Practice: word formation

Practise how Ukrainian words are built: diminutives such as бра́тик, feminine job titles such as лі́карка and працівни́ця, prefixes in підписа́ти and перечита́ти, сказа́ти with с-, and чита́ння.

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How words are built

What you will practise

Recognise and use common diminutive and noun suffixes, feminine job titles and verb prefixes.

Intermediate · 9 questions · fill in the blank and multiple choice

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Question 1 of 9

Make the diminutive with -ик.

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Горох — онлайн-бібліотека словників української мови: Словозміна, Тлумачення (goroh.pp.ua)
In Ukrainian. Used for: stress, gender, plurals, aspect and full word forms for the examples, tables and vocabulary lists on every page; the dictionary definitions (СУМ) used for the meanings of ти and ви, the case each preposition takes, and words such as чи, ні and нема́є.. Accessed 29 October 2026.
Стандарт державної мови «Український правопис». Офіційне видання (Національна комісія зі стандартів державної мови)
In Ukrainian. Used for: the current official spelling standard: the 33-letter alphabet, г and ґ, the apostrophe, the alternation of у/в, і/й and з/із/зі, writing не and ні-, and capital Ви in letters and documents.. Accessed 29 October 2026.

What you will practise

Question 1 of 9

Related lessons

How words are built

Aspect in depth

Nouns and gender

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