Comprehension Exercise (for Beginners) 1 - Vežba razumevanja teksta 1

If you have a plan to learn Serbian online, with or without private lessons, to get lots of exercises is crucial.

Carefully read the text in Serbian language and answer the questions about it:

Slon Uške je gladan. Vreme je za doručak. 

On danas ima kukuruz za doručak. Slon Uške voli da jede semenke, kupus i banane, a najviše voli da jede jabuke.  

Miš Stanislav ne voli jabuke. On voli da jede sir, čokoladu, novine i stare knjige. 

Slon Uške kaže: 'Dragi prijatelju Stanislave, izvoli tvoj sir. Prijatno!' 

'Hvala' - kaže Stanislav - 'prijatno i tebi.' 

Posle doručka, miš i slon piju vodu.


1. What is this elephant's favorite food? 


a) sladoled 
b) jabuke 
c) jaja 
d) luk

2. What does mouse Stanislav like to eat?

a) banane i sir  
b) knjige i makarone  
c) čokoladu i novine 
d) stare jabuke i stari pasulj

3. What is the color of Stanislav's and Uške's skin?

a) žuta 
b) zelena 
c) crvena 
d) siva

4. How we say 'Enjoy your meal!' in Serbian?

a) Srećan put! 
b) Prijatno! 
c) Laku noć! 
d) Živeli!

If you learn Serbian language and you are advanced beginner, you should be able to answer correctly to three or four of these questions. Solutions are down, down, down.
If that is not the case, write to Serbian teacher online; I can make more exercises like this, for improving your level of comprehension.

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Solutions: b), c), d), b). 




Serbian grammar - Exercises for beginners, part 3

Try to solve these exercises from Serbian grammar. When you finish, write to Serbian teacher online to check your answers.  

Doing lots of exercise is the best way to learn Serbian language. 

1. Translate sentences to Serbian:


This is my family.
Maria is my sister.
Ana is my wife.
Weather is nice.
Milan is a professor.
Wednesday is a fantastic day.
I like to eat burger and beans.
Cat and dog are not in the Zoo.
I work at home (in house).
Jovan is from Russia.
You don’t want to drink.
Temperature is 30 degrees.
It’s not expensive.
Marko likes to drink coffee.
Zoran eats apples, potatoes and cake.
It’s not cold.
Good evening and good night.

2. Exercise ordinal numbers:


a)     Write in Serbian following dates:


1)    Your mother’s birthday,
2)    Your best friend’s birthday
3)    Biggest national holiday
4)    Tomorrow
5)    Next Tuesday


b)     Fill in the blanks (choose some ordinal numbers)

1)    Moja drugarica slavi ______ rođendan.
2)    Imam karte za pozorište u _____________  redu.
3)    Moja kuća je ______ u ulici.
4)    Beograd je bombardovan u _______ svetskom ratu.

c)    Write down ordinal numbers:

1)    675.
2)    47.
3)    909.
4)    14.
5)    41.

3. Exercise nouns, pronouns and verbs:


      a) Mark nouns with yellow color
      b) Mark verbs with green color
      c) Mark pronouns (personal and possessive) with pink color
              
U martu je rođendan moje najmlađe sestre. Njen rođendan je na dan početka proleća. Počinju dugi dani i toplo vreme. Ptice dolaze sa juga, sleću na naš prozor i pevaju svoje pesme. 
U aprilu je Uskrs. Deca mnogo vole ovaj praznik. Tada baka i deca farbaju jaja i prave kolače. 

If you want to get more exercises from Serbian grammar, or you are curious how to learn Serbian online with a help of Serbian teacher, send me an email to 
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Comprehension Exercise (Intermediate Level) 1 - Vežba razumevanja teksta 1

Comprehension exercises are crucial for improving your communication skill when you learn Serbian language.

Carefully read the text in Serbian language and answer the questions about it:


Beba slon Uške živi u beogradskom Zoološkom vrtu. Njegov najbolji drug je miš Stanislav. On takođe živi u beogradskom Zoološkom vrtu, ali tajno.
Oni su najbolji prijatelji već 2 godine.
Oni se vole i brinu jedan o drugom.
Ali, jednog dana pojavio se problem. U susedni kavez došla je nova stanarka: tigrica Zlata.
Uške se odmah zaljubio u nju. Stanislav se zaljubio u nju posle pet minuta.
Dva prijatelja su se posvađali oko mlade tigrice.
Uške je poludeo od ljubavi. Pozvao je čuvara i rekao mu: 'Miš Stanislav tajno živi u Zoološkom vrtu. To je protiv pravila.'
Čuvar je uhvatio miša i izbacio ga iz Zoološkog vrta.
Tigrica Zlata ne voli Ušketa i ne obraća pažnju na njega. Ona se igra šarenom loptom i ogleda u zlatnom ogledalu.
Beba slon Uške oseća se kao budala. 



1. What is in common for Uške and Stanislav?


a) zelena boja kože
b) ljubav prema istoj devojci
c) vole da slušaju Madonu
d) imaju iste cipele


 2. How does Uške feel at the end of story?


a) srećan je
b) spava mu se
c) kao budala
d) kao kralj


3. Who is Zlata?


a) lopta
b) baba
c) lisica
d) tigrica


4. How long Uške and Stanislav were friends?


a) 3 godine
b) 10 godina
c) 15 godina
d) 2 godine


5. What are Zlata's toys:


a) zlatna lopta i viljuška
b) zlatno ogledalo i šarena lopta
c) zlatna viljuška i zlatna kašika
d) televizija i internet


6. What would be correct to say about Uške?


a) politički korektan
b) brzoplet
c) star
d) inteligentan


If you learn Serbian language and you are intermediate level, you should be able to answer correctly to five or six of these questions. Solutions are down, down, down.
If that is not the case, write to Serbian teacher online; I can make more exercises like this, for improving your level of comprehension.  

Write me, or make an online appointment

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Solutions: b), c), d), d), b), b).


PREDNOSTI ČASOVA PREKO INTERNETA - THE ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE LESSONS

THE ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE LESSONS


Learning via Skype is not new. For decades people all over the world learn foreign language, how to play an instrument or have business interviews via Skype or via similar tools. Even so, some people are still skeptical about this method. Here are few reasons why Serbian language lessons online might be better solution than other methods. 





1) Learning from home.

To learn new language is not easy and that's why you want to provide the most pleasant conditions for your learning. The most comfortable is learning from your own home.

2) Saving money and time which you would spend on transport.

Language learning lasts at least 6 months and often for several years. Learning Serbian is not an exception. Calculate how much money would you spend on transport to the language school or teacher's house, and back. Saving is not negligible at all.

The same goes for time saving.

3) Online lessons are more effective because they are more direct - those are face to face conversations.

When you have online lesson, the teacher is absolutely focused on student, and the other way around. Contact is direct, face to face. Nothing distracts you.

4) Learning material is free.

Before every lesson, you get lots of learning material to your e-mail (word documents, pictures, links etc.). From that moment, material belongs to you for further use with a Serbian teacher online or independently.

5) Online lessons are more interactive.

You may watch a video and comment with a teacher, you may play language game during lesson or learn Serbian by listening words of popular song. In online lessons we use all the advantages of Internet. Level of interactivity is higher than in other learning methods. As more as your senses are engaged, sooner you will learn Serbian language.

6) Online lessons are individual and adapted to student's needs.

Serbian teacher online has general learning program, which might be adapted to your personal needs. Maybe you need Serbian language for business reasons, or for family reasons, or you want to study in Serbia. Maybe you know basic grammar but your vocabulary is not good enough, or the other way around; maybe you are an absolute beginner. In any of these cases, online lessons offer adequate solution.

7) Terms are flexible.

You may have lessons late at the evening, or early in the morning, or in some other term when is the most convenient for you. You may have steady term, or schedule every lesson individually.

8) Thanks to the Internet, space distance is not important anymore.

If I am the right person for you as a Serbian language teacher, we may have lessons while you are in Canada or Australia, and while I am in Europe or while we both are traveling. Disappearance of space limitations is a huge advantage of the Internet.

For more information read about courses , learning method and write me if you have any questions.

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PREDNOSTI ČASOVA PREKO INTERNETA

Učenje putem Skajpa nije ništa novo. Već deceniju ljudi širom sveta uče strani jezik, ili sviranje muzičkog instrumenta, ili imaju poslovne intervjue, i još mnogo toga - preko interneta, pomoću Skajpa ili sličnih programa. Ipak, neki su još uvek skeptični prema ovoj metodi i misle da to nije za njih. Evo nekoliko razmišljanja na temu - zašto su časovi srpskog jezika preko interneta bolji od drugih metoda učenja.

1) Učite iz udobnosti sopstvenog doma.

Naučiti nov jezik nije lako i zato želite da obezbedite sebi najprijatnije uslove, a nigde nije komfornije nego u sopstvenom domu.

2) Ušteda vremena i novca koje biste potrošili na prevoz.

Jezik se uči najmanje šest meseci, a često i nekoliko godina. Sračunajte koliko je to novca potrošenog na put do privatnog nastavnika ili škole, i natrag. Ušteda nije nimalo mala.

Isto važi i za utrošeno vreme.

3) Onlajn časovi su efektniji jer su direktni - to je razgovor oči u oči.

Kada imate čas preko Skajpa, nastavnik je maksimalno fokusiran na učenika, i obrnuto. Kontakt je direktan, oči u oči. Ništa ne odvlači Vašu pažnju.

4) Materijal za učenje je besplatan.

Pre svakog časa na svoju imejl adresu dobijete dosta materijala za učenje, koji se sastoji od raznih word dokumenata, slika i linkova. Od tog trenutka materijal pripada Vama, i možete ga kasnije i samostalno koristiti.

5) Onlajn časovi pružaju više interaktivnosti.

Možete gledati i komentarisati sa nastavnikom video na YouTube-u, možete odigrati tokom časa igricu iz gramatike ili učiti jezik uz zvuke i reči neke pesme. Na onlajn časovima koristimo sve prednosti Interneta. Interaktivnost je važan deo onlajn časova, a što su više angažovana Vaša čula - pre ćete naučiti srpski jezik.

6) Onlajn časovi su prilagođeni potrebama učenika.

Nastavnik se pridržava generalnog plana i programa, ali u procesu učenja prilagođava se i Vašim ličnim potrebama. Onlajn časovi su vrlo individualni. Možda Vam je srpski jezik potreban da komunicirate sa porodicom i prijateljima, ili iz poslovnih razloga, ili zbog studiranja u Srbiji. Možda znate osnove gramatike, ali Vam je vokabular slaba strana, ili obrnuto; ili ste možda potpuni početnik. U svakoj od ovih situacija, onlajn časovi pružaju adekvatan odgovor.

7) Termini časova su fleksibilni.

Možete imati časove kasno uveče, rano ujutru, ili u neko drugo doba dana kada Vama najviše odgovara. Možete imati stalni termin svake sedmice, ili zakazivati svaki čas posebno.
8) Zahvaljujući Internetu, prostorna distanca ne postoji.
Ukoliko Vam baš ja odgovaram kao nastavnik srpskog jezika, možemo imati časove dok ste Vi u Kanadi ili Australiji, a ja u Evropi. Jedna od velikih prednosti Interneta je što je ukinuo prostorne granice.

Za više informacija, čitajte o kursevima , metodu učenja srpskog jezika preko interneta i pišite mi.

Serbian grammar - Exercises for beginners, part 2


Try to solve these exercises from Serbian grammar. When you finish, write to Serbian teacher online to check your answers.  


1. Make 'da li questions' by translating following sentences:


Are you well?
Is she pretty?
Am I your brother?
Are we going?
Are you professors?
Is he a good man?
Is she your child?
Are they here?
Am I from Venezuela?
Is it cold?

2. Write down regular verbs in present tense like in example:


SPAVATI – JA SPAVAM, TI SPAVAŠ, ON SPAVA, MI SPAVAMO, VI SPAVATE, ONI SPAVAJU

PLIVATI (TO SWIM) –
PEVATI (TO SING) –
STUDIRATI (TO STUDY)  –
PRAVITI (TO MAKE) –
VEČERATI (TO HAVE A DINNER)–
ČUVATI (TO KEEP) –

3. Fill in the blanks by correct possessive pronouns (several possibilities are correct): 


______ grad je Amsterdam.
______ država je SAD.
Da li je _____ ime Jelena?
Kako je ______ ime, gospodine?
Da li je _____ brat Marko?
Da li si ti _______ prijatelj?

4. Fill in the blanks with nouns in locative:  


1.     Živim u _________ (Beograd).
2.     Ona studira u _________ (Sarajevo).
3.     Ana na _________ (fakultet) predaje francuski jezik.
4.     Marko uživa u ________ (tenis), a Sanja u _________ (plivanje).
5.     Videćemo se sutra u _________ (Pariz).
6.     Đaci uče u _______ (škola).
7.     Aleksandar je vrlo uspešan u ______ (sport).
8.     Glumica učestvuje u _________ (predstava).
9.      U ______ (kuća) se nalaze Anina deca, ona sede na ________ (krevet).


If you want to get more exercises from Serbian grammar, or you are curious how to learn Serbian online with a help of Serbian teacher, send me an email to kratkeprice@gmail.com .

Ako želite da unapredite svoje znanje srpskog jezika, ili znate nekoga ko želi da počne da uči "od nule" naš lepi jezik, pišite mi na navedenu adresu.

Lidija Novaković Lagrini