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Listening Comprehension, current news – answers Posted by aziza on May 19, 2014
In this post, I present the answer of the listening comprehension exercise presented in my previous post, and the transcription of the news story. Questions and Answers: How many soldiers did the Algerian Ministry of Defence deploy? Forty thousand soldiers were deployed. Why was this action taken? In response to information that an…
Listening Comprehension, current news Posted by aziza on May 18, 2014
Listen to the news story in the video, and answer the following questions. You can use the vocabulary items presented below to assist your comprehension. Questions: How many soldiers did the Algerian Ministry of Defence deploy? Why was this action taken? Where were the forces deployed? What did the security source say about this…
Identifying passive participles Posted by aziza on May 9, 2014
Passive participle (اسم المفعول) is a specific form in Arabic which is used commonly to refer to the object of the action. This form is derived from verbs in certain ways. From form I verbs, e.g.كتب – درس – حمل , the active participle follows the pattern مفعول , for example, كتب – مكتوب درس…
Recognizing active participles Posted by aziza on May 7, 2014
Active participle (اسم الفاعل) is a specific form in Arabic which is used commonly to refer to the doer of the action. This form is derived from verbs in certain ways. From form I verbs, e.g.كتب – درس – حمل , the active participle follows the pattern فاعل , for example, كتب – كاتب درس…
Practice the use of prepositions Posted by aziza on Apr 30, 2014
Last week, I presented a reading passage about reading to practice our comprehension. Today, I use the same passage to practice the use of prepositions. Please use the pronouns below to complete the passage as appropriate. When finished, scroll down to the end of the page to check the answers. عن، ل، في،من، على،…
Word search game, answer Posted by aziza on Apr 28, 2014
In this post, I present the answer of the word search game published yesterday. All the words are related to communications and media. If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation إعلام إعلان تليفزيون راديو الانترنت رسالة اتصال حوار هاتف جوال…
Word search game Posted by aziza on Apr 27, 2014
In this post, I have prepared an Arabic word search game. Can you find the 10 words below in the table? If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation. All the words are related to communications and media. إعلام إعلان تليفزيون…