These eight original questions move from reading a verb to repairing a sentence. Work on paper, then open each answer.
This set belongs to the SPM Arabic subject guide. Check the answers only after you have written your own.
Questions
1. State the person and time of كَتَبْتُ. Translate it.
Answer
The ending ـتُ marks “I” and past. “I wrote.”
2. State the person and time of تَلْعَبُ سلمى في الحديقةِ. Translate the sentence.
Answer
The prefix ت with the named subject سلمى gives “she” and present. “Salma plays in the garden.”
3. Choose the correct verb: (ذَهَبَ / ذَهَبَتْ) الطالبةُ إلى المدرسةِ.
Answer
ذَهَبَتْ. The doer الطالبةُ is feminine, so the verb takes تْ.
4. Arrange into a verbal sentence: الرسالةَ / كَتَبَ / الولدُ.
Answer
كَتَبَ الولدُ الرسالةَ. “The boy wrote the letter.” Verb first, doer second, object last.
5. The sentence غدًا نَذْهَبُ إلى السوقِ uses which time and person? Is the time word consistent?
Answer
“We” and present. غدًا means “tomorrow”, so a present verb fits. “Tomorrow we go to the market.”
6. Correct the error: ذَهَبُوا الطلابُ إلى المدرسةِ.
Answer
ذَهَبَ الطلابُ إلى المدرسةِ. A verb before its doer stays singular. The alternative is الطلابُ ذَهَبُوا إلى المدرسةِ.
7. Correct the error: هذه معلّمةٌ كريمٌ.
Answer
هذه معلّمةٌ كريمةٌ. The noun is feminine, so the adjective needs the ة. “This is a kind teacher.”
8. Read and explain: أمسِ قَرَأْنا القصةَ، والآنَ نَكْتُبُ عنها. What are the two verbs, and what is the change in time?
Answer
قَرَأْنا is “we” past, confirmed by أمسِ. نَكْتُبُ is “we” present, confirmed by الآنَ. “Yesterday we read the story, and now we write about it.”
If you got these wrong
- Questions 1, 2, 5, 8: revisit reading person and time in a verb.
- Questions 3, 4, 6: revisit ordering a verbal sentence clearly.
- Questions 6, 7: work through repairing a recurring agreement error.
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