Arabic A2, Unit 14: Review: travel

Review: travel

Arabic A2 · Unit 14

GoalRead a text about a trip and use everything from Unit 14 and the earlier units.

New words

أَمْس وَصَلَ كَرِيم إِلَى الْمَطَار مَعَ أَبِيه. (ʾams waṣala Karīm ʾilā l-maṭār maʿa ʾabīhi) · yesterday Karim arrived at the airport with his fatherحَجَزَ كَرِيم تَذْكِرَتَيْن إِلَى الْقَاهِرَة، ذَهَاب وَإِيَاب. (ḥajaza Karīm tadhkiratayn ʾilā l-Qāhira, dhahāb wa-ʾiyāb) · Karim booked two tickets to Cairo, returnسَافَرَ كَرِيم وَأَبُوه بِالطَّائِرَة. (sāfara Karīm wa-ʾabūhu bi-ṭ-ṭāʾira) · Karim and his father travelled by planeفِي الْفُنْدُق كَانَتِ الْغُرْفَة نَظِيفَة وَمُرِيحَة. (fī l-funduq kānat al-ghurfa naẓīfatan wa-murīḥatan) · in the hotel the room was clean and comfortableبَعْد الْفَطُور سَيَذْهَب كَرِيم إِلَى السُّوق وَسَيَشْتَرِي حَقِيبَة جَدِيدَة. (baʿd al-faṭūr sa-yadhhab Karīm ʾilā s-sūq wa-sa-yashtarī ḥaqība jadīda) · after breakfast Karim will go to the market and buy a new bag

Explanation

This lesson brings Unit 14 together with the earlier units. Read the text about Karim's trip aloud, line by line, and answer the questions. You can name travel places, say how you travel with بِـ, buy and book tickets, ask for a hotel room and give commands. At the end write your own text about a trip.

I can…	Example
say how I travel	أُسَافِر بِالْقِطَار
buy a ticket	أُرِيد تَذْكِرَة ذَهَاب وَإِيَاب
ask about time	مَتَى يُغَادِر الْقِطَار؟
ask for a room	هَل عِنْدَكُم غُرْفَة خَالِيَة؟
give commands	اِنْتَظِر، تَعَالَ، خُذ

Worked examples

أَمْس وَصَلَ كَرِيم إِلَى الْمَطَار مَعَ أَبِيه.
حَجَزَ كَرِيم تَذْكِرَتَيْن إِلَى الْقَاهِرَة، ذَهَاب وَإِيَاب.
سَافَرَ كَرِيم وَأَبُوه بِالطَّائِرَة.
فِي الْفُنْدُق كَانَتِ الْغُرْفَة نَظِيفَة وَمُرِيحَة.
بَعْد الْفَطُور سَيَذْهَب كَرِيم إِلَى السُّوق وَسَيَشْتَرِي حَقِيبَة جَدِيدَة.

A text: Karim's trip. Read it first, then press Listen.

Dina

أَيْن أَنْتَ يَا فَادِي؟

Fadi

وَصَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَحَطَّة.

Dina

تَعَالَ إِلَى الْفُنْدُق! أَدْعُوك إِلَى الْغَدَاء.

Fadi

بِكُلّ سُرُور! سَأَصِل بَعْد سَاعَة.

Dina calls Fadi. Press each line.

Mixed sentences.

Class activity

Write your own text of five lines about a trip: where you went, how you travelled, what tickets you bought, where you slept and what you will do next. Use the past and the future.

Practice

How did Karim travel, and with whom?

What tickets did Karim book?

The picture shows a hotel. How was the room?

Press Listen. What must you take: the passport, the ticket or the key?

Write in Arabic: “Tomorrow I will travel by train.”

Travel and transport

Review: travel