Unit quiz: Producing Russian: uncertainty, opinion, procedure, summary and a sustained conversation

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Question 1

A colleague writes Должно быть, он уже ушёл. How should you read the modal?As a confident deduction: должно быть is invariable and marks the speaker's inference about a past event.As an obligation: должно agrees with the subject and means he was obliged to leave.

Question 2

In a meeting you must reject a colleague's proposal, and you will work with this person for years. Which Russian move best fits the politeness logic of conceding before objecting?Это предложение нельзя принять, потому что оно не работает - remove the person from the sentence so nobody is accused.Я понимаю вашу точку зрения, но я не совсем согласен с этим предложением - concede the standing, then hedge the objection.

Question 3

You must explain a four-step process aloud to a group of visitors you have just met. Which opening instruction is correct, and why?Возьмите карту и посмотрите на схему, with -те on both verbs, because -те is the default for a group and for a stranger.Надо взять карту и посмотреть на схему, because impersonal frames are the neutral choice when the audience is unfamiliar.

Question 4

After your oral summary, a listener asks whether a particular claim was the text's or yours. What is the correct repair?Add a hedge: Наверное... - lowering your confidence removes the ambiguity about ownership.Attach a frame to the claim: По мнению авторов отчёта... - attribution rather than confidence is what is missing.

Question 5

A conversation about work and study has stalled: your last three answers were Да, Нет and Не знаю. Which single change restores it?Answer the question and then add one piece of volunteered information plus a follow-up question of your own.Introduce a completely new topic so that the conversation does not run out of material.

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