Learn aspect by watching the action! Interactive Java Examples Learn aspect by watching the action!

The verb-of-motion exercises are all in Russian and require a KOI8-R font. They work best with Internet Explorer 5.0 and Netscape 4.51 (Even Netscape 4.50 may have difficulties loading the Java applets). The Java exercises require a Liquid Motion player which will automatically download onto your hard disk in about 30 seconds over a 28,800 baud modem. The player only downloads once and will then be used for all the exercises you choose to do in a particular on-line session. It takes another 10-15 seconds to download the data for each individual exercise.

To start or repeat the animation, click anywhere on the picture once it has loaded. The animation demonstrating the verb ΧΕΣΤΙ is exceptional in that you must reload it to restart it. When you are familiar with the perfective and imperfective forms of the verbs in the animation, test yourself with the forms exercises below the animation.

Perfective-Imperfective Java Exercises
Why you should stay away from bars.. . .1. Misha always leaves early.
This is the closest Igor comes to culture.. . .2. Igor walks past the Bolshoy Theater.
Igor is on the hydrofoil.  See him?. . .3. A hydrofoil sails in and out of the picture.
Professor Beard is a genius on his feet.. . .4. Professor Beard leaves Catherine's Palace.
He has no idea what the thing behind him is. . . .5. Every evening Igor crosses the street here.
Igor went to a school like this.. . .6. The teacher usually brings the kids to the park.
Was that Igor without his cap?. . .7. Why is he carrying the girl?

Now that you have seen how the prefixed verbs of motion are used and tested your ability to recognize the various senses of the Russian aspects, next try your hand at actually using the forms in some JavaScript exercises.

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