When you have just started to learn Russian it may seem first that it is too difficult to identify the gender right. But in fact, if you know the rules it isn't. Here is a selective game, where you need to select the nouns by genders. You need to remember that we have 3 genders in Russian. They are masculine, feminine, and neuter (neutral). Here is how you can tell what the gender is: 1. Look at the last letter of the word: 2. If it is a consonant, or “й” , the word is masculine. 3. If it is “а” or “я” it is feminine. 4. If it is “о” or “е” it is neuter. 5. If it is a soft sign “ь” then it could be either masculine or feminine :-( Some examples: Masculine : паспорт (passport), документ (document), брат (brother), Хлеб (bread). Feminine : газета (newspaper), Россия (Russia), Дочь (daughter) Neuter : здание (building), радио (radio), письмо (letter) So, now you can try to play this easy game to practice using Russian genders.