Methodical piggy bank. Methodical piggy bank In the winter cold

(According to N. Nadezhdina)

Sun

Jerzy

Summer morning

Garden

Swallow's nest

Turtle

In the spring, the guys found a turtle near the road. The sun woke her up from hibernation. She walked along the path with difficulty. The guys rejoiced at the find. They made a house for the turtle and put some straws in it. The turtle got used to both the soft bed and new apartment.

(According to Yu. Yakovlev)

Fox

Every morning black grouse flew to the forest clearing. The birds ate the seeds of the Christmas tree and alder. Magpies were feeding not far from the grove. One day the fox was coming from hunting. She smelled the birds. The fox quickly crawled towards its prey. Magpies began to chatter on the top of the alder tree. The black grouse escaped from feeding.

(According to N. Nikolsky)

We walked along the path to the grove. There were a lot of wild berries at the edge of the grove. Magpies flew up to the birch tree. The woodpecker knocked on the aspen tree with its beak. The rooks walked importantly across the arable land. The bees flew from porridge to carnation, from violet to chamomile.

(According to V Svedenkov)

Clouds hung over the horizon. They crawled across the sky like a shaggy beast. There was cold and fog coming from the swamp. My friend and I went to a river near the forest. The silence was broken by the rustling of tall grass. A woodpecker pecks a spruce cone with its beak and removes the seeds with its tongue. A dog stands under a tree, looks at a hazel grouse and starts barking.

There is a zoo in the yard and in the teacher’s house. There lived a tame monkey in the zoo. The owner gave her to the Kyiv circus, and in return he took a bear cub. Now the monkey performs in Kyiv. The bear cub lives in Taganrog. The animal lover enjoys filmmaking. Everyone really likes the film about the friendship of a monkey, a shepherd and a magpie.

Our country is vast. It's a long, harsh winter in Arkhangelsk. And in the south, in Yalta, people swim in the sea and sunbathe on the beach. It’s still night in St. Petersburg, but in Irkutsk the sun has already risen. Morning comes in Krasnoyarsk several hours earlier than in Donbass.

Thawed patches appeared in the fields and gardens. Streams run in the ravine. A small bird flies high above the field. This is a lark. On the collective farm, a starling echoes him from the birch trees. The starling settled in his native birdhouse. He walks importantly in the garden along the bed.

(According to G. Skrebitsky)

Collective farmers are coming from the village along the road. Near the grove they walked along the path. In the clearing we turned off the path and headed towards the river. A group of guys were sitting in a haystack by the river. It's quiet all around. Birch leaves rustle in the weak wind. A cheerful herd of little calves was grazing on the green grass.

The spruce forest is gloomy. There is always a damp smell in it. The prickly paws of spruce trees scratch your face and hands. Beautiful little forest beauties! Spruce is a very valuable tree. Paper is made from spruce wood. Spruce sings in the violin, in the piano. A lot of different furniture is made from spruce. In a dense spruce forest, birds take refuge from cold and blizzards.

Find out the address of the blueberry from the shaggy and gloomy spruce trees. Strawberries love to grow along forest edges, clearings, and hillocks. Mushrooms also have their own addresses. Champignons grow in fields, along forest roads, in vegetable gardens, Ryzhiki grow under pines, fir trees, fir, and larches. Honey mushrooms grow on stumps and living trees.

(According to N. Nadezhdina)

In the autumn forest the wind blows freely. Nothing stops him from shaking earrings from the alder tree. He picks up pollen. Pollen flies throughout the forest. The sun illuminates the bright and fluffy flowers. The forest smells of honey. Bees and bumblebees are buzzing. The first butterflies fly by. How elegant everything is!

(According to N. Pavlov)

Our forest

Autumn is delayed. The shifting swamps and rivers did not freeze for a long time. But the autumn rains have passed. Frost bound the earth and water. Snow fell in flakes at night. Early snow fell on the branches of spruce and apple trees. The titmouse left her tiny footprint on the snowy tablecloth. Clean and white all around. Nature does not like garbage and dirt. It is difficult for her to endure wounds inflicted by humans. Burns from tourist fires do not heal for many years. Shards from bottles and cans pollute the forest. Take care of the forest!

Words for reference: inflicted, burns.

Note: The teacher warns the children about using a comma.

Meeting

Throughout August I walked to work through a rye field. The field is getting better every day. Yellow whiskered ears were pouring. From the warm light breeze they swayed to the beat. It seemed to me that dense cast waves were moving across the field. At the very edge of the field there were two birch trees. They seemed to have run away from the forest edge and were basking in the sun. The path ran nearby. The birch sisters greeted me in whispers early in the morning and saw me off in the evening. The Russian field and these two young birch trees remained in my memory for a long time.

Words for reference: as if.

Sweet tooth

End of summer. The rowan trees' hands are getting heavy. I wandered through the forest for a long time and came out into a clearing. There was a large stack of hay towering there. I lay down in the fragrant hay, breathed the spicy smell of grass, and looked at the clouds. Like lumps of clouds, the white sides of a magpie flashed among the green rowan trees. Magpies swung on flexible branches. Then I noticed that all the birds flew up to only one rowan tree.

I walked over and tasted berries from all the trees. Where the magpies sat, the berries were juicy and sweet. On other trees they turned out to be dry and bitter. That's it, magpies! Words for reference: came out, rose, spicy, magpie, noticed.

Dew

Early autumn has arrived. The weather is warm. There was no rain, and in the morning the grass was covered with shiny droplets of water. Where did the water come from? Is this dew from the air? She really appeared out of thin air. The nights have become cold. The ground cooled overnight. There is always water vapor in the air. When the water vapor touches cold objects or plants, it turns into water droplets. Dew is good for plants. Dew is drunk by insects, birds, and lizards. Dew forms in the morning.

(According to V. Korabelnikov)

Hedgehog

A hedgehog runs through a forest clearing. In autumn, hedgehogs have little prey. The nimble lizards disappeared. Slippery snakes curled into circles. It is also difficult to find bugs.

On autumn days, the busy hedgehog prepares his home for the winter. Night and day he carries soft moss and fragrant leaves. Winter will come. A deep snowdrift will cover his hole. He is warm under the fluffy blanket.

Words for reference: lizards.

Mysteries of the forest

Late fall can no longer retain heat. The cold wind penetrated far to the south. The meadows and fields are sad. The leaves flew off the trees. The entire forest is translucent. We are approaching familiar terrain. There in the clearing a mighty oak reigns. Stubbornly sticking to the oak tree yellow leaves. They make a quiet noise. Sometimes it’s like spring is drowning in autumn attire. Everyone knows lingonberries. Its bushes are covered with shiny leaves. They even go green under the snow.

forest fire

It was autumn days. We were driving through the forest. Suddenly it began to smell like burning. There was a crash. The centuries-old spruce trees began to rustle. Burning pine branches crawled along the narrow strip. Our horse quickly ran along the road. The carriage jumped. A squirrel rushed by. Moose ran by. Forest birds flew by noisily. A snake flashed. The top of the tree quickly began to burn. Fire in the forest is terrible.

Words for reference: became scary.

Crow

Mid November. It's a warm autumn. You can also go pick mushrooms. Late flowers remained in the wasteland. They are amazingly beautiful. But a blizzard winter is already on the doorstep. Many birds become neighbors of humans. A mass of crows begins to move even before the onset of cold weather. The gray crow is extremely careful. The winter day begins with the search for food. A well-fed crow does not leave an extra piece unattended. She will hide it in the autumn leaves or under the snow.

Words for reference: become, attention.

Wonderful birds

Autumn has come. The leaves in the forest turned yellow. The wind tears them down and carries them through the air. Gloomy clouds floated across the sky. It was bad for the poor duckling.

One evening a whole flock of large birds rose from behind the forest. They were white, with long slender necks. The birds flapped their wide wings. They flew from the cold meadows over the blue sea.

The duckling did not know the names of the birds and where they were flying. He was overcome with anxiety. He craned his neck and screamed. The duckling fell in love with these beautiful birds with all his heart.

(According to G. H. Andersen)

Words for reference: because of, anxiety.

It was autumn

It was autumn in the taiga. She rustled leaves on the paths. She hung the last mists over the river. A steep fog from the river crept into the forest, hiding the ends of the clearings and the far edges of the clearing. The fog settled on the leaves and branches and compressed into cold drops. At first, red and burgundy spots were mixed with the green color of the taiga. It was the autumn gray hair of wild rosemary. Then pale yellow strokes of rowan appeared. At night they were touched by frost, and the leaves fell, fell, fell...

(V. Burlak)

Guests of the forest

The hot summer has already begun to be forgotten. The time of prolonged rains, the first powder and frosts is coming. The autumn forest is chilly. It's all translucent. Red rose hips are visible far through the branches. Touched by frost, the sweet and juicy rowan berry beckons. A flock of cheerful birds flies merrily from rowan tree to rowan tree. Bullfinches have arrived from the northern forests. Tap dancers also showed up for the winter. They flew up to the alder tree and deftly began to eat the earrings. And here is a guest from the tundra. This is a warbler.

Words for reference: forget yourself, tap dance.

Artist

The sun came out from behind the gray clouds. Under his affectionate gaze, nature became cheerful and began to smile. Like gold coins, they glittered on the bare branches last leaves. The wind picks them off and drives them from birch tree to birch tree. The fields and forests washed by the autumn rain became silent. Flexible bare branches of bushes and trees are waiting for a new artist. It is he who will dress them in a white fluffy outfit. It's winter's turn to paint its picture.

(According to G. Skrebitsky)

Swamp

We were approaching a moss swamp. It is overgrown with sparse pine trees. Cranberries were blushing like a necklace on the moss hummocks. A flock of wild ducks rose noisily. They flew low over the ground and disappeared behind the trees. We walked for a long time on soft moss. Evening was coming. The path led us to the lake. We stopped for the night. Uncle Ilya began to prepare dinner.

Words for reference: necklace, stood up.

Purr

This happened in late autumn during the war. There were battles right in the factory workshops. In the midst of the battle, a cat suddenly appeared. It was an ordinary gray tabby cat. He was covered in dust and soot. On what roofs and floors did the cat roam under enemy fire? The soldiers fed the cat. He lay down comfortably and purred quietly. The soldiers remembered native home, your family. My heart became lighter. The days did not seem so long and difficult now. The cat was named Purr. Murlyka quickly got used to the fighters.

Words for reference: suddenly, not like that.

Autumn was walking through the taiga

It was autumn in the taiga. On the path she rustled a leaf. On the river at dawn, autumn spread fog. Cool fog from the river reached the forest. He hid the end of the clearing, the edge of the clearing. Fog settled on the leaves and branches of aspen, birch, and spruce. Autumn gray hair has appeared on the wild rosemary. Yellow strokes appeared on the mountain ash. At night the trees were touched by frost. He also silvered the clearing. A herd of deer stopped at the edge of the forest. A mouse scurried towards the hole. The wind flew from the river and lay on the grass with a soft whisper.

(According to V. Burlak)

Words for reference: wild rosemary, in a whisper.

Swans

Autumn has come. The leaves on the trees turned yellow and brown. An angry wind swirled them through the air. It became very cold. Heavy clouds rained hail, snow, and rain onto the ground. One evening a flock of wonderful birds appeared from behind the forest. They were white as snow. They had long and flexible necks. It turned out to be swans. The birds fluttered their magnificent wings. They flew from cold meadows to warm lands. It was impossible to take your eyes off the beautiful swans.

(According to G.H. Andersen)

On a hike

We reached a distant lake. The west wind was in charge. He flew from the top to the top of the pine trees. The pale sky was visible through their branches.

The writer Gaidar was with us on the hike. We moved slowly. My foot was drowning in green moss. With great difficulty we reached a wooded hillock and fell onto the wet ground. Gaidar examined the area. He called us. Huge elk tracks stood out on the soil. We followed the moose trail. He led to a spring.

(According to K. Paustovsky)

In the morning

Early in the morning I left the tent. The winter sun shone brightly on the blanket of snow. Snow that fell overnight covered the wide pasture. I took a few steps. I noticed deer tracks in the snow. Animals approached the tent at night. The hare's trail stretched in a long loop. The first snow revealed secrets nightlife animals. We went down into the valley. We saw a bear against a bright background of snow. He noticed us and quickly sped away.

Words for reference: tent, shroud, several.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin

A man is walking through the winter forest. There are snowdrifts all around. There are heavy snow caps on the trees. The Christmas trees stand straight. Strong spruce paws hold the snow. And the birches bent in an arch under the weight of the snow. They stand low. Only a hare can run there. The man hit the birch tree with a stick. The snow fell from the top. The Russian beauty straightened up. So Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin goes from birch tree to birch tree. The writer traveled a lot. In the Caucasus, a mountain peak and lake are named after him.

(According to L.V. Voronkova)

Words for reference: traveled, appropriated.

Nature in autumn

Autumn days are coming. Nature looks sad. The earth was covered with dry leaves. They are soft to plump in wet weather. On frosty days, the leaves are hard and fragile. Lonely gold coins sit on the aspen tree. The wind carries leaves along the path to the edge of the forest. We are approaching the river. She straightened up and became wider. Because of the cold, the watery color in her disappeared. Because of the frost, the grass along the banks withered and sank to the bottom of the river. There is silence. The bird voices fell silent. Nature is waiting for winter to come.

Mother

Came rainy autumn. The whole family is at home. Ilya looks at his mother. She sews with her head bowed. Mom is thin, silent, with gray radiant eyes. Mom comes home late. Preparing lunch. On autumn evenings he reads a lot and helps Ilya do his homework. Ilya closed his eyes. The room is almost dark. Only a small corner is illuminated with golden light. Mom hums quietly. How much trouble and anxiety falls on mother’s thin shoulders! It's always warm and joyful to be with mom.

Words for reference: tilted, illuminated, lies down.

Elk

In the silence of the forest, the crunch of snow was heard. An elk came out into the clearing. Elk is a peaceful forest dweller. It lives in the Siberian taiga and in the forests near Moscow.

The forest giant has a long, hook-nosed muzzle. He is heavy and bulky, and his legs are tall and slender. He is not afraid of swamps and snow. In winter, moose eat branches and aspen bark. In summer it feeds on marsh grasses. Sharp and wide horns and heavy hooves protect it from enemies.

Words for reference: came out, lives, hook-nosed, not scary, feeds, hooves.

Birds

With the first frost and snow, guests arrive from the north. A small white bird flies from the islands of the Arctic Ocean. This is a warbler. Only the tips of the wings and the strip along the tail are black. The warbler loves to run near the road. There she looks for food. The warbler is also called the snow plantain. The bullfinch arrives. He has a bright chest, a black cap, and a black tail and wings. Amazingly beautiful bird! He will happily eat viburnum and rowan berries. A flock of crossbills flew up to the spruce tree. This bird hatches its chicks in winter.

Winter is coming soon

I love wandering through the forest in late autumn. The bushes and trees have long shed their leaves. They turned yellow from the autumn rains. Fallen leaves do not rustle underfoot. Sometimes birds fly from tree to tree. A hazel grouse whistles long and sadly in the spruce forest. The forest is gloomy. But soon he will become different. He will lighten up all over and dress in snow gear. A chain of animal and bird tracks will be imprinted on a clean white tablecloth. They can tell a person a lot.

(According to G. Skrebitsky)

Words for reference: gets dressed, imprints.

Footprints

The entrance door opened. The dog ran out into the street and froze. Snow was falling. The first snow of his life. There is silence all around. Fomka didn’t like the silence. He jogged along the path. His growl rang funny through the frosty air. The snow creaked under the dog's paws. His traces were imprinted on the fresh crust. He moved from place to place and was surprised at the new tracks. Can dogs be surprised? I don't know. But on this snowy morning I believed.

(According to V. Burlak)

Words for reference: be surprised.

News from the forest

Prickly snow began to fall. There was a ripple in the dense aspen forest. The blows of snow pellets on tree trunks merged into a mysterious hum. Footprints stretched from the edge of the forest to the village. Morning has come. The snow glistened on the spruce tree. A flock of sparrows was hurrying towards the village. The wood grouse also flew up to the road in search of food. Elks and roe deer rushed to the clearing. They ate the bark from the trees. The hares compacted the snow near the brushwood. In winter, the animal world needs help.

Words for reference: rushed, brushwood.

First month of winter

It's December. In December, the sky will be clear, then heavy clouds will roll in. Now the snowstorm has cleared up. A fluffy white blanket lay on the ground. It reliably protects plants. The plantain and strawberry still have green leaves under the snow. Mice and voles spend the winter under the protection of snow. Animal tracks run from aspen tree to aspen tree. Hares, elk, roe deer, and wolves rest in the snow. OK, when snowy winter. December also draws tricky patterns on the windows. In December the thaw begins.

Words for reference: thaw, roe deer, voles.

Morozko

The stepmother sent the girl into the forest for brushwood. The frost is crackling. The wind howls. The girl stopped under a tall spruce tree. Suddenly there was a noise and a crash. This was Morozko flying through the spruce forest. He approached the girl. She told him who sent her to the forest. Morozko asked the girl to sew him a shirt. She sewed it all night. Morozko looked at the shirt and praised the girl for her work. He gave her a sable fur coat, tied her with a patterned scarf, and led her out onto the road.

Words for reference: came up.

Meeting with a lynx

One Sunday my friends and I went to the forest for a ski trip. We drove up to a spacious valley and examined the area. Here my friends stopped the car. We continued along the narrow path. The path meandered through a spruce forest. My friend noticed the tracks. These were the paw prints of a large cat. And here is the lynx itself. She was lying on a thick branch. The beast was all in sight. It was dangerous to go further. We're back home.

Words for reference: noticed, in plain sight.

Winter night

Night fell in the forest. Frost tapped on the trunks and branches of thick trees. Light silvery frost fell in flakes from the tops of the spruce. Bright winter stars sparkled in the dark high sky. A frozen branch crunched and broke. The owl shouted. In the thicket something hooted and laughed terribly. Light caresses ran across the diamond tablecloth of snow. Weasel is a small predatory animal from the marten family. Flew quietly over snowdrifts owl. Like a fairy-tale sentry, a big-headed gray owlet sat down on a bare branch. In the darkness of the night he hears and sees everything.

(According to I. Sokolov-Mikitov)

in winter

Winter has covered the village with fluffy snow. The days were soft and gray. A bird fell from the top of an old fir tree. Silvery frost fell. It settled like white dust on the lilac bush. The stove was crackling in the house. It smelled like smoke. Gusts strong wind carried the smell of smoke to the river. A group of women walked to the ice hole for water. There is an old gazebo over the steep cliff. Its steps were gray with frost. We took shovels and cleared the path to the gazebo. The winter sun appeared. Nature has come to life.

Words for reference: it smelled, they cleaned it up.

Grow up, Christmas trees!

We celebrated the New Year. They took the toys off the tree and took it outside. A trail of dry needles stretched along the smooth path. It was sad to see this.

Winter has passed. The sun began to warm the earth. Puddles appeared on the street. There were Christmas trees on the site in front of the house. It smelled like pine. The whole yard gathered to plant forest beauties. The adults dug holes. The children brought water. Trees were planted. The trees stand on soft ground, like on a down pillow.

Grow up, Christmas trees!

Note: Pay children's attention to the placement of commas in the title of the dictation, in the last two sentences, as well as to the phrase New Year.

The coming of winter

The weather was terrible. It was late autumn. The autumn wind carried torn wisps of clouds above the ground. Snow began to fall from them. The forest was bare. There was a lonely rowan tree in the clearing. She reached for the sky. Winter birds with bright plumage flew up to the rowan tree. Bullfinches and tits slowly, with choice, began to peck large berries. They threw back their heads, stretched their necks and swallowed with difficulty. The first traces of snow appeared on the white tablecloth. Winter was coming.

Words for reference: little birds, pulled out.

Petr Pavlovich Ershov

Our magic key opened the lock of the magic bookcase. We took the book “The Little Humpbacked Horse” off the shelf. This is our favorite fairy tale. It was written by Pyotr Pavlovich Ershov. Ershov learned this tale from storytellers, and then he came up with something himself and told it all in verse. Ershov was born in the Siberian village of Bezrukovo, near Tobolsk. Then he lived in the remote Siberian town of Berezovo. Ershov even saw the harsh Siberian nature as fabulous.

(According to E. Yazykova)

A pot of porridge

The girl went into the forest to pick berries and met an old woman there. The old lady gave her a magic pot. He cooked delicious, sweet porridge. One day the girl left home. Mother began to cook porridge. She forgot the magic words. And the pot kept cooking and cooking porridge.

Hot porridge flowed like a river down the street. The girl saw this. She ran into the house and said the magic words. The pot stopped cooking. Those who came from the village ate their way.

The porridge was very tasty!

(Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale)

On a hike

When you go camping, don't try to take everything with you. You can get a lot in the forest. If you rub your leg or burn your hand, pick a plantain leaf. Wash it well and apply it to the sore spot. You're out of soap. What should I do? Wash dirty hands with elderberry.

To prevent mosquitoes from bothering you in the forest, pick wormwood, hang it in a hut and place it around your resting place. Mosquitoes don't like its smell.

It was a warm early morning. We went fishing. On the shore, I put a worm on the hook and cast the fishing rod.

One fish grabbed the worm. And here on the hook is a beautiful wide silver fish. She has red eyes, like chum salmon eggs, a black-green back, and pink fins. It turned out to be a roach. Catching fish requires endurance and skill. I examined the fish and put it back into the river.

Live long, fish!

Smart Ram

One day something bad happened. The sheep was hit by a car. There was a small fluffy lamb left.

Nadya began to look after the orphan. She fed him milk and treated him to bread. The lamb especially loved the cabbage.

Summer has come. Now it was already an adult ram. And what horns! They looked like two huge twisted donuts.

The ram followed the girl all the time, like a dog. He even protected her from boys. Once Nadya went to the cinema, and the ram followed her. The girl entered the hall. And the ram sat down at the door and waited for her.

A true friend!

(According to N. Kuratova)

Farewell song

It was raining in the evening. In the morning, frost grabbed the wet grass. A cold wind settled in the forest. He wandered between the pines, flew from clearing to clearing. The centuries-old spruce trees rustled sadly. I stood at the edge of the forest and listened to the farewell song of the forest. A crane's cry fell from the sky. Why do cranes cry sadly? The birds made a circle over the Volga and flew south.

I remembered songs about cranes. They, like the autumn bird cry, are not cheerful.

(According to I. Vasiliev)

Note: The teacher warns the children about punctuation marks in the last sentence.

Sea ​​buckthorn

Sea buckthorn is included in the long list of medicinal gifts of the forest. In the old days, its leaves and young shoots were fed to war horses. They grew quickly and did well. Sea buckthorn blooms in April and May. The fruits ripen from late August to October. A lot of sea buckthorn is found in the Caucasus, Siberia, and Altai. It grows well near rivers and lakes. Sea buckthorn is also planted in the desert. Try planting sea buckthorn yourself. Next to your home you will bring joy, vigor, and health.

Words for reference: you will settle at your place.

in winter

The leaves on the trees turned yellow and brown. The wind swirls them through the air. Heavy autumn clouds poured snow and hail onto the ground. A raven sat on the fence and croaked from the cold. Ice flakes appeared on the surface of the pond.

Winter has come cold. The ice cracked from the frost. The poor duckling swam on the water without rest. The hole became smaller. The poor thing was exhausted, stretched out and froze to the ice. Early in the morning, a peasant noticed the bird. He took her home.

(According to G. H. Andersen)

Words for reference: frozen, peasant.

On an ice floe

In winter the sea froze. Fishermen gathered on the ice to fish. Fisherman Andrey also went. His son Volodya was with him.

We caught a lot of fish. The fishermen decided to spend the night.

At night a strong wind rose. The waves flooded the ice floe. There was only the sea all around. In the morning, fishermen noticed the plane. They started shouting and waving their hats. Soon the ship arrived. People were saved.

(According to B. Zhitkov)

In the mountains

We pitched tents on a smooth area and stopped for the night. The night passed peacefully. It was early morning. I looked around the area. The snow was white. An eagle floats above the mountain slope. The wind whistles in his open wings. A silent shadow slides along the slope. Forest birds hide in the thicket of branches. The eagle flies from clearing to clearing. The roe deer run away from him in horror. Hares jump into the bushes like balls. There is panic everywhere. The king bird is flying. Words for reference: wide open, hiding, panic, king bird.

About tank heroes

The crew of Pavel Ivanovich Abramov was assigned to guard the crossing. They completed the task, but were unable to cross themselves. They camouflaged the tank on the outskirts of the city and waited. And then a tank with a red star burst into the city captured by the Nazis. The battle went on for almost a day. The soldiers crushed the enemy. The crew fought until the last shell. The enemies, amazed by such courage, trembled. Residents of the city of Rivne remember the glorious tank heroes. A street and a school are named after them.

The first winter day has arrived. We went to the forest lakes. The day seemed to be dozing. Lonely snowflakes fell from the cloudy sky. We breathed carefully on the white fluff of winter. Snowflakes turned into clear drops of water. Like beads, they rolled to the ground. The forest was light and solemn. We approached familiar places. Flocks of bullfinches sat on a rowan tree. She was covered with snow. But then thick snow began to fall. The forest became gloomy and quiet. Winter began to dominate the earth.

(According to K. Paustovsky)

Thumbelina

Thumbelina lived in the forest all summer. She ate sweet flower honey and drank dew. The baby weaved a cradle from grass. So the summer passed. Autumn has passed. A long, cold winter was approaching. All the birds flew away. The flowers have withered and turned yellow. Thumbelina was shivering from the cold. It is snowing. Each snowflake was for Thumbelina what a whole shovel of snow was for us. Thumbelina covered herself with a dry leaf. The leaf was not warm. Thumbelina decided to leave the forest. She began to look for housing for the winter.

(According to G.H. Andersen)

The river became

The river has stopped. The guys were running to the river. A little boy jumped out onto the ice. He took a dashing ride on the ice. Other children followed the daredevil. Now they are already in the middle of the river. There was a crash. Water came out. The children rushed to the shore like sparrows. The brave souls found themselves up to their necks in water. They screamed and called for help. Men and women were running to the shore. The guys clung to the thin ice with their hands. It broke, crumbled. A worker with a long board crawled towards the guys. He saved them.

In the north

Few people live in the far north. Day after day you can drive and not see a person’s habitation. There are no roads - everything is covered with snow. We have to carry people and loads on dogs. Dogs are man's faithful friends. The leader of my team was called Ushko. He had thick fur, a sharp muzzle, erect ears and a bushy tail. Ushko often looked around as he ran, noticing which dog was lazy and running poorly. At a stop, he approached the dog and growled at it.

Winter has come

The weather has changed. By morning the entire area was shrouded in thick, viscous fog. A sharp, freezing wind blew. The frost crackled. And what a beauty it was when the sun rose! The trees and bushes in the garden were all covered with frost. The branches seemed to be covered with shiny white flowers. A radiance seemed to flow from every branch. The weeping birch tree, swayed by the wind, seemed to come to life. Its long branches with fluffy fringe moved quietly. What a splendor it was! Large diamonds shimmered in the snow.

(According to G. H. Andersen)

Fan

On a rowan tree that grew near the fence, a squirrel appeared out of nowhere. With her tail fluffed, she sat in the fork and looked at the grapes that swayed in the wind on thin branches. The squirrel ran along the trunk and hung on a branch, swayed and jumped onto the fence. She held a bunch of rowan berries in her mouth. She quickly ran along the fence, and then hid behind a post, sticking out her fluffy, airy tail. "Fan!" - I remembered. This is what hunters call a squirrel's tail.

(Yu. Koval)

in winter

The view of winter nature was wonderful. The rays of the sun showered the entire area with a cold shine. Traces of animals and birds are visible on the tablecloth of snow. The centuries-old spruce trees stood frozen with their heavy heads bowed. A nimble squirrel was jumping from tree to tree. Huge caps of snow were falling from the trees. The forest smelled of resin and pine needles. But then a puffy cloud slowly covered the horizon. Snow began to fall in flakes. We were approaching the village. Dim lights flickered in the windows. The long winter twilight was quickly approaching.

During the winter holidays

My mother and I lived at the dacha during the winter holidays. It was quiet there. Crows circled around us.

We felt sorry for them all. We started feeding them. The crows fell in love with their mother for feeding them. They flew after her throughout the village. Mom will come out onto the road. A car speeds along the road, and the crows immediately raise a clamor. They warn mom about the danger.

The holidays are over. We left for Moscow.

We came again in the summer. The crows recognized us.

(According to I. Sherstobitov)

Present

There lived funny people. They decided to please Santa Claus with gifts. The little people got into the sleigh and rode along the fairy-tale road. They meet sad musicians. The musicians' instruments broke. The little people gave them a pipe, a drum, an accordion. A sad snowman sits by the road. He only has a broom in his hands. The cheerful people gave him a Christmas tree. All the gifts were given by the little people. And Santa Claus comes out of the forest. The little people are sad. And Santa Claus tells them: “I know your good deeds, and they are the best gift for me!”

Hedgehog and calf

The calf met a hedgehog. The hedgehog curled up into a ball and snorted. The stupid calf jumped up and licked the hedgehog. The needles pricked his tongue painfully. The calf roared and ran towards the cow. He began to complain to his mother about the hedgehog. The cow raised her head, looked at her son and again began to nibble the grass.

The hedgehog rolled towards its hole. He told the hedgehog that he had defeated the terrible beast. The fame of the hedgehog’s courage spread beyond the distant lake, beyond the dark forests.

Words for reference: met, curled up, complained, raised, told the hedgehog that.

Holidays

During the winter holidays, Dima and his mother vacationed with his grandfather in the village. The winter turned out to be blizzard. Dima went skiing and sledding with the guys. Once they made a big snowman. One day Dima observed heavy snowfall. Large flakes of snow swirled smoothly in the air. They quickly covered the ground with a fluffy carpet.

Snowdrifts were growing near the house.

Dima loved to be in the winter forest. The forest was light and solemn. He looked for a long time at nice outfit spruces and pines.

Blizzard in the forest

Suddenly it hissed and hissed through the forest. The drifting snow began to move. The forest began to hum and it became as dark as in the evening. The wind came. The trees swayed. Snowdrifts flew from the spruce paws. Snow fell and a blizzard began.

The titmouse calmed down and shrank into a ball. And the wind tears it from the branch, ruffles the feathers and freezes the naked body underneath. Well, the woodpecker let her into his spare hollow, otherwise the titmouse would have disappeared. The blizzard has passed. The sun came out, cheerful and bright!

(According to V. Bianchi)

On the hill

The guys were building a snow slide in the yard. They watered it well. Kotka didn’t build the slide. He sat at home and looked out the window. The guys left.

Kotka put on his skates and ran to the slide.

The slide was slippery. The boy fell. Kotka decided to sprinkle the hill with sand. The guys came running and began to scold Kotka. He decided to correct his mistake. The boy began dragging lumps of snow up the hill and pouring water on it. Kotka even made steps. This makes it easier for the kids to climb the hill.

Friends of the Forest

All year round, the children of our school protect the forest. Before the New Year's holiday, they are on duty on the roads. Hundreds of forest beauties were saved from death. In early spring, Russian birch trees are protected from birch sap lovers. There are many young plantings in the forest. The seedlings took root, grew stronger, and grew. It is joyful to look at them, moving from clearing to clearing. There are traces of birds and animals on the clean tablecloth of snow. A mouse ran towards the hole. Silence in the forest. Our forest is beautiful! Take care of its beauty.

Words for reference:

New Year's Eve, on them.

tits

Without tits, the winter forest seems dead. Only a pine branch will creak and a snow cap will fall from the tree. But then a flock of tits swoops in. The forest comes to life. Birds fly squeaking from branch to branch. They inspect every crack in the tree bark. There are so many tits in the flock! They call to each other loudly in the winter forest. In the bitter cold, tits fly up to the village. The guys sprinkle seeds on the feeders for them. Hungry tits can freeze.

(According to G. Snegirev)

Words for reference: It seems they echo, pour out, for them.

Vegetables in winter

It's a bitter February frost outside. The whole earth sleeps under shaggy snow. The hostess treats us with cucumbers and radishes. Man has learned to build warm houses for plants. He grows herbs, vegetables, and fruits in them all year round. We are approaching the greenhouse. There is no winter in the greenhouse. Smart machines water and feed plants. Drops of water glisten on the green onions. Machines regulate light and heat. Collective farmers receive a rich harvest of vegetables in greenhouses.

Words for reference: they are grown and regulated in them.

Winter lark

The January dawn is slowly creeping along the street. Birds whistle in the air. It is a crested lark that has woken up, cleaned itself and is running towards the road. With the first snow he appears on a village street on the outskirts of the city. All day he is in search of food. The lark flies little, but runs quickly. In cold weather he jumps on one leg. The other leg is hidden under feathers. He is warm at night. He lies in a hole, the lark hides his paws and beak in a thick feather.

Words for reference: dawn is heard, crested.

News from the forest

Prickly snow began to fall. There was a ripple in the dense aspen forest. The blows of snow pellets on tree trunks merged into a mysterious hum. Footprints stretched from the edge of the forest to the village. Dawn has arrived. The snow glistened on the spruce tree. A flock of sparrows was hurrying towards the village. The wood grouse also flew up to the road in search of food. Elks and roe deer rushed to the clearing. They ate the bark from aspens and willows. The hares compacted the snow near the brushwood. In winter, the animal world needs help.

Words for reference: mysterious, brushwood, help.

apple lover

Along a narrow path I emerge into a clearing. A flock of blackbirds appeared on a mountain ash tree. A hedgehog rustled under a snag. I love this area. In late autumn, moose appear here. Next to the clearing there was an abandoned garden. It is overgrown with weeds. The trees withered and degenerated. There were no hunters for sour and small fruits. But then I heard the crunch of apples. I spotted a moose. He walked from apple tree to apple tree. With his soft lip, the forest giant grabbed the apples and ate them.

Words for reference: here, abandoned, amateur.

White figures

The trees talked all night. Winter has come to the forest. Wonderful figures froze under the cold arch. They were located on the tops of fir trees, stumps, and branches. A forest man in a hat and burka crawled out of a snowdrift. He looked around the whitened forest. The sun appeared. Tears dripped from the man’s pine eyelashes. A group of Christmas trees pressed against the old tree. They look like hares. Here is a fairytale bear. The forest is full of magical animals and birds. But there are no traces of them on the white tablecloth of snow.

(According to N. Sladkov)

Words for reference: the figures look like wizards.

Forest Glade

The forest clearing is covered with snow. An old stump sticks out near the bush. There are many cozy winter apartments here for forest dwellers. Small insects hid under the bark from the cold. The mustachioed beetle also settled down to spend the winter here. A lizard lay down in a hole under the roots. A flock of tits flew over the clearing. She sat down on a tree. Snow dust fell on the ground. A bunny ran out into the clearing. The animal looked around and quickly galloped into the forest.

Snow

The winter days were short. But then the frost began to subside. The clarity of the blue sky has faded.

A plump white cloud covered the horizon. Slowly, snow began to fall in large clumps. There was a stream of snow all around me. The sky was falling with fluff of snow. The air was filled with movement.

The long winter twilight was approaching. I was approaching the village.

(According to S. Aksakov)

Words for reference: magnificent, twilight, began.

Guest

Tanya and Vitya lived in a forest lodge. In winter, Vitya hung a bird feeder from an old tree. One day a red squirrel appeared near the feeder. She carefully jumped onto the feeder. The animal began to pick up the mountain ash with its paws and deftly eat the berries.

The guys made a table for the squirrel. They put crusts of bread and dry mushrooms on her table. Sometimes children buried food in the snow. The squirrel has a good sense of smell. She shoveled the loose snow with her paws and took food. Every day the squirrel came running to the feeder.

(According to G. Skrebitsky)

Words for reference: Sometimes.

Along partisan paths

During the winter holidays, the trackers followed partisan paths. It was quiet and frosty in the dense spruce forest. It’s joyful to walk through the winter forest. White fluffy snow sparkles. The trees seem fabulous. A flock of birds happily flies from tree to tree.

The counselor led the rangers to the edge of the forest.

This is the place where the partisans lived. The guys noticed a dugout under a large oak tree. Was in the dugout big table. There was a stove under the low window. There were long benches near the walls.

Words for reference: partisans, it seems.

Snow patterns

At night there was a strong frost. It was a clear frosty morning. You woke up and looked at the window. It is all covered with a wonderful pattern. Here's a long thread. But a flower bloomed on the glass. How did these patterns come about? Water vapor from the air became water droplets. It's getting colder. These droplets settled on the ice field. A speck of dust on the glass is enough for the first piece of ice to cling. The ice floes grow and grow. So we got different drawings. They sparkled and shimmered in the rays of the sun.

(According to D. Tikhomirov)

Words for reference: got cold, cling, branch.

On the edge

The sun rose over the winter forest. The earth is covered with a clean white tablecloth and is resting. A red fox is walking along the edge of a clearing from a hunt. Footprints trail behind him, paw after paw. A frozen branch crunched and broke. The fox is listening to see if a mouse squeaks under a hummock in a winter hole. A flock of crossbills flew by. She was located on the top of a spruce tree. Handsome black grouse flew out of the deep fluffy snow. They sat down on a birch tree covered with lacy frost. The old fox notices everything.

Words for reference: handsome black grouse.

Note: draw children's attention to the comma in the sixth sentence.

Bullfinch

The homeland of bullfinches is the coniferous forests of the northern taiga. In October they fly to our region for the winter. Bullfinches stand out sharply against the background of snow cover with their bright plumage. In winter, birds feed on alder and maple seeds. They are especially attracted to rowan berries. Birds slowly fly in cheerful flocks from rowan tree to rowan tree. On a tree branch they look like red lanterns. In spring, bullfinches will be far from their homeland. Birds will build nests and hatch chicks. We will hear their ringing whistle again in the winter forest only at the beginning of winter.

Words for reference: We'll hear flashlights again.

The danger is over

Fields, meadows, and forests are covered with a fluffy blanket. A cautious mouse ran across the deep snow. The tracks wind from mink to mink. The chain led them to the river. Sleepy fish swim lazily in the underwater world. It is difficult for them to breathe under the icy crust. The fish swim to the ice hole. Crows fly from ice hole to ice hole. Fishermen know: if a crow circles over the river, then trouble has come. People are making new ice holes. A stream of fresh air rushes under the ice. The fish is saved.

(According to G.S. Sladkov)

in winter

Winter covered the town with fluffy snow. The days were soft and gray. A bird fell from the top of an old tree. Silvery frost fell. It settled like white dust on the lilac bush. The stoves were crackling in the house. It smelled of birch smoke. Gusts of strong wind carried the smell of smoke into the neighboring grove. A group of women walked to the ice hole for water. There is an old gazebo over the steep cliff. Its steps were gray with frost. In the morning, Tatyana Petrovna told Vera to take a shovel and clear the path to the gazebo.

(According to K. Paustovsky)

Words for reference: cleared it up.

Reindeer moss

In winter, on the top of Mount Chuval, herds of deer easily get moss from under the snow. They tear up the snow with their hooves, looking for moss. Resin moss is a beautiful soft moss. It's a shame to walk on it. The trace of a person remains in the moss on long years. There is a lot of reindeer moss on the mountainside. Among the moss we saw lingonberries. It seemed especially ripe and juicy in the gray bushes. We ate lingonberries. The reindeer moss was left to the deer. We went to the hut. She stood on the bank of the Vishera River. Words for reference: reindeer moss, Vishery, remains.

Deer

A deer cautiously emerged from the bushes. Nikita extended his hand to the deer. There was salt on the boy's palm. Rogach looked at us. A slender doe came out behind the deer. Then the fawn ran out. He licked Nikita's palm. Mom and Dad got worried. But the salt beckoned. Soon the whole family was licking Nikita's palm. I looked around the area. A bird flew noisily from tree to tree. Ants were crawling along the narrow path. Suddenly another deer with short horns appeared from the bushes. I fed him salt for a long time.

(According to Yu. Koval)

Winter evening

The winter day is short. A blue twilight crawled out of the forest and hung over the snowdrifts. The snow creaked sharply underfoot. Stars appeared in the sky. The frost grew stronger. Here is the forester's lodge. Blizzards swept up large drifts of snow. The small guardhouse was barely visible. We lit the stove. The fire burned brightly. We felt warm.

Words for reference: short, dusk, it became.

Red Book

Rare animals are listed in the Red Book. They need protection. This group of animals includes the bison, blue whale, polar bear, and golden eagle. The blue whale is on the verge of extinction. Fishing for it is prohibited in Russian waters. The polar bear is a large predatory animal. He lives in the Arctic. Today there is no longer a hunt for him. A golden eagle is building a nest on a high rock. He is amazingly handsome. These animals will live on the planet under human protection.

Words for reference: in the Red Book, need, belong, located, fishery.

Rare plants

Go into the forest and explore the area. Amazing plants grow in forests and bloom in May and June. Great luck to admire them in nature. Beautiful flowers became rare.

Cutting down forests and collecting them for bouquets leads to their death. In a lake, in a creek, a water chestnut grows. It is listed in the Red Book and is under state protection. It is forbidden to tear it. It makes a person happy to look at wonderful flowers. Save the places where they are preserved.

Words for reference: admire, meet, the Red Book.

Baikal

Each of us has our own side that is sweet and loved. And nature has its favorites. This is Baikal.

My friend and I walked along the shore of a glorious lake. It was a rare day. Sun was shining.

The air rang. Baikal was clean and quiet. Far out into the sea, the stones shimmered with colors. My friend was shocked by the beauty of the lake. Baikal is beautiful even in winter. Clear ice cleared by the winds appears thin. Through it you can see how water lives and moves. Meanwhile, there is strong ice underfoot. It can be more than a meter thick.

What a miracle of nature!

(According to V. Rasputin)

Words for reference: Baikal, of us, is shocked, cleansed, through it, moves, thick.

In the taiga

Winter has descended into the taiga. The north wind blew. The snow sparkled in the sun. The larches stood out brightly on the white tablecloth. At night, a wild goose screamed high in the sky. He strayed from his pack. Residents of the village gathered on the street. They peered into the forests on the horizon. Everyone was waiting for the deer to arrive. Deer is a very smart and kind animal. He feels an unfrozen key under the deep snow and goes around it. The deer easily jumps over the rubble.

Words for reference: peered, unfrozen.

Stripe (Fairy Tale)

The tigress decided to bake a sweet cake. Flour and powdered sugar flew in all directions. A tiger cub was sitting at the table. His mother looked at him and was surprised. The tiger cub was white and without stripes. The animal ran to look for its stripes. The kid thought that he had lost them.

On the street he met a zebra. The tiger cub froze in surprise. How striped she is! The tiger cub cried bitterly.

The zebra licked the tiger cub. A dark stripe appeared on the skin. She licked again and again. On the back, stripes sparkled one after another. The animal was happy. It was flour and powdered sugar that changed the tiger's coat.

(According to D. Bisset)

The frost helped

A metro was built in Moscow. The soft soil was creeping. The water ran in streams. Work has stopped. Came underground refrigeration machine. The underground swamp was frozen. The tunnel walls have become strong. The water did not pass through the walls. This is how the frost helped build the metro. This method often helped builders in St. Petersburg. Now there is a wonderful metro in the city on the Neva.

(According to M. Sadovsky)

Words for reference: there is a tunnel.

Christmas tree

The guys had been waiting for a fun holiday for a long time. It's the end of December. A fluffy Christmas tree was brought into the room. The house smelled of resin and freshness. They began to dress up the forest beauty. Crackers, flags and other Christmas decorations appeared on the branches. A golden cobweb sparkled. The boys fixed a star on the top of the tree. The Christmas tree came to life. The room became noisy and cheerful. Words for reference: smell, noisy.

In the forest

It got very cold overnight. It was a clear frosty morning. The snow sparkles and shimmers in the rays of the sun. Wonderful snow figures lay on stumps, branches, twigs. A group of Christmas trees pressed against the old tree. They looked like fluffy white animals. A red fox is walking along the edge of a clearing from a hunt. He listens to see if a mouse squeaked under a hummock in the hole. A flock of crossbills landed on the top of a Christmas tree. Black grouse flew out of the deep snow. They sat down on a birch tree covered with frost.

Bullfinch

It's cold outside. There was silence in the alleys of the park. Only the old linden trees moaned and groaned. The snow crushed them. The linden trees shook their frozen branches. They wanted to dump the snow. A bullfinch sat on a tree. He exposed his red chest and belly. That's how brave he is! People slowed down and smiled. The first bullfinch invites the cold. It was frosty at night.

(According to V. Burlak)

Ice

After the thaw, a sharp wind and cold crept up. The snow was covered with a thick crust. It's hard for birds to get food. Many of them are starving at this time. The bird does not have enough strength to break through the ice blanket.

It’s difficult for partridges too. They sleep in snowy underground burrows. It was frosty at night. The partridges woke up in the morning. How to get out of ice captivity? Sometimes they smash their heads on the ice and bleed.

(According to V. Bianchi)

Words for reference: ice, thaw, of which, partridges.

In the winter cold

A cold, dim sun rises in the fog. The winter forest sleeps. All living things froze from the cold. Only sometimes the trees crackle from frost.

I approach a forest clearing. Beyond the clearing is a thick old spruce forest. Large cones hang on the trees. Under their weight, the pine trees bent the ends of their branches. It's quiet all around. In winter you can't hear the birds singing. Many flew south. Suddenly, like a cheerful breeze rustled over the frozen forest. It was a flock of blackbirds flying over the clearing.

ABC of taiga

For the third day we walked through the taiga. It was still a long way to the station. I was choosing a place to stay for the night. I found a dry, high place. But my companion, who lived all his life in a forest village, refused a convenient parking lot and took me to the swamp.

It's midnight. Suddenly a heavy wind swept through like a tornado and a windfall began. There was a roar, a howl, a crash all around, but we were spared all this.

By morning the sun appeared, and we wandered off to boil tea where I wanted to camp. This place was littered with a pile of trunks. How did the taiga person guess about the danger?

Over tea, the old man confessed that in the evening he noticed traces of a bear that had left the taiga for the swamp. He trusted the animal's instincts. “The bear knows everything, listen to the bear in the taiga,” the old man finished his story.

(According to A. Ivanov-Smolensky.)

(116 words.)

Remind about punctuation marks when speaking directly.

As grammar task we can suggest the following:

1. Write down 2 words with the indicated spellings (or with some of them):

– unstressed vowels in the root: verifiable, unverifiable, alternating;

– unpronounceable consonants at the root, unstressed vowels at the end of verbs and nouns, o–o after the hissing ones.

2. Determine the part of speech of the conditions in 2 miles in the last sentence.

3. Sort by composition: settle down, chose, old man, story.

In the evening

The evening dawn was fading. The fog began to spread.

I decided to return home. I quickly walked through the thicket of bushes. The plain stretches across mine, and beyond, a gloomy forest rises like a wall. I looked around and went down the hill. The tall grass at the bottom of the valley was white as an even tablecloth. Bats flew over my head.

Where have I gone? How to find the way?

I went out to the edge and walked through the field. It was difficult to make our way along the narrow path. Tall rye grew all around. A night bird flew low and touched me with its wing. My steps are muffled in the silence.

But in the evening the stars began to light up in the sky. The sickle shines new month. Now I knew the way and assumed that I would be home in an hour.

(According to I. S. Turgenev.)

(108 words.)

Away

Katya showed me the apartment. She lived in the same room with her mother. In Nikolai Antonovich's office on desk the device costs. The inkwell was a bearded head in a cone, the ashtray was an ancient Russian mitten. There is ink under the bump, and Nikolai Antonovich has to dip the pen directly into the hero’s skull. This seemed strange to me.

In the living room there is a bookcase between the windows. I've never seen so many books at once. Above the cabinet hangs a half-length portrait of a broad-browed sailor with clenched jaws and light gray lively eyes.

Then Katya showed me a sea compass - a very interesting thing. It was a copper hoop on a wooden stand, in which a cup swung, and in the cup under a glass cap there was an arrow. The arrow swings and one end with a silver anchor points to the north.

(According to V. Kaverin.)

(119 words.)

Note . Bigwig(in the old days): a metal helmet with a point ending in a knob

Unusual shooter

One day I was walking along the sandy seashore. It was a hot but windy summer day. The sun was hot, and the surface of the sea sparkled with silver sparks.

A narrow path ran among bushes with dim yellow-white flowers. A little further, tall evergreen pines lined up in a row. Grains of sand creaked strangely under my feet. Sometimes the wind brought small splashes of water from the sea. The silence was broken only by the intermittent singing of small white-breasted birds.

Suddenly there was a short but sharp noise. It looked like a paper bomb exploding. I stopped and took a closer look. Everything around breathed silence and calm.

The noise came from the ground. Small dark brown grains caught my attention. Then I realized that this flower was quietly scattering its seeds.

I looked at this interesting plant for a long time.

(According to G. Ugarov.)

(111 words.)

Mystery box

The famous singer Chaliapin had a voluminous leather briefcase, covered with many labels of travel companies from different countries and cities in which the artist toured. All the years he lived abroad, Chaliapin carried the briefcase with him, not trusting anyone, and almost never let it out of his hands.

There was a small box in the briefcase. Not only people who worked with Chaliapin, but also relatives had no idea about its contents.

Arriving in a new city and entering the room prepared for him, Chaliapin took a box out of his briefcase, looked at it thoughtfully and put it under the bed.

Knowing Chaliapin's tough temperament, they did not ask him about the box. It was a mysterious mystery.

After the artist’s death, his widow opened the boarded up box. It contained a handful of land taken by Chaliapin before leaving abroad. A handful of native Russian land.

(According to A. Less.)

(121 words)

Sunny flower

His homeland is distant Mexico. The bright yellow inflorescences of sunflowers seemed to the ancient Mexicans to be wonderful little suns descending to the earth. The mysterious connection of the plant with the luminary of the day was also seen in the fact that the inflorescences turn towards the sun all day long, wanting to catch its hot rays. Therefore, the sunflower was considered sacred.

The Spanish sailors who sailed with Columbus to America brought the plant to their homeland, and there was no end to the delight. Everyone who had even a piece of land tried to grow an extraordinary flower. Others grew sunflowers in pots, like indoor plant. They saw it as a charming living decoration, not suspecting that it could be of any use.

And only in Russia, the serf peasant Daniil Bokarev built a small press that squeezes out sunflower oil. This was in 1829.

(According to N. Osipov.)

(119 words.)

First meeting with Andersen

I was seven years old when I received Andersen's fairy tales as a gift from my mother on New Year's Eve.

Sitting under the tree, I opened the book. It had a lot of pictures. There the walls of ice palaces sparkled with fire, wild swans flew over the sea, tin soldiers stood for hours on one leg, clutching their long guns.

Amazing human kindness emanated from the pages of this golden-edged book.

Dozing off from fatigue and the heat of the candles, through my drowsiness I saw Andersen.

He looked at me, squinting one eye, then took a fragrant handkerchief out of his pocket, waved it, and a white rose fell out of the handkerchief. Immediately the whole room was filled with its silver light and an incomprehensible slow ringing. It was the ringing of rose petals hitting the floor.

Since then, my idea of ​​Andersen has always been associated with this pleasant dream.

(According to K. Paustovsky.)

(127 words) .

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Wonderful flower

A lovely golden flower was brought from distant America. The rare miracle was of gigantic stature. The overseas handsome man was planted in the center of the flowerbed. He reigned over other flowers. The flower was held on a straight stem. It was decorated with wide leaves. On the large round head there was a crown of delicate yellow petals. The head of the wonderful flower resembled the sun.

The plant loved warmth and always turned towards the sunlight. The time was recognized by the wondrous flower. The flower was called sunflower. Named after the bright sun. (71 words)

According to E. Permyak

Grammar tasks

1. Write out three words from the text with an unpronounceable consonant at the root. Write test words.

2. Write out a word with the combination CH from the text. Write a test word.

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Frost and sun. Wonderful day!

You are still dozing, dear friend!

A.S. Pushkin

Grammar tasks

1. Write down two words with an unpronounceable consonant at the root. Write test words.

2. Write down the word with the combination CH. Write a test word.

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And walking importantly, in decorous calm,

A man leads the horse by the bridle.

ON THE. Nekrasov

Grammar tasks

1. Write down a word with an unpronounceable consonant at the root. Write a test word.

2. Write a word with the combination CH. Write a test word.

Cosmonautics Festival

On April 12th we celebrate Cosmonautics Day. On this day, man first left the ground and went out into the starry space. This man was Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin. Valiant son of the Russian people.

On this day, humanity took a giant step in its development. It entered the staircase leading to the stars. (48 words)

Grammar tasks

2. Write out two words with the same root from the dictation.

3. Compose and write down one word each with a consonant B so that using this consonant you get words with spelling patterns:

b) unpronounceable consonant.

golden bird

The oriole is one of the most beautiful birds of our forests. Her song is lovely and a little sad. It looks like the drawn-out whistle of a flute. The songs of the oriole make our forests even more beautiful. And suddenly, from the same place, a terrible cat scream is heard. Did a cat climb a tree? No. This is how the oriole screams. Someone really scared her. In August, parents and chicks fly away. They live in their homeland for only three months. (64 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Add test words to two dictation words with combinations CH - ZN.

2. Disassemble the words according to their composition: BEAUTIFUL, LONG.

3. Compose and write down one word each with a consonant T so that using this consonant you get words with spelling patterns:

a) paired consonant in weak position;

b) unpronounceable consonant.

Star Wanderers

Planets revolve around the Sun. There are also giant ones among them. These are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. Mars, Venus, Mercury, Pluto are smaller. We know these wonderful planets. We see them in the starry sky as lovely little stars. Very small planets are called asteroids. They are located mainly in the vicinity of Jupiter and Mars. But beautiful star wanderers also appear in our solar system. These are comets. When approaching the sun, they develop a terrible tail. And we see a tailed star. In the old days, comets were considered harbingers of misfortune. (82 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Add test words to two dictation words with unpronounceable consonants.

2. Write out one word from the dictation with the tested unstressed vowels in the root I, I. Write test words.

3. Place an accent mark above proper names in the dictation.

Moon fish

The moon fish amazes with its wonderful appearance and size. This is the heaviest of all bony fish. Its weight reaches two thousand kilograms. That's two tons. Giant heavyweights live in the seas of the tropical zone. This fish is the most prolific in the world. (40 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Write out one word from the dictation with the tested unstressed vowels in the root E, Ya, I, O. Write test words.

2. Write out two words with unpronounceable consonants from the dictation. Write test words.

3. Write two words with the same root for the word FISH.

milk tree

Who gives milk? Everyone knows this. Cow. Can a tree replace a cow and produce milk?

This tree grows in Venezuela. Its juice tastes like cow's milk. Local residents carefully cut the tree bark. Juice flows from there. Residents provide cups for this tasty liquid. It is very nutritious and healthy. Even scientists think so. (56 words)

Grammar tasks

2. Divide the words into syllables to transfer words: REPLACE, SCIENTISTS.

3. Write out a word from the first sentence that has more sounds than letters.

Khvoinki

Juniper needles are also leaves. They're just tough. They have a special shape. It is long and narrow. These leaves can survive the winter. They are strong enough for this. The waxy skin prevents them from drying out. The needles live on the tree for several years. Then it turns brown and falls off. But not all at once. Therefore, the tree retains foliage all year round. On autumn and winter days it pleases us with greenery. (63 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Write out one word from the dictation: a) with an unpronounceable consonant; b) with a paired consonant in a weak position; c) with an unstressed vowel, verified by stress; d) with a double consonant.

2. Select and write down three words with the same root for the word WINTER.

3. Place an accent mark over the words of the first sentence.

Sandy efa

Of the desert vipers, the sand epha is the best known. In our country, it is found in Asia. Meeting her is dangerous. This snake holds the sad lead in the number of people killed by it. She moves very interestingly. She crawls not forward, but as if sideways. The lateral track consists of individual oblique strips with hooked ends. These traces immediately reveal a sandy efu. You should be careful in such an area. (66 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Write out one word from the dictation: a) with an unpronounceable consonant; b) with a paired consonant in a weak position; c) with an unstressed vowel, verified by stress; d) with a double consonant.

2. Disassemble the words according to their composition: DESERT, LATERAL.

3. Select and write down a word that is close in meaning to the word SAD.

Gourmand

Murka was a strange cat. She loved sweet Honey. Once Murka was basking in the morning sun. Then she smelled a delicious, familiar smell. The cat happily opened green eyes and moved towards the cherished goal. In front of the hive, the gourmet carefully stood on its hind legs. She stuck her sweet little face into the hive. And suddenly the surrounding area was filled with a loud cat squeal. Unhappy Murka rushed into the bushes. (56 words)

According to A. Dorokhov

Grammar tasks

1. Write out two words from the dictation with an unpronounceable consonant at the root. Write test words.

2. Continue a series of words on this rule:

BATH, SUM, ..., ...;

WONDERFUL, TERRIBLE, …, …;

LIGHTWEIGHT, SOFT, …, ….

3. Parse the last sentence according to the members of the sentence. Write down the phrases.

Concert

How do frogs prepare for spring concerts? Just like people do for the holidays. The frogs are dressing up. The herbal ones have a blue neck. The sharp-faced ones turn blue from head to toe. But especially colorful ones are tropical frogs. The frogs sing diligently and diligently. Moans, hissing, squeaking, roaring, grunting, croaking! Singing for every ear and taste. (47 words)

According to N. Sladkov

Grammar tasks

1. In the words of the first sentence, emphasize the consonants.

2. Write two words with the same root for the word GRASS.

3. Write out a sentence from the dictation consisting only of the main members. The words of this sentence are divided into syllables.

Cactus

Cacti are known for their ability to adapt to local conditions. Cacti grow in dry and hot climates and do well without water for a long time. It has rained. The cactus immediately absorbs water. He stores it in the stem. The stem is like a sponge. But its shell is thick. Therefore, the water does not evaporate even in the hot sun. And cactus leaves are needles. The needles save the cactus from evaporation and protect it from local animals. (66 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Write out a word with the combination CH from the dictation. Write a test word.

2. Write out two words from the dictation with a paired consonant in a weak position. Write test words.

3. In the last sentence, underline the main terms.

Flamingo

Flamingos are very interesting birds. Young flamingos gray. They turn pink later. Flamingos fly with their long necks stretched forward and their legs stretched back. They build nests along the seashores. There they fish out tasty crustaceans and snails. Feathers, shells, and crumpled stems lie on the mud. They carefully bind the material together with silt. This is how a flamingo’s nest appears on the sticky mud. (51 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Write out one word from the dictation: a) with an unpronounceable consonant; b) with a paired consonant in a weak position; c) with an unstressed vowel, verified by stress; d) with a double consonant.

2. Write down words in which the pronunciation does not match the spelling: BACK, LEGS, SEAS.

3. Disassemble the words according to their composition: LONG, TASTY.

Worm

The longest worm lives off the coast of the Atlantic. In length it reaches gigantic proportions. Specimens up to fifteen meters are known. Wonderful little ones live in entire families. The worm is colored brown. But it casts a beautiful purple color. It has dark and light stripes on its back. He doesn't like to show his outfit to the sun. The worm comes out to hunt at night. And in the early morning he hides among the stones of the coast. (63 words)

Grammar tasks

3. Write out from the dictation the word with the separator b. Write two more words using the same spelling.

Shark

Often, a careless fisherman even manages to scratch his fingers on the thorns of a ruff or on the teeth of a bee-eater until they bleed! But there are really dangerous fish.

Large sharks are very dangerous. In a shark's mouth, the teeth come in six rows. They are sharp as a saw. But giant whale sharks don't bother people. Although sharks have a good appetite. They graze in their pastures and eat small crustaceans. Sharks swallow them by the millions. (63 words)

According to N. Sladkov

Grammar tasks

1. Write out one word from the dictation with the tested unstressed vowels in the root E, Ya, I, O, A. Write the test words.

2. Write out two words from the dictation with a double consonant. Divide these words into syllables.

3. Write out one word from the dictation with a separating b and b - an indicator of softness.

mother hen

I lie on the water and hold on to the reed with my hand. Below me is an underwater sandy clearing. On its edge lies an old bucket.

A crayfish crawled out of the bucket and began moving its mustache and eyes. Then he began to feel the sand with his claws. And from the crustacean’s tail crawled crawfish the size of an ant. They, too, busily moved their mustaches and probed the sand with their claws.

I laughed. The Rachata immediately rushed under their mother's wide tail. And the rakikha gathered her family and deftly ducked under the bucket. She didn't show up again. (77 words)

According to N. Sladkov

Grammar tasks

1. Make a plan.

2. Write a summary of the text, observing the red line.

3rd quarter

thought, finished the add-on, flew around, presented, reduced

matured leash surround aged looked walked around

retreat emboldened to give raid crawled dragged

walked away pulled away to want to dig up bitten knocked

swooped in, deceived, completed the treatment, brewed, turned, cooked

served as a gift, fire, smell, decoction

He reached the house, ran across the clearing, pulled him out of the hut, pulled him away from the abyss, asked a riddle, ran away with the dog, ran over a nail, flew into the window, tripped him up, built over the house, read about the pilots, ran behind the barn, pulled him off the rope, enter the subway, closed it behind him, looked around, closed it behind him.

Brave Thrush

The cat strayed from the house, went wild and began to get its own food. The cat is running through the forests and bushes. He catches birds and destroys nests. The cat noticed a blackbird in the hollow. The squeaking of chicks is heard from the nest. That's where the profit is! The cat's eyes lit up. He got close to the hollow and lowered his paw into it. Suddenly a blackbird flew up. The blackbird rushed at the cat from behind and began to peck at it. In the head, nose and eyes. The cat got scared. He crawled down from the tree and started to run. (77 words)

Grammar tasks

1. In the words of the first sentence, underline the prefixes.

2. Write out one word from the dictation: a) with the prefix PO-; b) with the preposition software.

3. Write down one word each with the prefixes OVER-, PRO-, DO-.

Bearded vulture

The vulture is a bird from the vulture family. It has a tuft of feathers under its beak. It looks like a goatee. But why lamb? The bearded lamb often steals small lambs from shepherds. On dangerous mountain slopes, with the blows of its wings it pushes sheep, goats, and dogs into the abyss. Bearded men are very curious. They fly up to a person without aggressive intentions. Bearded men just want to get a better look at him. But this does not make it easier for a person. A two-meter curious one rushes towards you with a whistle. Scary! (70 words)

Grammar tasks

2. Write down one word from the dictation: a) with the prefix POD-; b) with the pretext POD.

3. Write down one word each with the prefixes FOR-, SO-, NA-.

Forest fears

It was a warm day. A mother bear and her cub walked through the sparse forest beyond the ravine. There was a piece of wood lying on a steep slope. The baby grabbed it with his paws. With a terrible roar, the fragment flew down along with the bear cub. Dust rose. The bushes crackled. Forest pebbles rattled. The baby roared in fear and pain. The bear quickly rushed towards him. And the frightened bear was already reaching for his mother. He whined softly. (63 words)

According to S. Ustimov

Grammar tasks

1. Write out one word from the dictation: a) with the prefix C-; b) with the preposition S.

2. Disassemble the words according to their composition: APPROACH, HALL, FLIGHT, FIELD.

3. Write down one word each with the prefixes O-, OB-, OT-.

Falcons

A fragile egg shell crunched in a nest on a pine tree. The first black-eyed chick appeared. The baby has a beautiful outfit made of white fluff. Others followed the first one. U birds of prey the mother always sits with the chicks. And the father is looking for food. The mother meets the father from the hunt many meters from the nest. The father slows down the flight. She turned over with her back down in the air. So she took the prey from his claws into hers. The mother gives the prey to the chicks. (68 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Write out one word from the dictation: a) with the prefix ZA-; b) with the preposition FOR.

2. Write one word at a time, where TO: a) part of the root; b) prefix.

3. Disassemble the words according to their composition: OUTFIT, FLIGHT, BACK.

Pheasant

Pheasant is a wild chicken. Pheasants live in reeds along river valleys and on the edges of fields. In early spring, roosters search for nesting territories. Everyone has their own. Pheasants protect their territory from other people's roosters. Immediately after birth, pheasant chicks follow their mother from the nest. At first they spend the night on the ground, but under the wing of their mother. By the third day they are already able to flutter. On the thirteenth day they are already flying well. The chicks themselves fly up to tree branches after their mother and spend the night there. (77 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Write out five different prepositions from the dictation.

2. Write out one word from the dictation, where O: a) part of the root; b) prefix.

3. Form three words with the same root from the word HOD using different prefixes.

disconnect explained entrance move in eat departure

pre-anniversary drive up edible scraps flaw entry

disheveled corrosive volumetric pulled up lifting hugs

furious present injection drove around filming drove off

announcement combine gorging cringed sarcastically explained

Explain to Marya, the loach shrank, ate greedily, animation on the set, angry brothers, leftover cookies, Daria sarcastically, the pig will eat, drive up to the rise, explained the announcement, present to the sons, pre-anniversary fun, blizzard blowing, disheveled sparrows, hugs of the guest.

Russian proverbs, sayings, signs

I can’t eat it, but it’s a pity to leave it. You can't get around the fields in one fell swoop. In winter it would be eaten by a fungus, but the snow is deep. Happiness and unhappiness live close together. The yeast is good, but not elevating. And the wolf eats just a few sheep. Woe to the tongueless in a foreign country. Don't pretend to be a sheep: the wolf will eat you. When he was young he knew hunger, but when he had eaten too much he forgot. A friend is faithful in everything measured. Do not teach by idleness, but teach by handicraft. And it happened - and the goat ate the wolf.

They come together on the field, they are not considered kinship. Care didn’t eat away, so boredom overcame me. My talent was eaten by a sheep. To eat a fish, you have to get into the water. Hood pie, but I ate it. If they are hungry, they will eat something cold. Maslenitsa is crazy, I'm saving money. Don't rejoice downhill: the climb is steep. Eat a carrot if you don't have an apple. What is the demand, so is the price. The wolf was betrothed, and the hare ate the mare. There is an explanation for every announcement. It happened, but the dog ate it.

You can't eat a fish without bones. The work of people unites. I would eat some pie, but flour is expensive. And they didn’t drive up like that, but they drove away with nothing. The little bird started singing early, as if the cat would eat it. Without fish and cancer, fish. A bear eats a cow, but is hungry, but a chicken pecks a grain at a time and lives well. There was a horse, but it was ridden. Don't play around with the bear - he'll crush you in his arms. Friendly magpies will eat a goose, friendly seagulls will kill a hawk. There is little room for an angry heart, nowhere to disperse. The bear in the weeds has a flawed skin. One cannot eat the cake alone. Let the goat into the garden, he will eat all the cabbage. And following the hare's trail they reach the bear's den.

Debts eat up even the rich. There was a bag of grain, it stood like a stump, and when they poured it out, it shrank. Don't get into someone else's soul. We'll eat on Wednesday, so we won't look at it on Thursday. If you don’t go to the forest, you’ll freeze on the stove. Don’t eat, don’t crumble, don’t ask to eat. Not explored - friend, but explored - two. You can't travel the whole world. Do not whip your horse when going uphill. They beat the wolf not because he is grey, but because he ate the sheep. The field has not been traveled - the mountain has not been explored. The cat smells whose meat it has eaten. Don't drive downhill, you'll end up uphill. If we don't wash, we'll just ride. Savva ate the lard, but said that he had not seen it. The lazy ones lived to the point where their legs shrank. A wolf won't eat a wolf. In a dream there is happiness, in reality there is bad weather. He who dared ate it.

Don't add fuel to the fire. Don't promise the dog scraps of pie, but throw a piece of bread. Although the cat's back is broken, and the pie is eaten. There is patience for every desire. Don’t boast about leaving, but rather boast about arriving. Who drinks and who sheds tears. You can’t go around the outskirts of God’s judgment. The perky brawler's entire dress is flawed. We’ll eat what we baked, and we’ll see tomorrow. You can’t travel through the steep fields, and you can’t console the enemy with tears. A dog won't even eat bread without growling. Our yard is covered by the sky and surrounded by the wind. What she baked, she ate. Do not embrace the immensity.

Eating only sweets means sorrow cannot be recognized. We’ll eat the seeds, so we won’t worry about the harvest. The road is long, but travelling. In a crooked eye and a straight one with a flaw. Without cracking the nut, you cannot eat the kernels. We'll eat it now and see tomorrow. On a detour, so for lunch, and directly, so at night. Without patience there is no skill. I ate a piece from a bird's sock. We drove down the mountain, but how do we get up the mountain? And I would have sat down and eaten if I had been invited to visit. Found it, but didn’t announce it – it’s the same as hiding it. Eat meat, but you can’t eat the butcher.

Crocodile tears

Do crocodiles cry? What does the old legend tell us? That a crocodile that eats its victim sheds bitter tears. What a hypocritical regret! But it is naive to explain this phenomenon by the sympathy of a predator. Ate and shed tears? This is not serious. Simply with tears, crocodiles remove excess salts from the body. So crocodiles don't cry. They just seem to sweat with their eyes. (54 words)

Grammar tasks

2. Divide the words into syllables to transfer words: BITTER, EXPLAIN.

3. Write a word with Ъ with the root EROSH.

Belkin fly agaric

A squirrel dries mushrooms on twigs in the fall. Here are russula, honey mushrooms, and moss mushrooms. Noble food! The mushrooms are all good and edible. But among the good and edible ones, the fly agaric shrank. Why does a squirrel need the poisonous inedible fly agaric? Isn't there poison for squirrels in dry fly agaric? Is fly agaric a cure for squirrels? How to explain this phenomenon? There is no exact answer. (49 words)

To N. Sladkov

Grammar tasks

1. Write out two words from the dictation with separators b and b.

2. Insert two letters into the middle of the words GO, SAT so that you get words with b.

3. Write two words starting with Ъ with the root ЁМ.

Grishka

Grishka was not an adult bird. He was a disheveled, noisy chick. I found him in the forest. The chick shrank. He sat on the ground sulky and angry. This morning he woke up in a warm nest. Grishka pushed his brothers and sisters aside and sat down on the edge of the nest. Then he flapped his wings and fell to the ground. I handed the worm to the chick. The crow ate the worm instantly.

Grishka rode into our house on my shoulder. And in the evening the chick walked around my table and loudly demanded new treats. (78 words)

According to A. Onegov

Grammar tasks

1. Write out two words starting with b from the dictation. Determine the number of letters and syllables in these words.

2. Write out two words from the dictation with the unstressed vowel being tested at the root of the word. Write test words.

3. Write two words starting with Ъ with the root ED.

Cuckoo

This is a very useful bird. An adult cuckoo can eat up to a hundred hairy and poisonous caterpillars in an hour. Other birds do not eat such caterpillars. Old cuckoos fly away at the end of summer. And the cuckoo chicks learn to live independently. Caring little birds hatched, fed the cuckoo chicks and left them. Young cuckoos themselves set off on a long journey to the south. Cuckoos do not flock. But they arrive in due time to distant countries. How do young cuckoos find their way? There is no explanation for this. This is a mystery of nature. (76 words)

Grammar tasks

1. Write out two words from the dictation with a paired consonant in a weak position. Write test words.

2. Write one word each with a letter combination: ЪУ, ЪУ.

3. Write two words starting with Ъ with the root EZD.

ABC of TAIGA

For the third day we walked through the taiga. It was still a long way to the station. I was choosing a place to stay for the night. I found a dry, high place. But my companion, who lived all his life in a forest village, refused a convenient parking lot and took me to the swamp.

It's midnight. Suddenly a heavy wind swept through like a tornado and a windfall began. There was a roar, a howl, a crash all around, but we were spared all this.

By morning the sun appeared, and we wandered off to boil tea where I wanted to camp. This place was littered with a pile of trunks. How did the taiga person guess about the danger?

Over tea, the old man confessed that in the evening he noticed traces of a bear that had left the taiga for the swamp. He trusted the animal's instincts. “The bear knows everything, listen to the bear in the taiga,” the old man finished his story.

(According to A. Ivanov-Smolensky.)

(116 words.)

Remind about punctuation marks when speaking directly.

As grammar task we can suggest the following:

1. Write down 2 words with the indicated spellings (or with some of them):

– unstressed vowels in the root: verifiable, unverifiable, alternating;

– unpronounceable consonants at the root, unstressed vowels at the end of verbs and nouns, o–o after the hissing ones.

2. Determine the part of speech of the words in the 2nd or last sentence.

3. Sort by composition: settle down, chose, old man, story.

IN THE EVENING

The evening dawn was fading. The fog began to spread.

I decided to return home. I quickly walked through the thicket of bushes. A plain stretches at my feet, and beyond, a gloomy forest rises like a wall. I looked around and went down the hill. The tall grass at the bottom of the valley was white as an even tablecloth. Bats flew over my head.

Where have I gone? How to find the way?

I went out to the edge and walked through the field. It was difficult to make our way along the narrow path. Tall rye grew all around. A night bird flew low and touched me with its wing. My steps are muffled in the silence.

But then the stars began to light up in the evening sky. The crescent of the new month shines. Now I knew the way and assumed that I would be home in an hour.

(According to I. S. Turgenev.)

(108 words.)

VISITING

Katya showed me the apartment. She lived in the same room with her mother. In Nikolai Antonovich’s office there is a device on the desk. The inkwell was a bearded head in a cone, the ashtray was an ancient Russian mitten. There is ink under the bump, and Nikolai Antonovich has to dip the pen directly into the hero’s skull. This seemed strange to me.

In the living room there is a bookcase between the windows. I've never seen so many books at once. Above the cabinet hangs a half-length portrait of a broad-browed sailor with clenched jaws and light gray lively eyes.

Then Katya showed me a sea compass - a very interesting thing. It was a copper hoop on a wooden stand, in which a cup swung, and in the cup under a glass cap there was an arrow. The arrow swings and one end with a silver anchor points to the north.

(According to V. Kaverin.)

(119 words.)

Note . Bigwig(in the old days): a metal helmet with a point ending in a knob

UNUSUAL SHOOTER

One day I was walking along the sandy seashore. It was a hot but windy summer day. The sun was hot, and the surface of the sea sparkled with silver sparks.

A narrow path ran among bushes with dim yellow-white flowers. A little further, tall evergreen pines lined up in a row. Grains of sand creaked strangely under my feet. Sometimes the wind brought small splashes of water from the sea. The silence was broken only by the intermittent singing of small white-breasted birds.

Suddenly there was a short but sharp noise. It looked like a paper bomb exploding. I stopped and took a closer look. Everything around breathed silence and calm.

The noise came from the ground. Small dark brown grains caught my attention. Then I realized that this flower was quietly scattering its seeds.

I looked at this interesting plant for a long time.

(According to G. Ugarov.)

(111 words.)

MYSTERY BOX

The famous singer Chaliapin had a voluminous leather briefcase, covered with many labels of travel companies from different countries and cities in which the artist toured. All the years he lived abroad, Chaliapin carried the briefcase with him, not trusting anyone, and almost never let it out of his hands.

There was a small box in the briefcase. Not only people who worked with Chaliapin, but also relatives had no idea about its contents.

Arriving in a new city and entering the room prepared for him, Chaliapin took a box out of his briefcase, looked at it thoughtfully and put it under the bed.

Knowing Chaliapin's tough temperament, they did not ask him about the box. It was a mysterious mystery.

After the artist’s death, his widow opened the boarded up box. It contained a handful of land taken by Chaliapin before leaving abroad. A handful of native Russian land.

(According to A. Less.)

(121 words)

SUN FLOWER

His homeland is distant Mexico. The bright yellow inflorescences of sunflowers seemed to the ancient Mexicans to be wonderful little suns descending to the earth. The mysterious connection of the plant with the luminary of the day was also seen in the fact that the inflorescences turn towards the sun all day long, wanting to catch its hot rays. Therefore, the sunflower was considered sacred.

The Spanish sailors who sailed with Columbus to America brought the plant to their homeland, and there was no end to the delight. Everyone who had even a piece of land tried to grow an extraordinary flower. Others grew sunflowers in pots as a houseplant. They saw it as a charming living decoration, not suspecting that it could be of any use.

And only in Russia, the serf peasant Daniil Bokarev made a small press that squeezed sunflower oil. This was in 1829.

(According to N. Osipov.)

(119 words.)

In some words, the letters D, T, V, L are not pronounced, but are written. For example: starry, local, hello, sun.

To check an unpronounceable consonant, you need to choose a word with the same root so that this consonant is clearly heard. For example: starry - star, local - place, hello - health, sun - sunshine. If a consonant is not heard in combinations of consonants when a word is changed, then there is no need to write it.

Some words cannot be verified. REMEMBER: feeling, stairs.

Texts for dictations and copying on unpronounceable consonants

A lovely golden flower was brought from distant America. The rare miracle was of gigantic stature. The head of the wonderful flower resembled the sun. The plant always turned towards the light of the sun. The time was recognized by the wondrous flower. The flower was called sunflower. Named after the bright sun. (36)

The cocoa frog lives in the jungle. That's what the locals call her. And scientists call it a terrible leaf climber. This adorable little creature is golden in color. The little one fits in a teaspoon. But its venom is thirty times stronger than that of a cobra. It is the most powerful animal poison known. (43)

On April 12th we celebrate Cosmonautics Day. On this day, man first broke away from the Earth and entered the starry space. This man was Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin. Valiant son of the Russian people. On this day, humanity took a giant step in its development. It entered the staircase leading to the stars. (46)

Sugarcane juice was known in India five thousand years ago. This sweet juice was reminiscent of delicious bee honey. Then sugar cane began to be grown in Cuba and Haiti. This is a giant cereal up to six meters high. The stem is cut down with one blow using a heavy cleaver. To prevent sweet juice from leaking out, the cane stems are crushed. They serve as excellent fuel for sugar factories. (58)

It's a beautiful winter day. The sun illuminates the entire surrounding area. Joyful sunbeams are jumping along the tree trunks. A flock of lovely birds landed on a birch tree. These are titmice. There are many of them living in our area. The titmice have a festive outfit. There is a wonderful cap on the head. The back, wings and tail are yellow. One of the titmice whistled joyfully. What happiness! She saw delicious lard on a branch of a nearby tree. The forester tied him up. (60)

The sailboat was sailing with full sails. The sun was shining and there was no sign of a storm. However, the captain of the sailing ship noticed dark spot on the horizon. This is a harbinger of bad weather. It is dangerous to face a storm with sails raised. Gusts of wind will break the masts like reeds. The captain knew this and ordered the sails to be lowered. A fierce gust of wind hit the sailboat. A storm has begun. But inclement weather could not seriously damage the ship. The sailors managed to prepare for the storm. (63)

The sun rarely shines. Furry bumblebees do not buzz. The joyful songs of birds are not heard. It's rainy autumn days. It's sad in the forest at this time. The grass is withering. Beautiful flowers are drooping. Leaves are falling. But not everything freezes at this time. In autumn, lingonberries ripen. Late berries turn red in the soft greenery. Joyful adults and children's voices are heard. A beautiful lingonberry has been found! Happy people carry home full baskets of this wonderful berry with a joyful feeling. (65)

Alla, Emma, ​​and I are walking around the neighborhood. Today is the most wonderful holiday of late autumn. The first snow fell. Everyone was overcome with a joyful feeling. The fields, ugly with dirt, suddenly became beautiful. They sparkle in the sun like diamonds. Groups of trees under the snow can look like sailing ships. The sad, insipid area became interesting. But work is going on in the cramped collective farm hangars. There they carefully repair the iron horses for spring sowing. It is dangerous to leave equipment without serious repairs. (68)

In late autumn there is often inclement weather. It's sad to walk at such a time. Today the sky has happily cleared. Anna, Emma and Gennady and I joyfully wander through the alleys of the wonderful park. We climb the iron stairs to a lovely gazebo. It's crowded here with four of us. We agreed to walk until the evening. But in vain. A furious wind drove in ugly clouds. My heart became heavy. It's not fair! We wandered joylessly along the highway towards the house. Let's play table tennis there. (68)

Saturday has arrived. Unfortunately, this winter day was stormy. By evening the fierce wind died down. The sky became clear. The sun seemed red at sunset. We had a delicious dinner and went out for an evening walk. Our path lay along the highway, then along an alley. The starry sky stretched overhead. We admired the diamond shine of heavenly treasures. My heart beat with joy at the sight of this wonderful sight. I know several constellations. It's interesting to hear stories about new ones. We are sad to go home. But it's already late evening. (71)

New Year is a wonderful holiday. Even if the weather outside is inclement. Let the fierce wind powerfully drive groups of giant clouds across the vault of heaven. The weather is acting up unnecessarily. We are filled with joyful feelings. We are happy. A little sad to see off old year. But so many wonderful things await us in the new year. We sit at a delicious dinner until late in the evening. It's crowded at our table. How many kind people are there here? honest people! There are telegrams from friends on the table. Yellow, red, green lights decorate the Christmas tree. Hello New Year! (77)

There was terrible stormy weather at night. Gigantic clouds with ugly wisps rushed across the sky. A fierce wind shook the ancient trees dangerously. But in vain. They held out valiantly. In the morning everything ended happily. The surrounding area was covered with a beautiful blanket of snow. The sun appeared over the fields. They sparkled wonderfully with a diamond shine. By evening the sky cleared. The star dome spread out. How crowded the sky is with stars! It seems like there are a million of them. But only a few thousand are visible. They form groups. It's fun to find famous constellations and read stories about them. (77)

Late autumn has arrived. The sun is rising lower and lower. The forest without leaves looks sad... How wonderful it was to walk here in early autumn! How beautiful the autumn forest was then! The young students from our class collected an interesting collection of leaves. Now the whole area seems gray. The vault of heaven was covered with clouds. It is rare to see blue or starry skies. The weather is often inclement. This is a celebration of rain and mud. Sometimes the fierce wind shakes the trees dangerously. My heart is heavy in this bleak time. (73)

The leaves have begun to fall. In the alleys, groups of people are raking up giant armfuls of yellowed and reddened leaves. Night frosts often occur - the first harbingers of the approaching winter. Our area seems sad in late autumn. Around our house, the wonderful colors of early autumn have given way to a bland gray. A feeling of melancholy appeared in my heart. But at the beginning of November we had a holiday. A famous singer from Moscow came to our regional center with his group. We were happy to go to his concert on Saturday. (73)

A happy and joyful summer is behind us. A wonderful golden autumn has passed. These are stormy days in late autumn. There is terrible dirt in the fields and in the forest, on the paths and alleys. The yellow and red leaves have already darkened. They lie on the ground in an ugly slippery mass. The beautiful starry sky is rarely visible at night. The vault of heaven is hidden by fresh gray clouds. Hello, morning sun! But in vain does the low sun want to keep the weather warm. Winter is coming. The Russian frost will strike. Snow will make everything cleaner and neater. We can play hockey. (77)

Late autumn has arrived. The sun rarely shines. Early in the morning, thick fog enveloped the area. The weather has been stormy all day. A furious wind is driving clouds over the ground. The forest is sad. A branch snapped. Who is there? It was a handsome elk running into the clearing. We hid. The animal sensed danger and ran away. In our area, moose are rare guests. We rested by the giant oak tree and went home. Even the stormy autumn weather did not spoil our wonderful mood. It’s wonderful to take a walk in the forest, breathe in the fresh forest air. (75)

There are a lot of delicious cabbage heads left on the collective farm beds. Several hares joyfully came running from a nearby forest. They have a holiday today. They are happy. In late autumn it is difficult to find food. Private gardens are now empty. The forest without leaves is sad. Midges do not buzz, insects do not crawl in the grass. Only millions of leaves cover the soil in an ugly slippery mass. The sun rises low above the earth. Its rays do not warm our area well. Soon the winter cold will come into its own. Night frosts are their early heralds. (76)

In late autumn we arrived in our regional center. There is an ancient Kremlin here. This is a well-known ancient monument. Low reeds grew near the bulky fortress wall in summer. We climb a long iron staircase. From here you can clearly see the surrounding area. What a beautiful view! There's a group of lovely pines near the highway. And there you can see a wonderful alley of giant oak trees. In ancient times, enemies fiercely attacked these walls. But in vain. The townspeople defended themselves valiantly. They repulsed many dangerous assaults. We are interested in studying history. (73)

My grandfather built a beautiful garden. Taking good care of it is serious work. But how joyful it is to see lovely flowers and walk along wonderful long alleys. Grandfather's garden is the best in our area. People come from all over the area to look at it. Even a famous professor came from the regional center. I love listening to my grandfather's interesting stories about plants. On rainy days, grandfather worries terribly. We all sympathize with him. But in vain the rains and fierce winds attack the garden. Then the sun will appear and powerfully disperse the ugly enemies. (78)

In the vicinity of our village, near a pasture, a group of lovely Christmas trees grows. They stand in a large clearing, in the territory of a wonderful pine forest. Autumn has no power over Christmas trees. Early autumn turns deciduous trees golden and red. Late autumn drops beautiful shirts of color to the ground. The weather is stormy. But in vain the wind violently attacks the Christmas trees. They stay green. It’s so joyful to see their greenery among the fresh autumn grayness. They are also interesting under the snow. Let the Christmas trees grow happily and become giant fir trees. (76)

The low winter sun was slightly reddish. The wonderful snowy tablecloth on the fields sparkled with millions of diamond reflections. She looked like the starry vault of heaven. The giant clouds seemed like iron. They formed pictures - lovely and ugly. Clouds powerfully filled the winter sky. Wonderful snowflakes flew down, looking like beautiful stars. Stormy weather has arrived. A fierce wind blew through the giant trees. But they valiantly withstood his attacks. Sad trees feel a terrible longing for the warmth of spring. (69)

I am reading a book by a famous astronomy professor. She tells a lot of interesting things about the starry sky. The stars in the firmament are divided into groups - constellations. Wonderful stories are told about them. The stories are full of adventures - joyful and happy, sad and dangerous, funny and serious. In ancient times they were told orally. They were later recorded. The stars are separated from us by millions of kilometers. They weigh millions of tons. Over time, valiant earthlings in spacecraft will reach them. (67)

Planets revolve around the Sun. There are also giant ones among them. These are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. Mars, Venus, Mercury, Pluto are smaller. We know these wonderful planets. We see them in the starry sky as lovely little stars. Very small planets are called asteroids. They are located mainly in the vicinity of Jupiter and Mars. But beautiful stellar wanderers also appear in our solar system. These are comets. When approaching the Sun, they develop a terrible tail. And we see a tailed star. In the old days, comets were considered harbingers of misfortune. (80)

The clock on the stairs chimed twelve times. At this late hour I went out of the house to admire the starry sky. It was wonderful! The entire vault of heaven sparkled with thousands of lights. It looked like diamond deposits. A crescent moon floated above the roof of the house. The clear light of the moon illuminated the surroundings. The entire area was visible at a glance. At the sight of this wonderful picture, my heart beat joyfully. I was overcome with a feeling of eternal celebration. As if there were no dangers around, nothing ugly. The cramped streets of our city seemed spacious to me, the houses - gigantic. Down with the insipid, serious life! Joyful and happy, I wandered through the empty streets for a long time. (94)

The sun rose over the cramped streets of our town. The holiday has arrived. The whole city was waiting for this holiday. Yesterday was a stormy day. But today nature is clearly also in a festive mood. The sky is clear and cloudless. Today you can get up late. Joyful and happy citizens take to the streets only at noon. How kind everyone is around! Red, blue, green balloons flash. A delicious lunch awaits everyone today. Then an interesting concert and folk festival. The most famous people of our city gathered on the stairs in front of the town hall. Riders from the valiant royal guard prance through the streets. Hello, wonderful holiday! What a wonderful day today! (92)

Late festive evening An old professor was sitting in a cramped room. He was an honest and serious man. A little bossy, but kind and accommodating. He studied the starry sky, calculated the movement of celestial bodies. He was a famous astronomer. Today the professor was sitting sad. Neither the festive fireworks, nor the delicious dinner, nor the interesting concert cheered him up. The professor tried to calculate the movement of the comet he discovered. But in vain. The wonderful science of mathematics betrayed its valiant knight. The sheets of paper on the table are covered with giant formulas. Honestly, the professor did everything he could. Terrible! And then the old scientist had a strange feeling. The professor's heart beat joyfully. Wonderful insight! He rushed to the table and began to write furiously.” The happy expression did not leave his face. The formula was ready. (114)

Mom baked a delicious cabbage pie. The whole family joyfully gathered around the festive table. Grandma went down the stairs from the second floor. What is the occasion of the holiday? Today is Sunday. A wonderful evening in a close family circle. Mom is wearing a red apron. Dad tells the local news. It's interesting to know everything! And he knows everything. With the most serious look, dad jokes so funny that we find it terribly funny. Our dad is a tractor driver. He rides an iron collective farm horse. He knows all the surroundings well and often takes us for walks. After dinner, mom suggests playing lotto. We all agree. We play this wonderful game for a whole hour. Everyone plays fair. But it's already getting late. It's time to sleep. (106)

Yesterday was a stormy day. But this morning the sky is clear. Gently warms summer sun. Wonderful day! We decide to climb the mountain and see the local ancient fortress. It is very interesting! Late in the morning we left the house and walked along a wide path towards the fortress. It stands on the top of a small mountain and is visible from afar. There is a feeling that it won’t take long to get there. But it took us a whole hour. Here are the fortress walls. A wonderful view from the top! All the surroundings are at your fingertips. It’s a shame we didn’t take a video camera. We climb onto the wall. We, the valiant defenders of the fortress, are repelling the attacks of a formidable enemy. The situation is serious and dangerous. Through the narrow, cramped loopholes we shoot from crossbows. The furious assault is over. The enemy is running. (113)

Late Sunday morning I was walking along a country road and trying to whistle a charming tune. But in vain. Today the wonderful queen Music rejected me with her imperious hand. Having whistled for the last time, I fell silent and made no more sounds than a dumb stone. I began to contemplate the surroundings. The area was quite hilly. In the distance one could see the fortress walls and the red roof of the castle. Valiant knights once lived there and led an interesting and dangerous life, full of fierce battles. Now their honest and serious descendants live in the castle. They walk along cramped corridors and climb narrow spiral staircases. They eat delicious dinners in the main hall, where iron armor still hangs on the walls. That distant era seems terrible and ugly to these people, and their own insipid life seems beautiful. (115)

Late in the morning, the beautiful princess walked along the river bank and admired the sailing boats. The weather was wonderful. Light clouds ran across the azure sky. The young page talked kindly with the princess. A group of lovely ladies-in-waiting gathered on the stairs. Suddenly a terrible splash was heard. An ugly monster crawled out of the reeds. It has a giant green body and red paws with diamond claws. The monster's ears look like cabbage leaves. It looked at the princess with a furious gaze and licked its lips. The Scarecrow foresaw a delicious breakfast. The sensitive princess fainted. Then a young rider appeared at the gate. This is the valiant captain of the royal guard. He whistled loudly and threw a spear at the monster. The enemy was seriously wounded. He attacked the brave fighter, but in vain. Soon the monster was defeated. The shore was filled with joyful cries. A big holiday was declared in the kingdom. (118)