Arabic · Practice Paper 4 · the mid-term, Units 1–8

The Mid-term · Units 1–8

One win: sit the book's 100-mark mid-term on everything so far, and find out what has stuck from greetings to work. It is the first paper with a listening section, and that section is worth 38 marks: you will need sound.

Reproduced from the textbook, الاِخْتِبارُ النِّصْفِيُّ (الوَحَداتُ ١-٨), book pp.217–222, with its listening texts from pp.256–257 · sixteen exercises · marks as printed · ≈60 minutes, in two sittings if you like (listening, then the rest) · revise with the reference sheet

How the marking works

Each item is marked the moment you answer it, and only a first answer earns the mark. Where the paper wants you to write (a heard word, an answer to a question), the page cannot read your handwriting: write or say your answer, open the model, and rate yourself honestly. In the listening section, press 🔊, listen (twice at most, as in a real exam), and answer before you open anything; what was said is kept behind a fold below each exercise. Reload the page for a clean paper.

Two places where the book lets you down

Listening (ب): the script at the back stops after its second statement, so questions ٥ to ٧ ask about a teacher the recording never mentions. Structures (د) item ٣: the sentence has no visible error as printed. Both are explained where you meet them, and both are still worth their mark: the page tells you how to take it.

0 / 1000 of 100 answered

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1. Read the paper first

Six instructions are new on this paper, all of them in the listening section, plus two in the grammar section. Hear them once and know what each asks.

On the paper	It asks	🔊
اِسْتَمِعْ إِلى السُّؤالِ ثُمَّ اخْتَرِ الجَوابَ	listen to the question, then choose the answer
اِسْتَمِعْ إِلى العِبارَةِ ثُمَّ اكْتُبِ الجَوابَ الصَّحيحَ	listen to the statement, then write the right answer
اُكْتُبِ الكَلِمَةَ الَّتي تَسْمَعُها	write the word you hear
اِسْتَمِعْ واخْتَرِ الكَلِمَةَ الصَّحيحَةَ	listen, and choose the right word
اِسْتَمِعْ إِلى الحِوارِ ثُمَّ أَجِبْ بِنَعَمْ أَوْ بِلا	listen to the dialogue, then answer yes or no
اُكْتُبِ العِبارَةَ الَّتي تَسْمَعُها	write the sentence you hear
اِخْتَرْ أَداةَ الاِسْتِفْهامِ المُناسِبَةَ	choose the right question word
ضَعْ عَلامَةَ (✓) بِجانِبِ الجُمْلَةِ الصَّحيحَةِ	tick the correct sentence (and X the wrong one)

Words on this paper that no unit has taught beyond the book

The mid-term uses a handful of words that are on no Unit 1–8 page, on no unit word list, and not in the book's supporting list. Read them here once so they do not cost you a mark; none is carded, none is drilled.

أَبْيَض · أَسْوَد white · black (two colours, in a group to add to)
فَوْقَ · شِمال above · left (two place words, the same)
ثَوْب a garment, the long robe men wear · مَجَلَّة a magazine
البَيْض eggs · الحَلْوى sweets (this one is in the supporting list)
يَتَناوَلُ he has (a meal) · قَبْلَ before, the partner of بَعْدَ

2. أَوَّلاً: فَهْمُ المَسْموع · Listening, 38 marks

(أ) اِسْتَمِعْ إِلى السُّؤالِ ثُمَّ اخْتَرِ الجَوابَ.

– / 5

Press 🔊 to hear the question, then tap the answer that fits it. Every wrong answer is a real sentence that answers a different question: you are listening for the question word.

Question ١

آكُلُ السَّمَكَ والسَّلَطَةَ.
نَعَمْ. في الغَداءِ.
الفاكِهَةُ عَلى المائِدَةِ.

Question ٢

آكُلُ العِنَبَ.
لا، أُفَضِّلُ الشّايَ.
الحَليبُ عَلى المائِدَةِ.

Question ٣

يُصَلّي أَحْمَدُ الفَجْرَ.
هُوَ ذاهِبٌ إِلى البَيْتِ.
في شَقَّةٍ.

Question ٤

أَنا سُعودِيَّةٌ.
أَدْرُسُ في كُلِّيَّةِ الطِّبِّ.
اِسْمي إِلْهام.

Question ٥

أَعْمَلُ سَبْعَ ساعاتٍ.
أَعْمَلُ في الشَّرِكَةِ.
أَعْمَلُ مُهَنْدِساً.

what was asked

١ ماذا تَأْكُلُ في الغَداءِ؟ · ٢ هَلْ تَشْرَبُ القَهْوَةَ؟ · ٣ أَيْنَ يَسْكُنُ أَحْمَدُ؟ · ٤ في أَيِّ كُلِّيَّةٍ تَدْرُسينَ؟ · ٥ كَمْ ساعَةً تَعْمَلُ في اليَوْمِ؟

Five units in five questions: food (Unit 5), housing (3), study (7), work (8). Number ٥ is the hardest, because all three options start أَعْمَلُ: only كَمْ picks the hours.

(ب) اِسْتَمِعْ إِلى العِبارَةِ ثُمَّ اكْتُبِ الجَوابَ الصَّحيحَ.

– / 8

Hear the two statements (each as often as you need, the exam would allow two), then answer the eight printed questions aloud or on paper, open the model answer, and rate yourself.

statement one · statement two

Questions ٥ to ٧ have no recording

The script at the back of the book (p.256) stops in the middle of its second statement's closing bracket, and nothing about مُحَمَّد is ever printed. Questions ٥ to ٧ ask about him: a teacher, his school stage, how he gets to school. Answer them as a speaking drill: say a correct full sentence in the question's frame, and count it right if it is. In class, your teacher has the real text.

١- أَيْنَ تَعْمَلُ؟

أَعْمَلُ في المُسْتَشْفى. (statement one)

٢- ما مِهْنَةُ أَحْمَدَ؟

أَحْمَدُ مُهَنْدِسٌ.

٣- أَيْنَ يَعْمَلُ أَحْمَدُ؟

يَعْمَلُ في شَرِكَةٍ كَبيرَةٍ.

٤- كَيْفَ يَذْهَبُ إِلى الشَّرِكَةِ؟

يَذْهَبُ إِلى الشَّرِكَةِ بِالحافِلَةِ.

٥- ما مِهْنَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ؟

Not in the book's recording. The questions after it make him a teacher: مُحَمَّدٌ مُدَرِّسٌ is the frame. Right if your sentence is correct.

٦- في أَيِّ مَرْحَلَةٍ يُدَرِّسُ؟

Not in the recording. The frame: يُدَرِّسُ في المَرْحَلَةِ الاِبْتِدائِيَّةِ (or المُتَوَسِّطَةِ). Note يُدَرِّسُ, teaches.

٧- كَيْفَ يَذْهَبُ إِلى المَدْرَسَةِ؟

Not in the recording. The frame: يَذْهَبُ إِلى المَدْرَسَةِ بِالسَّيّارَةِ (or بِالحافِلَةِ).

٨- كَمْ ساعَةً يَعْمَلُ في اليَوْمِ؟

يَعْمَلُ سِتَّ ساعاتٍ في اليَوْمِ. That is Ahmad's figure, the only one recorded; if the question meant Muhammad, it has no source either.

what was said

أَعْمَلُ في المُسْتَشْفى. · أَحْمَدُ مُهَنْدِسٌ يَعْمَلُ في شَرِكَةٍ كَبيرَةٍ، يَذْهَبُ إِلى الشَّرِكَةِ بِالحافِلَةِ، ويَعْمَلُ سِتَّ ساعاتٍ في اليَوْمِ.

The second is Unit 8's Mahmoud portrait (p.209) with a new name and six hours instead of seven.

(ج) اُكْتُبِ الكَلِمَةَ الَّتي تَسْمَعُها.

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Hear each word and write it down. These are sound drills, not vocabulary: most are words the course does not use, chosen for one letter that is easy to mishear. The mark is for that letter. Open the answer only after you have written.

Word ١

كَرَّ · the first letter is ك, not ق

Word ٢

عليم · it opens on ع, not أ

Word ٣

حاد · ح, not ه

Word ٤

ماط · it ends on ط, not ت

Word ٥

كاهل · ك and ه (not ح)

Word ٦

قال · ق, not ك: the one common word in the set, “he said”

Word ٧

سعل · س (not ص) and ع

Word ٨

حرص · ح and ص (not س)

about these words

The script prints them unvocalised (only كَرَّ carries marks), and the audio reads them one plausible way. If your browser's voice blurs a pair such as س / ص, that is the voice, not your ear: the units' own الأَصْوات pages are where the book trains these sounds, and this course has left those pages to the class.

(د) اِسْتَمِعْ واخْتَرِ الكَلِمَةَ الصَّحيحَةَ.

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Each pair differs in one sound. Hear the word, tap the one you heard.

Pair ١

كانَ
خانَ

Pair ٢

هَوى
حَوى

Pair ٣

كُل
قُل

Pair ٤

عَسى
عَصى

Pair ٥

أَلَم
عَلَم

Pair ٦

تابَ
طابَ

Pair ٧

قَرَّ
غَرَّ

Pair ٨

فِتْنَة
فِطْنَة

what was said, and the sound in each pair

١ خانَ (ك / خ) · ٢ حَوى (ه / ح) · ٣ كُل (ك / ق; Unit 6's command “eat!”) · ٤ عَصى (س / ص) · ٥ أَلَم (ء / ع) · ٦ طابَ (ت / ط) · ٧ قَرَّ (ق / غ) · ٨ فِطْنَة (ت / ط).

(هـ) اِسْتَمِعْ إِلى الحِوارِ ثُمَّ أَجِبْ بِنَعَمْ أَوْ بِلا.

– / 5

Hear the whole dialogue, then decide each printed statement. The man answering is the “I” of every statement.

the dialogue

١- أَسْتَيْقِظُ يَوْمَ الخَميسِ مُبَكِّراً.

نَعَمْ
لا

٢- أَسْتَيْقِظُ بَعْدَ الفَجْرِ.

نَعَمْ
لا

٣- أُصَلّي الفَجْرَ في المَسْجِدِ.

نَعَمْ
لا

٤- أَنامُ بَعْدَ الصَّلاةِ.

نَعَمْ
لا

٥- في الصَّباحِ أَقْرَأُ كِتاباً وصَحيفَةً.

نَعَمْ
لا

what was said

مَتى تَسْتَيْقِظُ يَوْمَ الخَميسِ؟ أَسْتَيْقِظُ قَبْلَ صَلاةِ الفَجْرِ. · أَيْنَ تُصَلّي الفَجْرَ؟ أُصَلّي في المَسْجِدِ. · مَتى تَنامُ؟ أَنامُ بَعْدَ الصَّلاةِ. · ماذا تَفْعَلُ في الصَّباحِ؟ أَقْرَأُ كِتاباً وصَحيفَةً.

The key word is قَبْلَ, “before”, which no unit has taught: he wakes before the dawn prayer, so ١ is yes (that is early, though he never says مُبَكِّراً) and ٢ is no. This is Unit 4's day off retold, with one line turned round: Unit 4's man said لا أَنامُ بَعْدَ الصَّلاةِ; this one goes back to sleep.

(و) اُكْتُبِ العِبارَةَ الَّتي تَسْمَعُها.

– / 4

Hear each sentence, write it down in full, then compare.

Sentence ١

أَحْمَدُ مُهَنْدِسٌ.

Sentence ٢

أَسْتَيْقِظُ مُبَكِّراً.

Sentence ٣

فاطِمَةُ تَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ.

Sentence ٤

يَذْهَبُ إِلى المَدْرَسَةِ.

3. ثانِياً: القِراءَة والمُفْرَدات · Reading & vocabulary, 29 marks

(أ) اِقْرَأِ الفِقْرَةَ، ثُمَّ أَجِبْ عَنِ الأَسْئِلَةِ الَّتي تَليها.

– / 4

Read the two sentences aloud, then answer each question in a full sentence before you open the model.

يَسْكُنُ حَسّانُ في شَقَّةٍ في حَيِّ المَطارِ. ويَسْكُنُ أَحْمَدُ في بَيْتٍ في حَيِّ الجامِعَةِ.

meaning

Hassan lives in a flat in the Airport district. And Ahmad lives in a house in the University district. Unit 3's two districts, word for word.

١- أَيْنَ يَسْكُنُ حَسّانُ؟

يَسْكُنُ في شَقَّةٍ في حَيِّ المَطارِ.

٢- هَلْ يَسْكُنُ حَسّانُ في بَيْتٍ؟

لا، يَسْكُنُ في شَقَّةٍ.

٣- مَنْ يَسْكُنُ في حَيِّ الجامِعَةِ؟

أَحْمَدُ.

٤- هَلْ يَسْكُنُ أَحْمَدُ في بَيْتٍ؟

نَعَمْ، يَسْكُنُ في بَيْتٍ.

(ب) اِقْرَأِ الفِقْرَةَ ثُمَّ أَجِبْ عَنِ الأَسْئِلَةِ الَّتي تَليها.

– / 6

Unit 5's fat man, now with clock times. Read it aloud, then answer.

عُثْمانُ سَمينٌ جِداً، يَأْكُلُ أَرْبَعَ وَجَباتٍ في اليَوْمِ: الفَطورَ السّاعَةَ السّادِسَةَ صَباحاً. والغَداءَ السّاعَةَ الواحِدَةَ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، والعَشاءَ السّاعَةَ السّابِعَةَ مَساءً. ويَأْكُلُ وَجْبَةً بَعْدَ الفَطورِ وقَبْلَ الغَداءِ. يُحِبُّ عُثْمانُ الطَّعامَ؛ يَأْكُلُ في الفَطورِ السَّمَكَ والبَيْضَ. ويَأْكُلُ في الغَداءِ اللَّحْمَ والدَّجاجَ. ويَأْكُلُ قَبْلَ الغَداءِ الحَلْوى ويَشْرَبُ الشّايَ ثُمَّ القَهْوَةَ.

meaning

Uthman is very fat. He eats four meals a day: breakfast at six in the morning, lunch at one in the afternoon, and dinner at seven in the evening. And he eats a meal after breakfast and before lunch. Uthman loves food: at breakfast he eats fish and eggs, at lunch meat and chicken, and before lunch he eats sweets and drinks tea, then coffee.

New here, for reading only: البَيْض eggs, الحَلْوى sweets, قَبْلَ before, and in the questions يَتَناوَلُ, “he has (a meal)”. مَساءً is Unit 7's evening said the way صَباحاً is. The page prints جِداً without its shadda; the audio says جِدّاً, as Unit 5 does.

١- كَمْ وَجْبَةً يَأْكُلُ عُثْمانُ في اليَوْمِ؟

يَأْكُلُ أَرْبَعَ وَجَباتٍ في اليَوْمِ.

٢- مَتى يَتَناوَلُ الوَجْبَةَ الأولى؟

السّاعَةَ السّادِسَةَ صَباحاً. (the first meal, breakfast)

٣- مَتى يَتَناوَلُ العَشاءَ؟

السّاعَةَ السّابِعَةَ مَساءً.

٤- ماذا يُحِبُّ عُثْمانُ؟

يُحِبُّ الطَّعامَ.

٥- ماذا يَأْكُلُ في الغَداءِ؟

يَأْكُلُ اللَّحْمَ والدَّجاجَ.

٦- ماذا يَأْكُلُ قَبْلَ الغَداءِ؟

يَأْكُلُ الحَلْوى, and he drinks tea, then coffee.

(ج) ضَعْ عَلامَةَ (X) عَلى الكَلِمَةِ الغَريبَةِ.

– / 10

Put an X on the odd word out: tap the one that does not belong. Ten rows, eight units.

Row ١

مَدْرَسَةٌ
بَيْتٌ
جامِعَةٌ
كُلِّيَّةٌ

Row ٢

شايٌ
لَحْمٌ
دَجاجٌ
سَمَكٌ

Row ٣

أَخٌ
أَبٌ
سَجّادَةٌ
اِبْنٌ

Row ٤

يَقْرَأُ
يُصَلّي
يُشاهِدُ
مُدَرِّسٌ

Row ٥

سَريرٌ
فُرْنٌ
ثَلّاجَةٌ
سَخّانٌ

Row ٦

صَحيفَةٌ
كِتابٌ
ثَلّاجَةٌ
مَجَلَّةٌ

Row ٧

حافِلَةٌ
مَسْجِدٌ
مَدْرَسَةٌ
غُرْفَةٌ

Row ٨

ثَوْبٌ
جَدٌّ
عَمٌّ
اِبْنَةٌ

Row ٩

جَدْوَلٌ دِراسِيٌّ
كِتابٌ
صَحيفَةٌ
ساعَةٌ

Row ١٠

حَمّامٌ
سِتارَةٌ
مَطْبَخٌ
غُرْفَةُ نَوْمٍ

why each one

١ a house, among places of study · ٢ a drink, among foods · ٣ a carpet, among family · ٤ a noun, among verbs · ٥ a bed; the rest are Unit 3's kitchen appliances · ٦ a fridge, among things you read (مَجَلَّة is a magazine) · ٧ a bus, among places · ٨ a garment (ثَوْب), among family · ٩ a clock, among things you read · ١٠ a curtain, among rooms.

(د) أَضِفْ كَلِمَتَيْنِ لِكُلِّ مَجْموعَةٍ.

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Add two words to each group: one mark a group, as Exam 1 marked it. Say both aloud, then open the model and rate yourself. The first two groups ask for words the course has not taught; the model answer says what you can use.

١- أَلْوانٌ: أَبْيَضُ – أَسْوَدُ – ...... – ......

Colours beyond the book: no colour is on any Unit 1–8 page or list. The usual answers are أَحْمَرُ · أَخْضَرُ · أَزْرَقُ · أَصْفَرُ (red, green, blue, yellow). If you could not name two, that is the book's gap, not yours.

٢- ظُروفٌ: فَوْقَ – شِمالَ – ...... – ......

Place and time words. You have four: بِجانِبِ (Unit 6), بَعْدَ · عِنْدَ (Unit 4), الآنَ (Unit 7). فَوْقَ above and شِمال left are beyond the book.

٣- أَعْدادٌ: ثالِثٌ – رابِعٌ – ...... – ......

Ranking words: خامِسٌ · سادِسٌ · سابِعٌ · ثامِنٌ · تاسِعٌ · عاشِرٌ (or أَوَّلُ · ثانٍ)

٤- أَفْعالٌ: يَذْهَبُ – يُشاهِدُ – ...... – ......

Any he-form: يَقْرَأُ · يَكْتُبُ · يَأْكُلُ · يَعْمَلُ · يَدْرُسُ · يَسْكُنُ · يُصَلّي

٥- جِنْسِيّاتٌ: باكِسْتانِيٌّ – سورِيٌّ – ...... – ......

Unit 1's nationalities: مِصْرِيٌّ · سُعودِيٌّ (and any other country with ـِيٌّ)

٦- مِهَنٌ: طالِبٌ – مُدَرِّسٌ – ...... – ......

طَبيبٌ · مُهَنْدِسٌ · طَيّارٌ · صَيْدَلِيٌّ · مُمَرِّضٌ · مُعَلِّمٌ (Units 1, 7, 8)

٧- ضَمائِرُ: أَنا – هُوَ – ...... – ......

أَنْتَ · أَنْتِ · هِيَ (Unit 1)

٨- الأُسْرَةُ: أَبٌ – أَخٌ – ...... – ......

أُمٌّ · أُخْتٌ · جَدٌّ · جَدَّةٌ · اِبْنٌ · اِبْنَةٌ · عَمٌّ · عَمَّةٌ (Unit 2)

٩- أَيّامٌ: الجُمُعَةُ – السَّبْتُ – ...... – ......

الأَحَدُ · الإِثْنَيْنِ · الثُّلاثاءُ · الأَرْبِعاءُ · الخَميسُ (Unit 3)