) and underline the stem of the word if your teacher requires it.

: You are typically given a short poem or sentences (often featuring "Masha and Alyosha" in this curriculum) where specific words have missing endings.

: Pay attention to "жи-ши" rules (e.g., лужи , тиши ), which often appear in these exercises to test if you remember to use и after sibilants. Marking : Remember to use a pencil to box the endings (e.g., иmodified и with boxed outline ыmodified ы with boxed outline