Exercises

Different reading, grammar and listening exercises, organized by level.
Choose your level: A1, A2, B1, B2.

Finnish Language course for the beginners: a lot of materials, everything in Finnish.

 

 

Video: Days of the Week.

Texts and lexical exercises:

• Phrases in Finnish for absolute beginners or travellers.
• Exercises for beginners: easy text, below it there are exercises, almost all of them with right answers. Perfect for those who just started learning Finnish.
• Numbers, time and calendar. Easy text.
• Questions and answers, weather. Easy text.
• Audio exercise: listen to a word and write it to the form. Auto checking. Good for children.
• Food and drinks. Text and exercises below it.
• Health. Text and exercises below it.
• Finnish weather: listen and write the missing parts. Auto check. Beginner level.
• Finnish weather: choose the right name for the picture. You can see pictures and words on cards in this PDF file.
• In the shop. Text and exercises below it.
• Synonyms: find pairs.

Questions:

• Making narrative, negative sentences and questions.
• Supisuomea, osa 3: questions, text, theory, video.
• Questions in Finnish with translation into English.
• Question words with examples, all translated into English.
• About making questions in details, with lots of examples.

Grammatical cases, singular:

• Missä, mistä, mihin, millä? Text and exercises below it.
• Partitive: theory and practice. Please, find some links also in Blog.
• Partitive case: write the word in partitive.
• Choose the right form. Partitive or not? And why partitive?

• Write the words in plural form.

Verbs:

• Easy exercise on verbs: choose the right verb and write it into the phrase.
• Verb “olla” – to be: choose the right form.
• Verbityyppi 3 (Verb-type 3)
• Choose the right verb-type number (1-3).
• Write the verb in the right form.
• How to make -ko/-kö questions, Auto checking.
• Personal pronouns and verbs; theory, video, exercises.
• Video: verbtypes 1-5.
• KPT changes (astevaihtelu). You will need Adobe Flash Player.
• Exercise verbs with “astevaihtelu” 1.
• Exercise verbs with “astevaihtelu” 2.
• Exercise verbs with “astevaihtelu” 3.
• Exercise verbs with “astevaihtelu” 4.
• Exercise verbtype 1 1.
• Exercise verbtype 1 2.
• Exercise verbtype 1 3.
• Exercise verbtype 1 4.
• Exercise verbtype 1 5.
• Exercise: conjugation of the verb LUKEA “to read”.
• Negation (you will see results after completing the task)

Are you ready to move on?
Open the next link, listen to the questions and answer them.
After every question, there is a pause about 8-15 seconds for the answer (less time for simpler questions, more time for longer questions).
This is the link 🙂

 

 

• Different types of words in brief, in tables.
• One more table with types of nominals.
• Words ending with -nen.
• “Ask a Finnish Teacher” -Blog, an article: “How do you recognize Finnish word types?”
• All the main type of words (nouns and adjectives) on 2 pages, with stem, singular Partitive case and singular Genitive case forms.
  Nominityypit page 1, Nominityypit page 2.
• Kertaus: kirjoita sulkeissa olevat sanat missä-muodossa. Revising types of words: write the inessive form (“where”).
• Sanatyypit -in, -nen ja -ton/-tön. Theory, exercises.. Different links.
• Sanatyyppi -ton/-tön. Sentences. Quizlet.
• Sanatyyppi -ton/-tön. Partitiivi. Quizlet.

Object:

• Read about Finnish Language Object in English.
• Read about subject and object in Finnish Language. Explanations in English.
• Another article on Finnish “Objekti”, explanation in English.
• More information on Finnish “Objekti”, in English.
• About object in Finnish language, explanations and link to exercises.
• Theory in Finnish language: object’s examples.
• In Finnish language: more about object, with examples.
• “Ymmärrä suomea!”: object – theory, rules, examples.
• Exercise 1: choose the right form for object.
• Exercise 2: choose the right form of object.
• Exercise 3: choose the right form of object.
• Exercise 4: choose the right form of object to finish the phrase.
• Exercise 5: write the right form of object into the gap.
• Exercise 6: choose the right form of object.
• Exercise 7: write the right form of object.
• Exercise 8: choose the right form of object.
• Exercise 9: choose the right form of object.
• Exercise 10: answer question and write the right form of object.
• Exercise 11: answer question and write the right form of object.
• Exercise 12: write words in brackets in the right form.
• Exercise 12: read phrases and then write the right form of object.
• Exercise 14: write words in brackets in the right form.
• Exercise 15: choose the right word and write it in the right form.
• Exercise 16: choose the word and write it in the right form.
• Exercise 17: write words in brackets in the right form.
• Exercise 18: write words in brackets in the right form.
• Exercise 19: choose the right word and write it in the right form.
• Exercise 20: choose the right word and write it in the right form.
• Exercise 21: choose the right word for the phrase. Write it in PARTITIVE. Think, why do you need partitive case in these sentences?
• Exercise 22: choose the right word for the phrase. Write it in Accusative case with ending “-n”. Think, why do you need Accusative case in these sentences?
• Exercise 23: choose the right word for the phrase. Write it in a basic form. Think, why do you need the basic form in these sentences?
• Exercise 24: choose the right word for the phrase. Write it in Partitive case, Accusative case or basic form.
• Exercise 25: choose the right word for the phrase. Write it in Partitive case, Accusative case or basic form.
• Exercise 26: choose the right word for the phrase. Write it in Partitive case, Accusative case or basic form.
• Exercise 27: write the word in brackets in Partitive case or Accusative case.
• Exercise 28: write the word in brackets in Partitive case or Accusative case.

Time expressions:

• Shorttheory and links to exercises.
• Supisuomea: video, texts, words, links to exercises.
• Another variant of short theory and links to exercises.
• Kello ja kalenteri: games, exercises, video, audio, cards and pictures.
• Slides from University of Helsinki – time expressions.
• Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3 – match the action and time.
• Write the expression of time.
• Choose the verb and write it to the right phrase.
• Write a time expression in the right form. Exercise 2.

Verbs:

• Quizlet cards: Positive and Negative Past Tense (Imperfect) – myönteinen ja kielteinen imperfekti.
• Past Tense – Imperfekti. Text.
• Write the sentence in Past Tense (Imperfect).
• Write the verbs in the Imperfect Tense -1.
• Write the verbs in the Imperfect Tense -2.
• Write the verbs in the Imperfect Tense -3.
• Video: negation of verbs. In Finnish.
• Exercise: write verbs into the right place in the right form.
• Exercise: write verbs into right places (sentences). All the verbs are already in the right form.

• Transitivity and intransitivity in Finnish language, with examples and translation into English.
• The list of Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
• An article in English about transitive and intransitive verbs in Finnish language, with examples and translations.
• Short information about transitive and intransitive verbs in Finnish. PDF file.

Prepositions and postpositions:

• Lists of Finnish pre- and postpositions: Suomea ole hyvä; list in pdf-file.
• Choose the right option -tasks: postpositions 1, postpositions 2, postpositions 3, postpositions 4, postpositions 5, postpositions 6, postpositions 7 – make the sentences.
• Choose a postposition and write the words in Genetive case; Choose a postposition and write the words in Genetive case-2; Choose a postposition and write the words in Genetive case-3; Choose a postposition and write the words in Genetive case-4.
• Prepositions: write the word in a right form 1, write the word in a right form 2, write the word in a right form 3, write the word in a right form 4
• Choose the right preposition.
• The list of post- and preposition with example phrases translated into English.

 

 

 

About the weather again 😀
But very interesting and only in Finnish! Great application for children and adults with all kinds if information on the weather.

Grammatical cases:

• Translatiivi ja essiivi: short grammar explanations with examples. All in Finnish.

Grammatical cases, plural:

• Write the plural form of the Partitive case.
• Monikon partitiivi 1: kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 2: kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 3: kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• https://salpro.salpaus.fi/hotpotatoes/syksy2010/monpart_lokakuu/monpart_huone.htm: sanatyyppi -e. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 5: sanatyyppi “ilta”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 6: sanatyypit “kaunis, kevät”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 7: sanatyyppi “kauhea”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 8: sanatyyppi “taksi”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 9: sanatyypit “kattila” ja “-nut/nyt”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 10: sanatyyppi “maa”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 11: sanatyyppi “koira”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 12: sanatyypit “nimi” ja “lapsi”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 13: sanatyypit “aja/ija”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 14: sanatyyppi “-nen”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?
• Monikon partitiivi 15: sanatyyppi “talo”. Kirjoita sanat oikeassa muodossa. Mikä lausetyyppi se on?

Conditional:

• Text, audio and theory: What would you do? -isi- form.

Verbit

• Liikunta- ja aistiverbit: mikä pääte tulee? Kirjoita.
• Tee lause. Kirjoita MA-infinitiivi (3.inf.) ja imperfekti.
• Kirjoita verbit oikeassa muodossa. Tuleeko ma-infinitiivi vai perusmuoto?
• Kirjoita verbi oikeassa muodossa. Käytä 3.infinitiiviä (= ma-infinitiivi).
• Ma-muodon harjoitus (= 3.infinitiivi). Kirjoita verbi oikeassa muodossa.
• Harjoitellaan ma-muotoa, eli 3.infinitiiviä: kirjoita verbit oikeassa muodossa.
• Perusmuoto vai ma-muoto? Kirjoita verbit.
• Perusmuoto vai ma-muoto (3.infinitiivi)? Kirjoita oikein.

PRONOUNS

Relative pronoun “JOKA”:

• Short info about “Joka” with examples and translations into English.
• “JOKA” in brief, “joka” in grammar cases.
• Theory and examples with translation.
• Exercise.
• Brief information and 2 exercises.
• And one more page about “JOKA”.
• Quite long exercise.
• And one more exercise.
• JOKA- ja MIKÄ-lauseet: in Finnish.

Demonstrative pronouns:

• Theory: taivutus, merkitykset, erot, käyttö.
• PDF-file: the use, conjugation, explanations and examples.

YKI-testi

Kielitesti: Tämän kielitestin tarkoituksena on selvittää, miten hyvin osaat suomen kielen sanastoa ja kielioppia, jotta selviytyisit YKI-testistä.
 

 

Sanaluokat:

• Video: Verbien taivutus aikamuodoissa, selityksiä suomeksi. Sopii koululaisille.
• Artikkeli pronomineista. Hyödyllisiä vinkkejä käytöksestä.

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