This set mixes five skill areas in eight original questions. Try each one before you open the answer, then use the final section to plan your revision.
It belongs to the SPM Arabic guide. A teacher can go through your results in the one-hour trial class (from RM50), a taught lesson on the Arabic you choose.
Questions
Question 1. Nominal or verbal? المطرُ يسقطُ في الشتاءِ. (The rain falls in winter.)
Answer
Nominal. The first word المطر is a noun. The verb يسقط is inside the predicate.
Question 2. Correct the agreement: الطالباتُ نشيطٌ.
Answer
الطالباتُ نشيطاتٌ. The subject is a feminine plural of people, so the predicate takes the feminine plural ending.
Question 3. In جاءَ عليٌّ يركضُ, which word is the main verb, and what does يركض do?
Answer
The main verb is جاء (came). The word يركض (running) describes Ali’s state while he came.
Question 4. Read: ذهبتْ ليلى إلى السوقِ واشترتْ تفاحًا. أكلتْهُ في البيتِ. What does ـه refer to?
Answer
It refers to تفاحًا (apples). Leila is the doer of أكلت, and the thing eaten is the apples. Note that ـه is masculine, matching the word تفاح.
Question 5. Choose the relevant answer to كم أخًا لكَ؟ (How many brothers do you have?): لي أخٌ واحدٌ / أسكنُ في المدينةِ.
Answer
لي أخٌ واحدٌ (I have one brother). The question word كم asks for a number.
Question 6. Infer the meaning of جائعٌ: كان سعدٌ جائعًا، فأكلَ ثلاثةَ أرغفةٍ. (Saad was ___, so he ate three loaves.)
Answer
Hungry. He ate three loaves as a result, which shows that he needed food.
Question 7. Expand البابُ مفتوحٌ (the door is open) with an adjective meaning “big”, keeping the predicate.
Answer
البابُ الكبيرُ مفتوحٌ (the big door is open). The adjective الكبير takes ال to match البابُ.
Question 8. Give a two-sentence spoken answer to لماذا تحبُّ المدرسةَ؟ (Why do you like school?)
Answer
A sample answer: أحبها كثيرًا. (I like it very much.) أحبها لأنَّ أصدقائي هناك. (I like it because my friends are there.) Check that there is a direct answer and one reason with لأنَّ.
If you got these wrong
If questions 1, 2 or 7 caused trouble, go to the nominal sentence practice. For question 3, read distinguishing a verb form from its sentence role.
For questions 4 and 6, use the reading practice. For question 5, read comparing a relevant and an irrelevant answer. For question 8, try the listening and spoken practice.
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