Write down the words where consonants are softened by letters like и, е, ё, ю, я or the soft sign ( ь ). Example of a Typical Solution If the exercise asks to find words with soft consonants:
Write down the words where the consonant sounds are hard. russkii iazyk 2 klass str 122 upr197 otvet
ле́то, мяч, зе́бра (the sounds [л'], [м'], [з'] are soft). Write down the words where consonants are softened
дом, торт, па́па (the sounds [д], [т], [п] are hard). зе́бра (the sounds [л']
Here is the solution for Exercise 197 on page 122 of the 2nd-grade Russian language textbook by Kanakina and Goretsky .