Common Vocabulary [1]

Improve your Arabic vocabulary  through this quiz.

This quiz includes simple sentences such a ‘There are four seasons in the year’. All you have to do is to read the sentence and decide whether it is True or False. The quiz is designed to help learners of Arabic revise their basic knowledge of Arabic.

The quiz can also be used by teachers in the classroom as an icebreaker or to do some classroom competitions. Sentences in the quiz are simple. However,  the vocabulary used is essential for  everyday vocabulary every student needs such as, body parts, food items, places, jobs, animals, time.

Vocabulary [True/False]

Read the sentence and decide whether it is True for False.

Fruit&Veg [images]

Learn and practice the names of common vegetables and fruits in Arabic by doing this quiz. The names of these vegetables are introduced within context. This is intermediate or advanced level. But those who can read Arabic can also do this quiz for revision.

Fruit&Veg2

This is a quiz about the names of vegetables and fruits in Arabic.

General Knowledge

These quizzes are designed to help students of Arabic have some fun while they are practicing reading. They are designed in a way that you can learn some items of vocabulary within context. Illustrative images are provided to facilitate the learning process and give you hints to find the correct answer. Enjoy!

GK Quiz 1

Read the question and choose the best answer.

GKQuiz2

Read the question and choose the best answer.

Gender

Nouns in Arabic can be either masculine or feminine.

MASCULINE nouns refer to male gender and have no sign of gender. they are noun from the meaning of the word, such as:

  • Student [طالب ]
  • Man [ رَجُل]
  • book [ كتاب]
  • king [ مَلك]
  • pen [قلم]

FEMININE nouns refer to female gender and are of two types:

EXPLICIT: the word has feminine gender indicators as:

  • taa marboutah [ ة ] :
  • shortened alif [ ى ]:
  • alif followed by hamza [اء]:


We usually change the masculine nouns by suffixing taa marbouta [ ة ] to the noun.


IMPLICIT: the word does not have any gender indicators such as:

  • mother [ أم]
  • daughter [بنت ]
  • sun [شمس]
  • eye [عين]
  • ear [أذن]

There are some old masculine proper nouns end with tea marbouta such as:

معاوية ، حمزة ، عروة ، طلحة


Some nouns that end with (ى) as the last radical of the root verb are NOT feminine, such as:

  • shelter [مأوى ]
  • young man  [فتى ]
  • guidance  [هُدى ]

Most names of body organs that are pairs such as eyes, ears, lungs, kidneys are feminine even if they don’t have feminine signs:

  • kidney [كلية ]
  • lung [رئة ]
  • leg [رِجل ]
  • hand [يد ]
  • eye [عين ]
  • ear [أذن ]
  • testicle [ خصية]

Feminine words borrowed from other languages  usually end with [ا]:

  • France [فرنسا ]
  • Germany [ ألمانيا]
  • music [ موسيقا]
  • mango [ مانجا]
  • potatoes [بطاطا]

Some nouns that end with hamza after (ا) as the last radical of the verb are NOT feminine.

  • judgement /jurisprudence [قضاء ]
  • winter [ شتاء]
  • building [ بناء]

Now try to do the quiz below to evaluate your understanding.

Gender

Look at the noun and choose whether it is feminine [مؤنث] or masculine [مذكر].


Listening Quiz [Shared Accommodation ]

You will hear a radio interview with Haifa about a flat-share. You will hear the recording twice.

After you have listened to the audio,  click ‘take quiz‘ to answer the questions. Your results will be provided after you have finished the questions.

This listening exercise is taken from: OCR 2009, Asset Languages , Intermediate Arabic [Listening], Grade 7

Listening Exercise


 

My House

This post includes two quizzes that cover the Arabic names of parts of the house and common items of furniture. Soon, we will upload worksheets and sample lessons for teachers, parents and students.

Quiz 1

My House1

This quiz includes vocabulary items that name parts of house and items of furniture.

Read the word and choose its English meaning.

 

Quiz 2

My House 2

This quiz includes vocabulary items  that name parts of the house and items of furniture.

Read the word and choose its English meaning.


 

The Song of the Rain

The Song of the Rain

By Badr Shakir Assyyab

أَصيحُ بالخليج : ” يا خليجْ
يا واهبَ اللؤلؤِ ، والمَحارِ ، والرّدى
فيرجعُ الصّدى
كأنّه النشيجْ
يا خليج، يا واهب المحار والردى
أكاد أسمع العراق يذْخرُ الرعودْ
ويخزن البروق في السّهول والجبالْ
حتى إِذا ما فضَّ عنها ختمها الرّجالْ
لم تترك الرياح من ثمودْ
في الوادِ من أثرْ
أكاد أسمع النخيل يشربُ المطر
وأسمع القرى تئنّ ، والمهاجرين
يصارعون بالمجاذيف وبالقلوع
عواصف الخليج ، والرعود ، منشدين
“مطر … مطر … مطر …”

I cry out to the Gulf: “O Gulf,
Giver of pearls, oysters and death!”
And the echo sounds
like deep lamentation :
“O Gulf, Giver of oysters and death .”
I can almost hear Iraq groaning with thunder,
Storing lightning in the mountains and plains,
So once men have unleashed them,
The wind will leave in the valley no trace of Thamud.
I almost hear the palm trees drink the rain,
And I hear the villages moan and emigrants
With oar and sail defying tempests of the Gulf and thunders, chanting:
“Rain… Rain… Rain…”

 

Translation: Nizar Taha Hajj Ahmad
Reading: Ammar Haj Ahmad

Personal Pronouns


Now you can do these two quizzes to check your understanding:

Read the pronoun and choose the correct image.

Personal Pronouns (images)

Look at the image and choose the correct image.

personal pronouns

GCSE [adjectives2]

adjectives 2

This quiz is to help students who are doing GCSE exams to revise their vocabulary. The quiz includes 20 adjectives and their meanings. Read the word
[adjective] in Arabic and choose the right English meaning.

Adjectives 2 Arabic

This quiz is to help students who are doing GCSE exams to revise their vocabulary. The quiz includes 20 adjectives and their meanings. Read the word [adjective] in English and choose the right Arabic meaning.

GCSE [adjectives1]

adjectives1

This quiz is to help students who are doing GCSE exams to revise their vocabulary. The quiz includes 20 adjectives and their meanings. Read the word [adjective] in Arabic and choose the right English meaning.

 

Adjectives 1 Arabic

This quiz is to help students who are doing GCSE exams to revise their vocabulary. The quiz includes 20 adjectives and their meanings. Read the word
[adjective] in English and choose the right Arabic meaning.