Tag Archives: Vocabulary
Arabic Greetings Posted by aziza on Dec 22, 2017
What can I say on special occasions? There are lots of special occasions that require greetings in them. The greeting you use for a birthday party would be different from the one you use in Christmas, for example. In this post, I give you some occasions and possible greetings in them, and also the replies…
Plural or singular? Posted by aziza on Nov 24, 2017
Some English words are always plural, e.g. trousers, jeans, socks, scissors, tweezers, glasses, spectacles, among others. When translating these words into Arabic, we have singular nouns, e.g. trousers = سروال / بنطال هذا السروال قصير جداً. These trousers are very short. jeans = جينز هل هذا الجينز جديد؟ Are these jeans new? socks = جورب…
Kirkuk and Kurdish Independence Posted by aziza on Sep 24, 2017
This post deals with a very important event in the Middle East nowadays which is Iraqi Kurdistan independence vote. This story relates to the attitude in the city of Kirkuk towards this vote. Please listen to the first minute and answer the questions that follow. The word list at the end can help. كيف يفهم…
Listening comprehension, economy1 Posted by aziza on Jun 25, 2017
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercises presented earlier. English Questions and Answers: How does the report describe Qatar’s economy? The report describes Qatar’s economy as strong and competitive. What is the rank of Qatar on the list of countries by GDP per capita? Qatar takes the first…
Listening comprehension, economy Posted by aziza on Jun 23, 2017
Listen to the news story below and answer the questions that follow. The topic of the news story is the Qatari economy. The answer of all the questions is based on the first 1:40 seconds of the video. You can use the additional vocabulary below to assist your comprehension. Answer the following questions in English…
Reading answers, social media Posted by aziza on May 19, 2017
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise based on an article from BBC Arabic, on the effect of social media on youth in the UK. أكد استطلاع جديد أجري في بريطانيا أن غالبية البريطانيين يرون أن موقع انستغرام هو “الأسوأ بين منصات التواصل الاجتماعي” من حيث تأثيره السيء على…
Reading comprehension, social media Posted by aziza on May 19, 2017
In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise based on an article from BBC Arabic, on the effect of social media on youth in the UK. Please read the news story and answer the following questions. You can use the additional vocabulary list at the end to aid your comprehension. أكد استطلاع جديد أجري…