Сверьте лицевой счёт и передайте показания счётчика.

Because they are imperative forms used to give an instruction, and -те makes the command either:

• plural — speaking to more than one person, or
• polite/formal — speaking to one person respectfully

So:

• сверь = check/verify! (informal, singular)
• сверьте = check/verify! (formal singular or plural)

And similarly:

• передай = submit/pass on! (informal, singular)
• передайте = submit/pass on! (formal singular or plural)

This is very common in notices, official instructions, and customer service language.

Their dictionary forms are:

• сверить → Сверьте
• передать → передайте

Both are perfective verbs. In instructions like this, Russian often uses the perfective imperative because the focus is on completing the action:

• сверьте = make sure you check/verify it
• передайте = make sure you submit/pass it on

Russian often uses the perfective imperative when telling someone to do a concrete, one-time action with a result.

Here the speaker wants the person to:

1. verify the account
2. submit the meter readings

These are seen as completed tasks, so perfective fits naturally.

Compare:

• Сверяйте... Передавайте... would sound more like repeated/habitual instructions, such as do this regularly
• Сверьте... Передайте... sounds like do it now / do this as a specific step

That makes perfective the normal choice in utility or service instructions.

Not quite.

сверить means something like:

• to compare carefully
• to verify by checking against a source
• to reconcile

So in this context, it suggests checking that the account details match what they should be.

проверить is a broader word meaning to check in general.

Very roughly:

• проверить = check
• сверить = check by comparing / verify against existing data

So Сверьте лицевой счёт sounds a bit more specific and administrative than Проверьте лицевой счёт.

Literally, yes:

• лицевой = facial / front / face-related
• счёт = account

But as a fixed expression, лицевой счёт does not mean anything about a human face in normal translation. It is an administrative term meaning something like:

• customer account
• personal account
• account number / billing account

It is especially common in housing, utilities, and other service contexts.

So in this sentence, лицевой счёт is the account associated with the customer or property, not a bank account in the usual sense.

Usually, no.

In many real-life contexts, лицевой счёт refers to an internal customer or billing account, especially for:

• electricity
• gas
• water
• housing services
• telecom services

A normal bank account would more likely be called things like:

• банковский счёт
• расчётный счёт
• счёт в банке

So a learner should not automatically translate лицевой счёт as bank account.

Because the two nouns are in different grammatical relationships.

In лицевой счёт:

• счёт is the direct object of сверьте
• so it is in the accusative
• but for an inanimate masculine noun like счёт, the accusative looks the same as the nominative

In показания счётчика:

• показания means readings
• счётчика means of the meter
• this is the genitive singular

So:

• счёт = account
• счётчика = of the meter

That is why the endings are different.

In Russian, показания is very commonly used in the plural to mean:

• readings
• meter readings
• indications

So показания счётчика is the normal way to say meter readings.

Even if in English we sometimes think of it as one piece of information, Russian often treats it as plural.

Be careful, because показание in the singular can exist, but in this utility context the plural показания is much more natural.

передать has a broad range of meanings, including:

• pass
• hand over
• transmit
• convey
• submit

In this sentence, передайте показания счётчика means something like:

• submit the meter readings
• send in the meter readings
• report the meter readings

So although передать can literally mean physically passing something to someone, here it is being used in an administrative/service sense.

Because in Russian, the imperative usually does not need an explicit subject.

English can say:

• Check the account and submit the meter readings.

Russian does the same:

• Сверьте лицевой счёт и передайте показания счётчика.

The subject you is understood from the verb forms. If Russian added вы, it would usually be for emphasis or contrast, not because it is required.

Yes, the word order could be changed, but this version is the most neutral and natural for an instruction.

Russian word order is more flexible than English because case endings show grammatical relationships. Still, neutral instructional style usually puts:

1. the imperative verb first
2. then its object

So:

• Сверьте лицевой счёт
• передайте показания счётчика

That sounds clear and standard.

A different order might be possible for emphasis, but in a service message or instruction, this wording is the most expected.

Yes, they are related.

• счёт = count, calculation, bill, account
• счётчик = counter, meter

Historically and semantically, счётчик is a device that counts/measures something. In utility contexts, it means a meter.

So the sentence contains two related but different words:

• лицевой счёт = customer account
• счётчик = meter

This can be confusing for learners because both are built around the idea of counting/accounting.

Yes, it is helpful.

In this sentence you have:

• счёт
• счётчика

The letter ё shows the stressed sound yo. In many Russian texts, ё is often written as е, so you may also see:

• счет
• счетчика

But the pronunciation is still with ё:

• счёт = roughly shchyot
• счётчика = roughly shchyotchika

For learners, keeping ё in mind is very useful because it helps with both pronunciation and word recognition.