To check an unstressed vowel (like о in дома ), change the word so the vowel becomes stressed (e.g., дом ).

This is often the most challenging part of 3rd grade. Here is a quick reference table for the 6 Russian cases and their primary questions: Russian Name Именительный Кто? Что? (Who? What?) Genitive Родительный Кого? Чего? (Of whom/what?) Dative Дательный Кому? Чему? (To whom/what?) Accusative Винительный Кого? Что? (Whom? What?) Instrumental Творительный Кем? Чем? (With whom/what?) Prepositional Предложный О ком? О чём? (About whom/what?) 4. Parts of Speech (Части речи) Students must be able to identify:

Never write ы after ж, ч, ш, щ ; always use и . 3. The 6 Cases (Падежи)

The changeable part at the end of the word used for connection. 2. Spelling Rules You Can't Forget These are the "golden rules" that prevent common mistakes:

Follows the root and often changes the word’s meaning.