Cyrillic Alphabet Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What is the primary role of Ъ, the hard sign, in modern Russian spelling?
It represents the vowel sound /y/
It softens the consonant before it
It marks a separation before certain iotated vowels and has no independent sound
It marks the stressed syllable
2. Using standard letter values, how should РОБОТ be rendered in Latin letters?
POBOT
GOBOT
ROVOT
ROBOT
3. Which modern Russian Cyrillic letter represents the vowel sound /a/?
О (Cyrillic O)
Я (Cyrillic Ya)
А (Cyrillic A)
Э (Cyrillic E)
4. Which letter-to-transliteration pairing is correct?
Ё = ye
Ё = yo
Ё = yu
Ё = ya
5. Which Latin-letter combination is commonly used to transliterate Cyrillic Ж for beginners?
sh
zh
ch
kh
6. Which Cyrillic letter is commonly transliterated as “ya”?
Ю (Cyrillic Yu)
Я (Cyrillic Ya)
Ё (Cyrillic Yo)
Е (Cyrillic Ye)
7. Which Latin-letter combination commonly represents Cyrillic Ц?
ch
zh
shch
ts
8. Which sound is normally represented by Cyrillic Н?
/h/
/m/
/k/
/n/
9. A label contains both Б and В. Which sound pairing is correct in modern Russian?
Б = /b/ and В = /v/
Б = /v/ and В = /b/
Б = /p/ and В = /f/
Б = /d/ and В = /r/
10. Although Cyrillic Р resembles Latin P, which sound does it represent in modern Russian?
/p/
/r/
/v/
/n/
11. You are decoding the Cyrillic word ТАКСИ letter by letter. Which rendering is correct?
TAKSI
TAXA
TAKTI
DAKSI
12. A learner sees the word СОК. To avoid a Latin-lookalike error, which sound should the first С have?
/s/
/ch/
/k/
/sh/
13. Which character is the Cyrillic soft sign?
Ъ (hard sign)
Ы (letter Yery)
Ь (soft sign)
Й (short I)
14. A beginner encounters the Cyrillic word МАМА. Which Latin-letter rendering best preserves its letters?
MAMA
MANA
WAWA
PAPA
15. When sounding out НЕТ, which consonant sound comes first?
/r/
/h/
/n/
/p/
16. Which Cyrillic letter usually represents the /v/ sound in modern Russian?
Б (Cyrillic Be)
Н (Cyrillic En)
Р (Cyrillic Er)
В (Cyrillic Ve)