Grade 10 Arabic โ Listening Comprehension Quiz
1. You hear: "ุฐูููุจู ุงูููุฏู ุฅูู ุงูู ุฏุฑุณุฉู." What is the tense of the verb ุฐูููุจู?
ุฐูููุจู is a past (ุงูู ุงุถู) verb form; it indicates a completed action that already happened.
2. You hear: "ููููุชูุจู ุงูููุฏู ุงูุฏุฑุณู." What is the tense of ููููุชูุจู?
ููููุชูุจู is in the present/progressive pattern (ุงูู ุถุงุฑุน) and indicates a current or habitual action.
3. You hear: "ุณูููุฒูุฑู ุงูุทุจูุจู ุบุฏูุง." What does the prefix ุณูู in ุณูููุฒูุฑู indicate?
ุณูู before a present verb marks a near future action (ุณูู/ุณู meaning 'will').
4. You hear: "ูุง ุชููุชูุจู." What is the function of ูุง in this sentence?
When ูุง precedes a verb with jussive form (as here), it forms a negative command: "Don't write."
5. You hear: "ูู ููุฐููุจู ุงูุทุงูุจู." What is the role of ูู before the verb?
ูู negates a past action and puts the following verb into the jussive/subjunctive form, meaning 'did not go.'
6. You hear the word: "ุงูุดู ุณู." What happens to the pronunciation of the definite article ุงูู when it appears before a sun letter like ุด?
Before sun letters (ุญุฑูู ุดู ุณูุฉ) the ู of ุงูู assimilates into the following consonant, producing a doubled consonant sound (e.g., ุงูุดููู ุณู pronounced ash-shamsu).
7. You hear: "ูุฐู ุจูุชู." What does the demonstrative ูุฐู indicate?
ูุฐู is the demonstrative for feminine singular near (this), used with feminine nouns like ุจูุช.
8. You hear: "ูุฐุง ููู ู." What does the demonstrative ูุฐุง indicate?
ูุฐุง is the demonstrative for masculine singular near (this), used with masculine nouns like ููู .
9. You hear: "ูุคูุงุก ุงูุทูุงุจู ุฌุงุกูุง." What number does ูุคูุงุก indicate?
ูุคูุงุก is the demonstrative for human plural (more than two) indicating 'these people' or 'these students.'
10. You hear: "ู ุนู ูุชุงุจู." What does the suffix ูู in ู ุนู indicate?
The suffix ูู is the first-person possessive/attached pronoun meaning 'my'; ู ุนู means 'with me' or 'I have.'
11. You hear: "ูุชุจุช ุงูุทุงูุจุฉ ุงูุฏุฑุณู." What does the verb ending indicate about the subject?
In the past tense a final ุช (ูุชุจุช) with a feminine subject indicates third person feminine singular, agreeing with ุงูุทุงูุจุฉ.
12. You hear: "ุงูุทูุงุจู ู ุฌุชูุฏููู." What does the ending ูููู on ู ุฌุชูุฏููู show?
ูููู (or ููู) is the masculine sound plural nominative ending used with adjectives/predicates agreeing with plural masculine nouns.
13. You hear: "ุงูุทุงูุจุชุงูู ู ุฌุชูุฏุชุงูู." What grammatical number is ุงูุทุงูุจุชุงูู?
ุงูุทุงูุจุชุงูู is the dual form (ู ุซูู) in the nominative case, indicating exactly two female students.
14. You hear two phrases: "ูุฐุง ูุชุงุจู" and "ูุฐุง ูุชุงุจู." Which phrase shows possession?
ูุชุงุจู has the suffix ูู indicating possession 'my book,' while ูุชุงุจู is indefinite and not marked for possession.
15. You hear: "ุฃูู ุฐูุจุชูุ" What kind of information does the question word ุฃูู ask for?
ุฃูู is the interrogative used to ask about place or location ('where did you go?').
16. You hear: "ู ุชู ุชุจุฏุฃ ุงูุญุตุฉุ" What does ู ุชู ask?
ู ุชู is the question word for time, meaning 'when'.
17. You hear: "ูู ูุชุงุจูุง ู ุนูุ" What does ูู ask?
ูู asks about number or quantity: 'How many books do you have?'
18. You hear: "ููู ุญุงููุ" What type of information does ููู ask for?
ููู asks about condition or mannerโ'How are you?' or 'How is the situation?'
19. You hear: "ุงููุชุงุจู ู ููุฏู." Why is ู ููุฏู with tanwฤซn (ูู)?
In a nominal sentence with a definite subject (ุงููุชุงุจู), the predicate (ู ููุฏู) can be indefinite and is marked by tanwฤซn to show indefiniteness.
20. You hear: "ููุฑูุฃูุชู ุงููุชุงุจู." What is the grammatical case of ุงููุชุงุจู?
ุงููุชุงุจู has a fatแธฅa (ูู) showing the accusative case; it is the direct object of ููุฑูุฃูุชู.
21. You hear: "ุงูููุฏู ูุฏุฑูุณู ุงูุฏุฑุณู." What is the basic word order in this sentence?
ุงูููุฏู (subject) ูุฏุฑูุณู (verb) ุงูุฏุฑุณู (object) follows S-V-O order: subject then verb then object.
22. You hear a relative clause referring to a female: which relative pronoun should you use? Example: "ุงูุทุงูุจุฉ ___ ุชุฌุชูุฏู."
ุงูุชู is the feminine singular relative pronoun used to link to a feminine antecedent like ุงูุทุงูุจุฉ.
23. You hear: "ููุชูุจู ุงูุฏุฑุณู." What voice is the verb ููุชูุจู?
ููุชูุจู is the past tense passive form indicating 'The lesson was written'โthe doer is not specified.
24. You hear: "ููููุชูุจู ุงูุฏุฑุณู ุบุฏูุง." What voice and tense is ููููุชูุจู?
ููููุชูุจู is the present/passive form meaning 'is being written' or 'will be written' depending on context; it is passive in the present tense.
25. You hear: "ูุง ุฃุญุฏู ุฌุงุกู." What is the meaning/function of ุฃุญุฏู in this negative sentence?
In negation with ูุง or similar negatives, ุฃุญุฏู means 'no one' or 'nobody,' as in 'No one came.'