Arabic A2, Unit 6: Review of Part A

Review of Part A

Arabic A2 · Unit 6

GoalRead a short text about Layla and use everything from Units 1–6.

New words

اِسْمِي لَيْلَى، وَأَنَا طَالِبَة (ismī Laylā, wa-ʾanā ṭāliba) · my name is Layla, and I am a studentأَسْكُن فِي بَيْت صَغِير مَعَ عَائِلَتِي (ʾaskun fī bayt ṣaghīr maʿa ʿāʾilatī) · I live in a small house with my familyأَذْهَب إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَة مَعَ صَدِيقَتِي سَلْمَى (ʾadhhab ʾilā l-madrasa maʿa ṣadīqatī Salmā) · I go to school with my friend Salmaمَدْرَسَتُنَا كَبِيرَة، وَمُعَلِّمَاتُنَا مُجْتَهِدَات (madrasatunā kabīra, wa-muʿallimātunā mujtahidāt) · our school is big, and our teachers are hard-workingبَعْد الْمَدْرَسَة أَقْرَأ كُتُبِي فِي الْحَدِيقَة، لِأَنَّ الْحَدِيقَة جَمِيلَة (baʿd al-madrasa ʾaqraʾ kutubī fī l-ḥadīqa, li-ʾanna l-ḥadīqa jamīla) · after school I read my books in the garden, because the garden is beautiful

Explanation

This lesson brings Part A together. You can use the present and the past of regular verbs, say no with لَا and مَا, and use possessive endings. You can make plurals and the dual, and join sentences with prepositions and linking words. Read the text below aloud, line by line, and then answer the questions. At the end write your own text of five lines about yourself.

I can…	Example
use the present tense	أَكْتُب، تَكْتُبِين، يَكْتُبُون
use the past tense and say no	ذَهَبْتُ، مَا ذَهَبْتُ
say my, your, their	كِتَابِي، كِتَابُك، كِتَابُهُم
make the construct	كِتَاب الْمُعَلِّم
make plurals and the dual	كُتُب، كِتَابَان
use prepositions	فِي الْبَيْت، مَعَ صَدِيقِي
join sentences	لَكِن، لِأَنَّ، لِذَلِك

Worked examples

اِسْمِي لَيْلَى، وَأَنَا طَالِبَة.
أَسْكُن فِي بَيْت صَغِير مَعَ عَائِلَتِي.
أَذْهَب إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَة مَعَ صَدِيقَتِي سَلْمَى.
مَدْرَسَتُنَا كَبِيرَة، وَمُعَلِّمَاتُنَا مُجْتَهِدَات.
بَعْد الْمَدْرَسَة أَقْرَأ كُتُبِي فِي الْحَدِيقَة، لِأَنَّ الْحَدِيقَة جَمِيلَة.

A text: Layla tells about herself. Read it first, then press Listen.

Omar

أَيْن كُتُبُكِ؟

Mona

كُتُبِي فِي حَقِيبَتِي.

Omar

مَا ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى الْمَكْتَبَة أَمْس.

Mona

نَذْهَب غَدًا مَعًا.

Omar and Mona talk after school. Press each line.

Short sentences from different units.

Class activity

Write your own text. Write five lines about yourself, like Layla's text: your name, where you live, how you go to school or work, one thing about your family or friends, and what you do after school or work. Use at least one preposition, one possessive ending, one linking word and one time word. Read it aloud.

Practice

Where does Layla live?

With whom does Layla go to school?

What does Layla do after school, and why?

The picture shows a school. Write “my school is big”.

The picture shows a family. Write “their house is beautiful”.

Prepositions and linking words

Review of Part A