Russian Grammar Made Easy: A Comprehensive Workbook To Learn Russian Grammar For Beginners (Audio Included)

The only downside to this book - and it's a huge bummer - no accent marks on the words! SUCH A BUMMER! I still give it five stars because compared with the other book I have, the layout makes more sense and there are lots of questions & answers. The size of the book is good as well, for reading & also for the exercises and writing/taking notes.

I have been learning Russian from the Lingo-Mastery, and I absolutely love “Russian Grammar Made Easy” for developing a better understanding of Russian grammar! “Russian Grammar Made Easy” builds on foundational skills taught in other Lingo Mastery beginning level Russian language books. If you have never studied Russian before, I recommend beginning with Lingo Mastery’s “Russian Alphabet Made Easy” to learn the alphabet and the application of the sounds in words and then “Russian Made Easy Level 1” to learn vocabulary words and sentences that are practical in everyday conversation. Once a foundation in Russian has been laid, you will want to develop an understanding of the language’s grammar. “Russian Grammar Made Easy” introduces gender and number of nouns and pronouns, case forms of nouns and pronouns, adjectives, the conjugation of verbs, and sentence structures. The book provides practical exercises to apply what has been taught. I especially like the practical exercises, because they reinforce what I have learned, and I can check my answers against an answer key in the back of the book. The book provides a link to easily accessible audio files that enable me to practice my Russian pronunciation. I am very pleased with the Lingo Mastery Russian Language books. In the past, I tried a language app, but I found I was not retaining what I learned, and I did not like the recurring cost of the subscription. I genuinely enjoy studying a language at my own pace! So, if you have a foundation in the Russian alphabet and a knowledge of some common vocabulary, I highly recommend “Russian Grammar Made Easy” from Lingo-Mastery!

The sensory input from writing Russian is invaluable in my learning process

This isn't exactly what I expected. This isn't a beginner's book. I studied in another book, on DuoLingo & HelloTalk for over a year and this book is about right for me. I was hoping this would be more basic, but once you've studied for about a year, this is about right. For the 2nd year it is great, but certainly not a 1st year book, thus the -1 star. It's being mislabeled as a beginner book.

Very well organized with each Russian word appearing highlighted within a phrase, a long with the accompanying English translation. This will be so helpful.

I have already left a positive review, copied below. But I have noticed two elements that should change in any second edition. Has anyone noticed that the table of contents is not accurate? The chapter on verbs begins at page 147. But the table of contents reads 'page 153'. Same with all the other chapters. Not helpful. There are plenty of grammar exercises. That's good. Finding the answer key at the back of the workbook for any particular exercise is not so easy. This should be redesigned by adding the page number of the exercise to the corresponding answer key, so you could easily find the answers. >>The headline of this review is "An Excellent Workbook". The important word is 'workbook' This workbook guides the student through practices designed to improve the student's sense of Russian grammar. This workbook is not just a textbook, but a tool that acts as a teacher, guiding the student to an understanding of Russian grammar. You may watch players of your favorite sport play their game, but what you don't get to see is all the hours of batting practice/two-a-days/shoot-arounds they take. Like those athletic performances, Russian proficiency takes some grammar practice. Grammar requires reps. Your Russian grammar coach is between the covers of this workbook.

I've read many Russian grammar texts over the years (40+), and this one is up there as one of the best--and at a reasonable price. The layout is concise and well-spaced, making the workbook very easy on the eyes. Declensions are displayed and explained in a more simpler manner than that of the tables of yesteryear; thus, there is less of "vertigo" effect when trying to commit case endings to memory. As an analogy, the book is like a GPS versus trying to read a map. The exercises are blended well with the various points of grammar and are the only real way to actively use the grammar learned. I might add that the included audios are a bonus in that traditional grammar texts rarely had audio add-ons, and if they did, it usually meant having to play an LP record or a cassette tape. This is not the case with this workbook. It's ben said that grammar is always after the fact when conversing in Russian; on the other hand, it is inseparable if one is to learn proper Russian and sound "right." This workbook is one of the tools that can of great benefit to the reader.

This book is easier to read than most grammar books. Make sure you read the introduction to find out how to download the audio for your text. As the level of learning gets harder, you must complete more exercises. With all the Russian Grammar books I have bought, this one is a necessity to have on hand. Mine stays on my desk in the middle of my other reference books. If you're interested in learning Russian, then this is the book for you.

I enjoyed all the exercises, is easy to follow and keeps you practicing...

Livro muito bom pra quem está aprendendo. Exercícios bem claros e completos. E ainda tem os aúdios para complementar.

This is another very good book on the Russian language from Lingo Mastery. This workbook explains basic rules of Russian grammar in an easy to follow format. The layout of the book is excellent and there are supporting audio files available. There are also plenty of exercises that help reinforce the introduced grammar points with the answers included.

I have been studying Russian for three years. I sometimes wonder why - it is certainly not the easiest language to learn. I have found this book useful because it explains points of grammar very clearly. Perhaps the most important thing though is the exercises and the answers to the exercises!

In this review of "Russian Grammar Made Easy", I will compare it with two other grammar books (by other publishers) that I have. "Russian Grammar Made Easy" has four chapters, and each chapter covers a different part of speech, namely: Nouns, contains about 60 pages; Pronouns, contains about 65 pages; Adjectives, contains about 25 pages; Verbs, contains about 65 pages. This book has the physical layout of a workbook: 8 & 1/2 inches wide by 11 inches tall (standard Letter-sized paper). The level of the grammar presented is CEFR A1 and A2 levels (for Beginners). The preface of the book admits that some grammar topics are intentionally omitted, for example: Subjunctive/Conditional verb conjugation and Passive-voice verbs are left out because they are really Intermediate level topics (I would guess: CEFR B1 and B2 levels, respectively). The 65 pages allocated to the Pronouns is remarkably long compared to the 2 books named below, but I think the level of detail (there are 8 categories of pronouns) is entirely appropriate and very helpful to Beginners. Similarly, the 60 pages allocated to nouns is also a bit longer than the 2 books below, which I also think is helpful. When I was a Beginner student, I had far more trouble learning the (six cases and three genders plus plurals) Noun and Pronoun declensions than Verb conjugations (even with perfective and imperfective verb pairing), so dedicating a lot more space and exercises to Nouns and Pronouns compared to Verbs, makes a lot of sense to me. The only obvious omission from the coverage of Verbs is verbs of motion/movement. But this is understandable, because Lingo Mastery already covered Verbs of motion in the middle of their previous workbook: see pages 99 thru 108 in "Russian Made Easy Level 1" which cover all the common verbs of motion, showing unidirectional versus multidirectional pairing of verbs. The other parts of speech, like prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs and numerals, are also covered in the previous "Russian Made Easy Level 1" workbook. Therefore, if you want a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of Beginners' level Russian grammar (with many Intermediate level details, added here and there), I would recommend getting both workbooks because their coverage is mostly complementary. Both "Russian Grammar Made Easy" and "Russian Made Easy Level 1" help you drill the rules and exceptions. Both books also come with audio recordings: "Russian Grammar Made Easy" comes with about 35 recordings and "Russian Made Easy Level 1" comes with about 70 recordings, but the average length of the "Russian Grammar Made Easy" recordings is about twice as long as those from "Russian Made Easy Level 1", so the total length of the recordings in each book is roughly equivalent. The "Russian Grammar Made Easy" recordings are longer because they contain more full conversations, while the ones from "Russian Made Easy Level 1" are more fragmentary to help the student learn vocabulary more easily. Here are brief descriptions of two grammar books by other publishers. Intermediate students would benefit from getting these as well. Learning a language is not like reading a novel: repetition and redundancy of material is helpful to cement the student's knowledge of all the rules and exceptions, with different examples. Each author has a different point of view of the overall subject matter, so getting the same rules described in a second and third way helps students remember details from a different angle. Another well known grammar book is "Russian Grammar You Really Need to Know", by Daphne West. It is about 300 pages in total, and it is a more typically sized paperback: 5 inches wide by 7 & 3/4 inches tall. It divides the material into 7 different parts of speech, namely: Nouns, contains about 50 pages; Adjectives, contains about 55 pages; Adverbs, contains about 10 pages; Numerals, contains about 20 pages; Pronouns, contains about 30 pages; Verbs, contains about 75 pages; Prepositions, contains about 20 pages. This book also contains some exercises, with a key to the exercises at the back of the book, but I would not call it a full-blown workbook, in the way that "Russian Grammar Made Easy" is. No audio recordings, but to compensate, the Russian words are printed with accents above the stressed vowel in each multisyllabic word. A different well known grammar book is "Oxford Russian Grammar and Verbs", by Terence Wade. It is 256 pages in total, and it is a pocketbook-sized paperback: 4 & 1/4 inches wide by 7 inches tall. This book contains no exercises, and it divides the material into 9 different topics, namely: Nouns, contains about 40 pages; Adjectives, contains about 20 pages; Pronouns, contains about 20 pages; Numerals, contains about 20 pages; Verbs, contains about 75 pages; Adverbs, contains about 10 pages; Prepositions, contains about 30 pages; Conjunctions, contains about 10 pages; Word Order, contains about 10 pages. This book shows how concisely grammatical rules, details and exceptions can be described and enumerated. It covers all grammar that Beginner and Intermediate students would encounter. It is more of reference book and memory/study aid, and assumes that the reader has already worked thru courses and/or exercise books. Here, too, there are no audio recordings, but the Russian words are again printed with accents above the stressed vowel in each multisyllabic word.