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100
  • What pronoun is implied in the verbs below?
    1. ضرب لكم مثلا
    2. أَكَلَتْ فاكهة

Answer

  1. (هو)
  2. (هي)
100

what does سماعي and قياسي mean? and which root letter’s harakah is  قياسي and which root letter’s harakah is سماعي?

Answer:

  • قياسي = reason based
  • سماعي = not reason based
  • the middle root letter’s harakah is سماعي
  • the first and third root letters’ harakah is قياسي
100

Fill in the blank:

  1. a doer is either ______ or ________.
  2. An example of a _____ doer, is _____.
  3. An example of a ______ doer, is_____.
  1. A doer is either seen or hidden.
  2. An example of a seen doer is: (كتبنا (نا
  3. An example of a hidden doer: ضرب (هو)
100

Fill in the blank

  • A verb indicates ______ and _______ and it needs a __________

Answer

  • A verb indicates time and action, and it needs a doer
100

Translate to Arabic: (no need to include the disconnected pronoun)

  1. they (mixed crowd) hit.
  2. I wrote (one girl)
  3. They wrote (dual feminine).
  4. They wrote (for the feminine plural).

Answer

  1. ضربوا
  2. كتبتُ
  3. كتبتا
  4. كتبن
200

What disconnected pronouns match the pronouns in the following verbs?

  1. كتبا
  2. شرب
  3. أكلوا
  4. ضربتا
  5. علمن

Answer

  1. هما
  2. هو
  3. هم
  4. أنتما
  5. هن
200

what harakah does every past verb begin with? and what is exception to this?

  • Every past verb starts with a fatha.
  • Exception: this does not apply to passive past verbs.
200

What is the doer for شرِبَتْ?

  1. The taa connected to the verb
  2. an implied (هي)

Answer

  • The doer is an implied هي.
  • Tha taa ONLY indicates that the verb is for feminine. It is NOT the doer, and it is NOT a pronoun.
200

what does تاء التأنيث mean? Give an example of a word that has تاء التأنيث. Write down the doer in the example you provide.

The تاء التانيث means the feminine taa. Example: ضَرَبَتْ. The doer is an implied (هي).

200

Translate to Arabic: (no need to include the disconnected pronoun)

  1. you two girls knew.
  2. one boy saying “I ate”
  3. She drank.
  4. we knew (1 boy and 1 girl)
  5. they knew (2 girls)

Answer

  1. علمتُما
  2. أكلتُ
  3. شربت
  4. علمنا
  5. علمن
300

list all the discounted pronouns and the connected/implied pronouns that match them.

Answer:

  1. أنا = تُ
  2. نحن = نا
  3. أنتَ = تَ
  4. أنتِ = تِ
  5. أنتما = تما
  6. أنتم = تم
  7. أنتن = تن
  8. (هو = (هو
  9. (هي = (هي
  10. هما = ا
  11. هما = تا
  12. هم = وا
  13. هن = ن
300

What are the three patterns of form 1?

Answer

فَعَل، فَعِلَ، فَعُلَ

300
  • what is the doer in the following verbs:
    1. علمتُ
    2. كتبنا
    3. َشربت
    4. أكلتن
    5. علموا
    6. ضربتِ
    7. كتبتما

Answer

  1. تُ
  2. نا
  3. تَ
  4. تن
  5. و
  6. تِ
  7. تُما
300

what does الألف الفارقة mean? explain 3 things about its role and give an example.

Answer

  • الألف الفارقة means silent alif.
  • It does not have any meaning. 
  • it is not pronounced. 
  • Its purpose is to tell that the waw before it is for the plural (واو الجماعة)
300

Translate to Arabic: (no need to include the disconnected pronoun)

  1. you knew (2 girl)
  2. You hit (singular feminine).
  3. they knew (mixed crowd)
  4. you knew (one girl)
  5. we drank (2 girls and 3 boys)

Answer

  1. علمتما
  2. ضربتِ
  3. علموا
  4. علمتِ
  5. شربنا
400
  • what disconnected pronouns match the pronouns in the verbs below?
    1. شربتُ
    2. كتبنا
    3. علمتَ
    4. أكلتما
    5. علمتْ
    6. أكل
    7. شربتن
    8. ضربوا

Answer:

  1. أنا
  2. نحن
  3. أنت
  4. أنتما
  5. (هي)
  6. (هو)
  7. أنتن
  8. هم
400

What is a form? Give me five examples of verbs on form 1?

Answer

  • The pattern of the word is based on the number of letters and the harakat.
  • Examples: شرب، كتب، ضرب، علم، أكل
400

Point out the doer in the following verbs

  1. شربوا
  2. شربتا
  3. شربتْ
  4. كتب
  5. أكلا
  6. علمن

Answer

  1. و
  2. ا
  3. (هي)
  4. (هو)
  5. ا
  6. ن
400

How do you say the following in Arabic? Just write the past verb (no need for the disconnected pronoun)

  1. You hit (for the singular masculine).
  2. We hit.
  3. You hit (for the feminine plural).
  4. He drank.
  5. You two drank.
  6. They wrote (for the dual masculine).

Answer

  1. ضربتَ
  2. ضربنا
  3. ضربتن
  4. شرب
  5. شربتما
  6. كتبا
400

Translate to Arabic: (no need to include the disconnected pronoun)

  1. you hit (3+ girls)
  2. they ate (3+ girls)
  3. they knew (2 girls)
  4. they hit (2 girls)
  5. They wrote (plural masculine).

Answer

  1. ضربتن
  2. أكلن
  3. علمتا
  4. ضربتا
  5. كتبوا
500

What disconnected pronoun matches the pronouns in the verbs below?

  1. أكلا منها
  2. ولقد ضربنا للناس في هذا القران من كل مثل
  3. دخلْتَ جنتك
  4. ضربوا في الأرض

Answer

  1. هما
  2. نحن
  3. أنت
  4. هم
500

What harakah does the third root letter get in the past verb? Write all the options and why. 

Answer

  • fatha = if not attached to a pronoun.
  • sokoun = if attached to a pronoun.
  • depends on the big sister, if the big sister is alif, then fatha, for example, شربا, شربتا.
  • if the big sister is waw, then dummah, for example, شربوا.
500

Point out the doer in the following verbs

  1. شربوا
  2. شربتْ
  3. ضربتا
  4. علم
  5. علمن
  6. أكلتما
  7. علما
  8. شربتن
  9. كتبتم

Answer

  1. و
  2. (هي)
  3. ا
  4. هو
  5. ن
  6. تما
  7. ا
  8. تن
  9. تم
500

Identify the type of alif at the end of the following verbs: (you can write your answers in English)

  1. شربوا
  2. شربا
  3. شربتا
  4. أكلوا
  1. silent alif
  2. pronoun alif
  3. pronoun alif
  4. silent alif
500

Translate to Arabic: (no need to include the disconnected pronoun)

  1. telling one girl that: “you hit my brother.”
  2. telling a mixed crowd “you hit my tree!”
  3. telling two girls “you hit my feet!”
  4. telling your friend “they ate my pomegranate”

Answer

  1. ضربتِ أخي
  2. شربتم شجرتي
  3. ضربتما قدمي
  4. أكلوا رماني