Это попадание оказалось точным.

Because попадание is a neuter singular noun.

The Russian demonstrative this changes to match the noun:

• этот for masculine
• эта for feminine
• это for neuter
• эти for plural

So:

• этот выстрел = this shot
• эта попытка = this attempt
• это попадание = this hit

Here это is not the separate pronoun it. It is the demonstrative this, agreeing with попадание.

Попадание is a noun meaning a hit, a successful strike, or the act of hitting the target.

It comes from the verb попасть, which often means:

• to hit
• to get into
• to reach
• to end up in

In this sentence, попадание most naturally means a hit on target.

So depending on context, the sentence could mean things like:

• This hit turned out to be accurate.
• This shot landed accurately.
• This strike was precise.

Because the subject is попадание, and попадание is neuter singular.

In the past tense, Russian verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

• masculine: оказался
• feminine: оказалась
• neuter: оказалось
• plural: оказались

So:

• выстрел оказался точным = the shot turned out to be accurate
• попытка оказалась удачной = the attempt turned out to be successful
• попадание оказалось точным = the hit turned out to be accurate

Оказалось is the past tense of оказаться, which often means:

• to turn out
• to prove to be
• to end up being

So the sentence is not just stating a fact like This hit was accurate. It suggests that this became clear afterward:

• This hit turned out to be accurate.
• It turned out that this hit was accurate.

That gives the sentence a slight sense of result or discovery.

Because after оказаться meaning to turn out to be, Russian often uses the instrumental case for the predicate noun or adjective.

So:

• оказалось точным
• not usually оказалось точное

Here точным is the instrumental singular form of точный.

Forms of точный:

• masculine nominative: точный
• feminine nominative: точная
• neuter nominative: точное
• instrumental masculine/neuter: точным
• instrumental feminine: точной

This instrumental pattern is very common after verbs like:

• быть in some contexts
• стать
• оказаться
• являться

Examples:

• Он оказался правым. = He turned out to be right.
• Она стала врачом. = She became a doctor.
• Ответ оказался точным. = The answer turned out to be accurate.

All three are related, and the best translation depends on context.

Точный can mean:

• accurate
• precise
• exact

With попадание, the most natural English choice is usually accurate or precise.

So:

• точное попадание = an accurate hit / a precise hit

If this is about shooting, aiming, or striking a target, accurate is probably the most natural English word.

The structure is:

• Это попадание = this hit
• оказалось = turned out
• точным = accurate / precise

So the pattern is:

[subject] + [оказаться] + [predicate in instrumental]

More literally:

This hit turned out to be precise.

This is a very useful Russian sentence pattern.

Yes. Russian word order is flexible, though the most neutral version here is:

Это попадание оказалось точным.

Other orders are possible, for example:

• Точным оказалось это попадание.
• Оказалось точным это попадание.

These alternatives change the focus or emphasis, not the core meaning.

Usually:

• starting with Это попадание sounds neutral
• starting with Точным emphasizes accurate
• starting with Оказалось can sound more literary or contextual

Yes. In Это попадание, это is functioning as a demonstrative word modifying a noun, so it behaves like this before a noun: this hit.

You can tell because it is directly attached to попадание and agrees with it in gender/number.

Compare:

• Это попадание оказалось точным. = This hit turned out to be accurate.
• Это оказалось точным попаданием. = This turned out to be an accurate hit.

In the first sentence, это goes with попадание.

It comes from the verb попасть.

Russian often forms nouns of action or result from verbs, and -ание is a common noun ending for that.

So:

• попасть = to hit / to get into
• попадание = hitting, a hit, the act/result of hitting

A learner does not always need to build the noun mechanically from the verb, but it is helpful to recognize this family of words:

• попасть = to hit
• попадать = to be hitting / to hit repeatedly / imperfective partner in some uses
• попадание = a hit / hitting

The stress is:

Э́то попада́ние оказа́лось то́чным.

Approximate pronunciation:

• Э́то = EH-ta
• попада́ние = pa-pa-DA-ni-ye
• оказа́лось = a-ka-ZA-las'
• то́чным = TOCH-nym

The main stress points are important because Russian stress is unpredictable and must often be learned word by word.