without friends.
Without friends I'm a little bit
And with friends a lot.
What do I care about snow?
What do I know about the heat?
Why do I care about pouring rain?
When my friends are with me.
Let's continue our research work. Arm yourself with the knowledge gained while traveling through the country of “Literature”. What is the main thing in the work?
Children. Plot
Teacher. Name the three sisters of the plot.
Children. The beginning. Climax. Denouement.
Work in pairs.
Teacher. Read the sentences corresponding to the beginning, climax, denouement. Did a great job!
Compiling a filmstrip for a fairy tale.
Teacher. Imagine yourself as animation directors. Look at page 66. textbook and check the filmstrip based on this fairy tale: is everything correct?
In your notebooks, draw the correct frames.
3. Consolidation.
Teacher. It’s interesting to know how you remember the fairy tale. I suggest you solve the crossword puzzle.
Questions.
Horizontally.
- The animal that the Ogre turned into for the first time. (A lion)
- Part of the inheritance that went to the older brother. (Mill)
- Part of the inheritance that went to the middle brother. (Donkey)
- The animal that the Ogre transformed into for the second time. (Mouse)
- What name did Puss in Boots come up with for his owner?
- (Marquis)
- Who was the first to get into the Cat's bag? (Rabbit)
- Who told the king that the fields belonged to the Marquis of Carabas? (Reapers)
What birds did the cat give to the king as a gift?
(Partridges)
Teacher. Read the word written vertically.
Children. Nobleman
A search is announced: find this word in the Explanatory Dictionary.
Children. A nobleman is a noble and wealthy person who occupies a high position in society.
Teacher's surprise.
A storyteller comes in with a magic chest of books by Charles Perrault.
Storyteller. Guys, do you recognize me?
I am a sorceress, and although I was not in your lesson, I saw everything in my magic mirror.” I really liked that you love fairy tales so much and know them. I want to give you a “magic chest”. What is inside - you will now find out, and heroes are waiting for me in my magical world.
Teacher. Are you curious to know what's inside? Let's let the most active student open the chest.
Teacher. Why did the sorceress bring them to us? For what purpose?
Children. So that we can read them.
4. Lesson summary.
Teacher. What conclusion can we draw after reading this fairy tale?
Children. Good conquers evil. Friendship helps.
Teacher. What other fairy tales about friendship do you know?
5. Reflection.
Teacher. Now rub your palms until it gets hot. Quickly transfer warmth to a friend by connecting your palm with his.
Let the warmth of your friends' souls warm you!
How good it is that friendship exists in the world!
She is like you and I need air.
So let friendship spread across the planet,
Let her shine for us like the sun.
- N. Dobronravov.
- 6. Optional homework:
- read any fairy tale by C. Perrault;
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draw frames for the filmstrip;
1. compose your own fairy tale about friendship.
mathematics
Name a shape that has no corners.
2. 9 candles were burning, 5 candles went out. How many candles are left?
3. Name the largest single digit number.
4. Which figure has 3 corners?
5. Name the smallest two-digit number.
6. How many months are there in a year?
7. How many corners does a rectangle have?
8. What is greater than 1 cm or 10 mm?
9. Name a device for measuring length.
12. There were 40 pears growing on a pine branch. 32 pears fell. How many pears are left to grow?
13. How many fingers does a person have?
14. What is the sum of the numbers 45 and 25?
15. Find the difference between the numbers 100 and 34.
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draw frames for the filmstrip;
1. How many grams are in 1 kg?
2. Which figure has all sides equal?
3. What is greater than 1 m or 100 cm?
4. How many neighbors does the number 0 have?
5. What shape does the Earth have?
6. What units of mass do you know?
7. The name of the components of the subtraction action.
8. How many summer months do you know?
9. What are the components of the task?
10. There were 6 apples growing on one birch branch, and 36 on the other. How many apples were growing in total?
11. The geese were flying. One in front, two behind. Two behind, one in front. Two on the edges, one in the middle. How many geese were flying?
12. Name a device for measuring temperature.
13. Name a device for measuring mass.
14. I have a number in mind. I increased it by 10 and got 50. What number did I have in mind?
15. How many months are there in a year?
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draw frames for the filmstrip;
1. How many centimeters are in one meter?
2. How many halves can 5 apples be divided into?
3. Name the smallest geometric figure.
4. Sasha is taller than Masha, Masha is taller than Katya. Who is tallest?
5. Two notebooks cost 7 rubles.
How many rubles does 4 notebooks cost?
6. What is heavier than 1 kg of fluff or 1 kg of iron?
7. What is longer than 1 dm or 100 mm?
8. Who has more legs, 2 spiders or 2 beetles?
9. What is the value if eight is multiplied by eight?
10. How many seconds are there in a minute?
11. A rooster on two legs weighs 6 kg.
How much does a rooster weigh if it stands on one leg?
12. Which figure has all sides equal?
13. Name the smallest four-digit number.
14. Name the largest three-digit number.
15. Name a number that has 8 thousand units and
8 unit class units.
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draw frames for the filmstrip;
1. Magomed has 10 sheep. All but the ninth died. How many sheep are left?
2.You are the pilot of a plane flying from Havana to
Moscow with two transfers. How old is the pilot?
3.Which month has 28 days?
4. There are 10 fingers on the hands. How many fingers are there on 10 hands?
5.Under what bush does the hare sit during the rain?
6.How many cuts do you need to make to cut
log into 3 parts?
7. 7 candles were burning. Three went out. How many candles
left?
8.Is there in Australia?
9.Name the largest four-digit number.
10. Name the smallest four-digit number.
11. What is the smallest three-digit number?
greater than the largest two-digit number?
12. Who invented the multiplication table?
13. How many minutes are there in 1 hour?
14. What is more 2 hours or 100 minutes?
15. One tenth of a minute.
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around the world
1 class
1. What is the name of our planet?
2. What is the name of our homeland?
3. Name the capital of our country?
4. What city do you live in?
5. Forest doctor.
6. Bird house.
7. What do fish have instead of fur?
8. What bird can swim?
9. Name the sides of the horizon.
10. How many oceans are there on our planet?
11. How many continents are there on our planet?
12. Name the Earth's satellite?
13. White in winter and gray in summer.
14. Flower for fortune telling.
15. What do trees have in summer and not in winter?
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around the world
2nd grade
Capital of Russia. Name the sides of the horizon. Which lake is the deepest in Russia? A device for determining the sides of the horizon. The fastest-footed bird. What elephant doesn't have a trunk?
7. A place in the desert where there is vegetation and water.
8. The smallest ocean. (Arctic)
9. Animal Science.
10. What predatory animal is greedy for raspberries?
11.Which bird is the smartest?
12. Name the smallest bird.
13. Which bird has 40 letters?
14. I swam in the water and remained dry.
15. What animals go out of their way?
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1. The country of all marsupials.
2. State emblem.
3. Which monkey is the biggest?
4. What animal sleeps upside down all winter?
5. Can an ostrich call itself a bird?
6. Biggest bear?
7. Where is the grasshopper's ear?
8. Which bird's chick does not know its mother?
9. What is the name of a beaver’s home?
10. What chicks are born in winter?
11. Name the coldest ocean.
12. Name a migratory bird.
13. Name a resident bird.
14. What is the largest animal in the world?
15. What fish is named after a person?
Intellectual marathon through the world around us
4th grade
1. Which animal runs the fastest?
2. Which birds have “nurseries”?
3. For which animal does fly agaric serve as medicine?
4. Which ocean is the largest?
5. On what continent do marsupials live?
6. Which continent is covered with snow all year round?
7. Name the organs of touch.
8. Name the organs of smell.
9. How many teeth does an adult have?
10. How many ribs does a person have?
11. How many ears does a person have?
12. Who heals trees in the forest?
13. What animal can give a tail?
14. Which animal has a sensory organ - the lateral line?
15. How many continents are there in total?
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in literary reading
1 class
1. Who wrote a poem about Tanya, who dropped a ball into the river?
2. What did the soldier cook the porridge from?
4. Who was the Kid's friend?
5. Who is Uncle Fyodor?
6. Name works of oral folk art.
7. Who saved Thumbelina from marrying a frog?
8. What did M. Prishvin write about?
9. What literary genre do the words: “Once upon a time...” belong to?
11. Who gave Pinocchio the golden key?
12. Who did the Ogre turn into for the first time at the request of the cat?
14. What was the name of the girl in G. H. Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen”?
15. Finish the proverb: Fear….
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in literary reading
2nd grade
1. A miracle giant swims across the ocean, holding a mustache in his mouth.
2. In K. Chukovsky’s fairy tale “Confusion” they flew across the sky.
3. To what did N. Nosov compare the patch that Bobka sewed to his pants?
4. What color are the bells in A. Tolstoy’s poem “My Bells..”?
5. How many windows do Baba Yaga have in her huts?
6. What did Emelya say when he refused to work?
7. What did the eldest son inherit in the fairy tale “Puss in Boots”?
8. Where the needle goes, there it goes...
9. Who did the ugly duckling turn into?
10. Not an animal, not a bird, but a nose like a knitting needle.
11. Cipollino's girlfriend.
12. Who did Ivanushka turn into after drinking water from a puddle?
13. Who healed Ilya Muromets?
14. What did M. Prishvin write about?
15. Who wrote “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish”?
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in literary reading
3rd grade
1. Who did Grandfather Mazai save in the spring?
2. Name the genre of the work about heroes.
3. Who took a frog with them on a trip?
5. Poet, hussar, partisan, our fellow countryman during the War of 1812.
6. When did old man Hottabych’s beard not work?
7. Who is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?
8. What language did the heroine of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood” speak?
9. Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovich... Name the third hero.
10. To whom did the “poor priest turn his forehead”?
11. Who did Goodwin give his heart to?
14. With what compares the dew of L. N. Tolstoy?
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in literary reading
4th grade
1. The word with which the goldfish addressed the old man in
"The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish."
3. How many fairy tales did A. S. Pushkin write?
4. Great Russian fabulist.
5. What unites A. Fet, F. Tyutchev, I. Bunin?
6. What language did Cipollino speak?
7. Name the genre of the work “The Scarlet Flower”
8. Who wrote this work?
9. What insect taught Pinocchio?
11. Continue: “Where the needle goes and...”
12. Who became a hero at the age of 33?
13. Who became the ugly duckling from the fairy tale by H. C. Andersen?
14. What did Mukha-Tsokotukha find at the market?
15. Who wrote the fairy tale “Doctor Aibolit”?
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By
1 class
1. Say the last letter .
2. What is another name for ABC.
3. Name a vowel letter that can represent two sounds.
4. Name a letter that does not represent a sound.
5. Which vowel letter does not have a capital pair.
6. How many syllables are in the word FUN.
7. Name the first letter of the alphabet.
8. How to correctly spell the word CHAIKA into syllables
9. Name a word with the combination - ZHI -
10. What vowel letter is written in the word TOWET.
11. Name the paired consonants.
12. Name a word in which the letters and sounds are the same.
13. Name a word that has more letters than sounds.
14. Name a word that has fewer letters than sounds.
15. Name a word in which the sound [b] is hard.
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In Russian
2nd class
1. Name a word in which the consonants are soft.
2. Name a word in which all consonants are soft.
3. Replace the phrase with one word:
To kick the bucket -
4. Name a word that is close in meaning to the word
FAMOUS
5. Name the word opposite in meaning to the word
CLEAR
6. The dog barks, the cat meows, and the donkey….
7. Name a word that cannot be hyphenated.
8. What is the spelling in the word CLASS.
9. When the word EAGLE is written with a capital letter.
10. What language does the echo speak?
11. Name a word in which the letters and sounds are the same.
12. Name a word that has more letters than sounds.
13. Name a word that has fewer letters than sounds.
14. Name the first consonant letter of the alphabet.
15. How many letters are in the Russian language.
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In Russian
3rd grade
1. Which of these words is close in meaning to the word scold?
Search, deceive, scold, interrupt.
2. Finish the proverb:
The forest is being cut down - chips...
3. Give a synonym for the word sad.
4. Name it By the way, hot.
5. Name the word with the prefix sub-.
6. Name a word with the combination CH.
7. Add:
Hungry like...
8. Name a word that has more letters than sounds.
9. Name a word that has fewer letters than sounds.
10. Name a word in which the letters and sounds are the same.
11. How many letters are in the Russian alphabet.
12. Name the last consonant letter of the alphabet.
13.Name the first consonant letter of the alphabet.
14.Name a word with a double consonant at the root of the word.
15. Does a noun change by gender?
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In Russian
4th grade
1. Replace the phrase with one word:
Tongue without bones -
2. Name a noun that is not
used in .
3. Name the word with the suffix –ushk-
4. Name a word that has more letters than sounds.
5. Name a word that has fewer letters than sounds.
6. Name a word in which the letters and sounds are the same.
7. How many cases are there in the Russian language.
8. Name the last consonant letter of the alphabet.
9. Name the first consonant letter of the alphabet.
10. Name a word with a double consonant at the root of the word.
11. Does a noun change by gender?
12. Which one changes over time?
13. Which part of speech indicates an object, but does not name it.
14. Choose a synonym for the word SPRING.
15. Form the plural of the word DRIVER.
Charles Perrault
Retold by T. Gabbe
The miller had three sons, and when he died he left them only a mill, a donkey and a cat.
The brothers divided their father's property among themselves without a notary and a judge, who would quickly swallow all their meager inheritance.
The eldest got the mill. The average donkey. Well, the youngest had to take a cat.
The poor fellow could not console himself for a long time after receiving such a pitiful share of the inheritance.
Brothers, he said, can honestly earn their bread if only they stick together. What will happen to me after I eat my cat and make a muff out of its skin? Just starve to death!
The cat heard these words, but did not show it, but said calmly and judiciously:
Don't be sad, master. Give me a bag and order a pair of boots to make it easier to wander through the bushes, and you will see for yourself that you have not been as offended as it seems to you now.
The cat’s owner himself didn’t know whether to believe it or not, but he remembered well what tricks the cat used when he hunted rats and mice, how cleverly he pretended to be dead, sometimes hanging on his hind legs, sometimes burying himself almost headlong in flour. Who knows, what if he actually does something to help in trouble!
As soon as the cat got everything he needed, he quickly put on his shoes, stamped his feet bravely, threw the bag over his shoulder and, holding it by the laces with his front paws, walked into the reserved forest, where there were many rabbits. And in the bag he had bran and hare cabbage.
Stretching out on the grass and pretending to be dead, he began to wait for some inexperienced rabbit, who had not yet had time to experience on his own skin how evil and treacherous the light is, to climb into the bag to feast on the treats stored for him.
He didn’t have to wait long: some young, gullible simpleton rabbit immediately jumped into his bag.
Without thinking twice, the uncle-cat tightened his shoelaces and finished off the rabbit without any mercy.
After this, proud of his spoils, he went straight to the palace and asked to be received by the king. He was brought into the royal chambers. He made a respectful bow to His Majesty and said:
Sir, here is a rabbit from the forests of the Marquis de Carabas (he invented such a name for his owner). My master ordered me to present you with this modest gift.
Thank your master,” replied the king, “and tell him that he has given me great pleasure.”
A few days later the cat went to the field and there, hiding among the ears of corn, he again opened his bag.
This time two partridges fell into his trap. He quickly tightened his laces and carried them both to the king.
The king willingly accepted this gift and ordered to give the cat a tip.
So two or three months passed. The cat kept bringing the king game, as if it had been killed during a hunt by his owner, the Marquis de Carabas.
And then one day the cat found out that the king, together with his daughter, the most beautiful princess in the world, was going to take a carriage ride along the river bank.
Do you agree to listen to my advice? - he asked his master. - In this case, happiness is in our hands. All you have to do is go for a swim in the river, where I show you. Leave the rest to me.
The Marquis de Carabas obediently did everything that the cat advised him, although he had no idea why it was needed. While he was bathing, the royal carriage drove onto the river bank.
The cat rushed as fast as he could and shouted at the top of his lungs:
Here, here! Help! The Marquis de Carabas is drowning!
The king heard this cry, opened the carriage door and, recognizing the cat who had brought him game as a gift so many times, immediately sent his guards to rescue the Marquis de Carabas.
While the poor marquis was being pulled out of the water, the cat managed to tell the king that thieves had stolen everything from the gentleman while he was swimming. (But in fact, the sly man hid the owner’s dress under a large stone with his own paws.)
The king immediately ordered his courtiers to bring one of the best outfits in the royal wardrobe for the Marquis de Carabas.
The outfit turned out to be both in time and becoming, and since the Marquis was already a little boy - handsome and stately, having dressed up, he, of course, became even better, and the royal daughter, looking at him, found that he just to her taste.
When the Marquis de Carabas cast two or three glances in her direction, very respectful and at the same time tender, she fell madly in love with him.
Her father also took a liking to the young marquis. The king was very kind to him and even invited him to sit in the carriage and take part in the walk.
The cat was delighted that everything was going like clockwork, and happily ran in front of the carriage.
On the way, he saw peasants mowing hay in the meadow.
“Hey, good people,” he shouted as he ran, “if you don’t tell the king that this meadow belongs to the Marquis de Carabas, you will all be chopped into pieces like pie filling!” Just know!
Just then the royal carriage arrived, and the king asked, looking out of the window:
Whose meadow are you mowing?
However, Marquis, you have a glorious estate here! - said the king.
Yes, sir, this meadow produces excellent hay every year,” the Marquis answered modestly.
Meanwhile, the uncle-cat ran forward and forward until he saw reapers working in the field along the road.
Hey, good people,” he shouted, “if you don’t tell the king that all this bread belongs to the Marquis de Carabas, then know that you will all be chopped into pieces, like filling for a pie!”
A minute later the king rode up to the reapers and wanted to know whose fields they were reaping.
Fields of the Marquis de Carabas,” answered the reapers. And the king again rejoiced for Mister Marquis. And the cat kept running forward and ordered everyone who came across him to say the same thing: “This is the house of the Marquis de Carabas,” “this is the mill of the Marquis de Carabas,” “this is the garden of the Marquis de Carabas.” The king could not be surprised at the wealth of the young marquis.
And finally, the cat ran to the gates of the beautiful castle. A very rich cannibal giant lived here. No one in the world has ever seen a giant richer than this. All the lands through which the royal carriage passed were in his possession.
The cat found out in advance what kind of giant he was, what his strength was, and asked to be allowed to see his owner. He, they say, cannot and does not want to pass by without paying his respects.
The cannibal received him with all the courtesy of which an cannibal is capable, and suggested that he rest.
“They assured me,” said the cat, “that you can turn into any animal.” Well, for example, you supposedly can turn into a lion or an elephant...
Can! - the giant barked. - And to prove this, I will immediately become a lion! Look!
The cat was so frightened when he saw the lion in front of him that in an instant he climbed up the drainpipe onto the roof, although it was difficult and even dangerous, because it is not so easy to walk on the tiles in boots.
Only when the giant again took on his former appearance did the cat come down from the roof and confess to his owner that he had almost died from fear.
“They also assured me,” he said, “but I just can’t believe this, that you supposedly know how to turn into even the smallest animals.” Well, for example, become a rat or even a mouse. I must tell you the truth that I consider this completely impossible.
Ah, that's how it is! Impossible? - asked the giant. - Come on, look!
And at the same moment he turned into a mouse. The mouse quickly ran across the floor, but the cat chased after it and swallowed it at once.
Meanwhile, the king, passing by, noticed a beautiful castle along the way and wished to enter there.
The cat heard the wheels of the royal carriage rattling on the drawbridge, and, running out to meet him, said to the king:
Welcome to the castle of the Marquis de Carabas, Your Majesty! Welcome!
How, Mister Marquis?! - exclaimed the king. - Is this castle yours too? It is impossible to imagine anything more beautiful than this yard and the buildings around it. Yes, this is just a palace! Let's see what it's like inside, if you don't mind.
The Marquis gave his hand to the beautiful princess and led her after the king, who, as expected, walked in front.
All three of them entered the large hall, where a magnificent dinner had been prepared.
Just on this day, the cannibal invited his friends to his place, but they did not dare to come, having learned that the king was visiting the castle.
The king was fascinated by the merits of Monsieur Marquis de Carabas almost as much as his daughter, who was simply crazy about the marquis.
In addition, His Majesty could not, of course, fail to appreciate the wonderful possessions of the Marquis and, having drained five or six cups, said:
If you want to become my son-in-law, Mister Marquis, it depends only on you. And I agree.
The marquis thanked the king with a respectful bow for the honor shown to him, and on the same day he married the princess.
And the cat became a noble nobleman and since then he hunted mice only occasionally - for his own pleasure.