Arabic A2 — Elementary: past, future, descriptions, food

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What you can do when A2 is finished

• Talk about past and future with correct endings
• Describe things with ال and matching adjectives
• Shop, order food and ask prices

A2, unit by unit

Past and future

Past tense: درستُ

The past wears SUFFIXES! درستُ (I studied), درستَ (you-m studied), درستِ (you-f studied), درسَ (he studied), درسَتْ (she studied). One stem درسـ + five tails. Your tail tells who!

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. multiple choice, fill in the blank, translation, reverse translation, matching, reorder, sentence building, word selection, error correction, dialogue completion, reading comprehension, paragraph comprehension. Every exercise works on Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register.

1. multiple choicePractice 1 [multiple choice] — Past tense: درستُ: Choose the contextual meaning of أمس (ams).

   1. yesterday
   2. today
   3. tomorrow
   Show the answer

   yesterday

2. fill the gapPractice 2 [fill in the blank] — Past tense: درستُ: Type the complete Arabic script expression meaning “today”.

   Show the answer

   اليوم

3. translatePractice 3 [translation] — Past tense: درستُ: Read غدا (ghadan) and give its lesson meaning.

   Show the answer

   tomorrow

4. translate into the languagePractice 4 [reverse translation] — Past tense: درستُ: Produce “in the morning” in Arabic script, not romanisation alone.

   Show the answer

   صباحا

5. matchingPractice 5 [matching] — Past tense: درستُ: Match مساء to its contextual meaning.

   1. then
   2. in the evening
   3. before
   Show the answer

   in the evening

6. put it in orderPractice 6 [reorder] — Past tense: درستُ: Rebuild this model with correct Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register: I didn't study.

   Show the answer

   ما درستُ.

7. build the sentencePractice 7 [sentence building] — Past tense: درستُ: Rebuild this model with correct Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register: I studied Arabic yesterday.

   Show the answer

   درستُ العربية أمس.

8. choose the wordPractice 8 [word selection] — Past tense: درستُ: Select the correct target form for “after”.

   1. أمس
   2. اليوم
   3. بعد
   Show the answer

   بعد

9. find the mistakePractice 9 [error correction] — Past tense: درستُ: Replace a script, morphology, particle, or register error with the lesson model for “I didn't study.”.

   Show the answer

   ما درستُ.

10. finish the dialoguePractice 10 [dialogue completion] — Past tense: درستُ: Complete ليلى’s turn in the taught register: I studied, then I went out.

    Show the answer

    درستُ، ثم خرجتُ.

11. readingPractice 11 [reading comprehension] — Past tense: درستُ: Read وأنا قرأتُ كتابا في المساء. (wa anā qaraʾtu kitāban fī al-masāʾ.). What exact detail is communicated?

    Show the answer

    And I read a book in the evening.

12. paragraphPractice 12 [paragraph comprehension] — Past tense: درستُ: Read the complete dialogue and explain this turn’s function: ممتع!

    Show the answer

    Fun!

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkدرستُ means…

   1. you studied
   2. I studied
   3. he studied
   4. we studied
   Show the answer

   I studied

   -تُ = I.

2. quick checkدرسَتْ means…

   1. I studied
   2. you studied
   3. she studied
   4. they studied
   Show the answer

   she studied

   -َتْ = she.

3. quick checkPast negative uses…

   1. لا
   2. ما
   3. لن
   4. هل
   Show the answer

   ما

   ما درستُ = didn't study.

4. quick checkأمس means…

   1. today
   2. yesterday
   3. tomorrow
   4. tonight
   Show the answer

   yesterday

   أمس = yesterday.

5. quick checkHE-studied is…

   1. درستُ
   2. درستَ
   3. درسَ
   4. ندرس
   Show the answer

   درسَ

   He = bare درسَ.

Worksheet: Past tense worksheet

Review list. أمس · اليوم · غدا · صباحا

Future: سأدرس

Two futures! سـ + present (سأدرس = I will study) for quick plans, سوف + present (سوف أدرس) for bigger ones. Just glue سـ onto the present verb — done!

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. main idea, detail identification, inference, listening comprehension, dictation, listen and choose, listen and reorder, listen and fill, repeat after audio, pronunciation, shadowing, guided speaking. Every exercise works on Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register.

1. the main ideaPractice 2 [main idea] — Future: سأدرس: What is the central communicative purpose of “Future: سأدرس”?

   Show the answer

   Two futures! سـ + present (سأدرس = I will study) for quick plans, سوف + present (سوف أدرس) for bigger ones.

2. spot the detailPractice 3 [detail identification] — Future: سأدرس: Read سأعمل، ثم سأخرج. (sa-aʿmal, thumma sa-akhruj.). What exact detail is communicated?

   Show the answer

   I will work, then I will go out.

3. what is meantPractice 4 [inference] — Future: سأدرس: Infer the intended meaning or social force of سأدرس العربية. without overclaiming.

   Show the answer

   I will study Arabic.

4. listeningPractice 5 [listening comprehension] — Future: سأدرس: Play the synthetic audio and give its precise contextual meaning.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

   Show the answer

   What will you do tomorrow? (to m)

5. dictationPractice 6 [dictation] — Future: سأدرس: Play the labeled synthetic Arabic audio and type the complete line in Arabic script.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

   Show the answer

   سأدرس العربية. وأنتِ؟

6. listen and choosePractice 7 [listen and choose] — Future: سأدرس: Play the synthetic audio and select its contextual meaning.

   1. I will work, then I will go out.
   2. See you soon!
   3. sometimes

   audio drill — play it in the course player

   Show the answer

   I will work, then I will go out.

7. listen, then orderPractice 8 [listen and reorder] — Future: سأدرس: Rebuild this model with correct Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register: We will speak!

   audio drill — play it in the course player

   Show the answer

   سوف نتكلم!

8. listen and fillPractice 9 [listen and fill] — Future: سأدرس: Play the synthetic audio and complete the line beginning “ماذا…”.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

   Show the answer

   ماذا ستفعل غدا؟

9. repeat itPractice 10 [repeat after audio] — Future: سأدرس: Repeat the synthetic model with accurate phrase grouping; no microphone score is claimed.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

   Show the answer

   سأدرس العربية. وأنتِ؟

10. pronunciationPractice 11 [pronunciation] — Future: سأدرس: Practise بعد ساعة (baʿda sāʿa) with the language-specific sound pattern. Self-check only.

    audio drill — play it in the course player

    Show the answer

    بعد ساعة

11. shadow the audioPractice 12 [shadowing] — Future: سأدرس: Shadow the synthetic Arabic model, preserving target rhythm and sound contrasts. Self-check only.

    audio drill — play it in the course player

    Show the answer

    أراك قريبا!

12. guided speakingPractice 13 [guided speaking] — Future: سأدرس: Produce a spoken response demonstrating “Future: سأدرس”; compare with the model.

    Show the answer

    سأدرس العربية.

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkسأدرس means…

   1. I study
   2. I studied
   3. I will study
   4. I want study
   Show the answer

   I will study

   سـ + present = future.

2. quick checkFuture negative is…

   1. ما
   2. لا
   3. لن
   4. لم
   Show the answer

   لن

   لن أذهب = won't go.

3. quick checkقريبا means…

   1. later
   2. soon
   3. never
   4. always
   Show the answer

   soon

   قريبا = soon.

4. quick checkأبدا means…

   1. sometimes
   2. always
   3. never
   4. soon
   Show the answer

   never

   أبدا = never.

5. quick checkسـ attaches to…

   1. past verbs
   2. present verbs
   3. nouns
   4. adjectives
   Show the answer

   present verbs

   سأدرس — present stem.

Worksheet: Future worksheet

Review list. قريبا · بعد قليل · بعد ساعة · الأسبوع القادم

Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً

Arabic often lets the time word carry what English does with tense: أمس with a perfect verb, غداً with سـ, الآن with the present. Put the time word first and it frames everything after it.

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. Arabic. Every exercise works on right-to-left script, root-and-pattern reading, case and agreement, formal fuṣḥā versus the spoken register learners actually hear.

1. multiple choicePractice 1: [multiple choice] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Choose the meaning of أمس (ams) in this lesson.

   1. yesterday
   2. tomorrow
   3. now
   4. always
   Show the answer

   yesterday

2. fill the gapPractice 2: [fill in the blank] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Type the Arabic expression meaning “tomorrow”.

   Show the answer

   غداً

3. translatePractice 3: [translation] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Interpret the Arabic script in context: غداً سأسافر إلى دبي. (ghadan sa-usāfir ilā Dubayy.).

   Show the answer

   Tomorrow I will travel to Dubai.

4. translate into the languagePractice 4: [reverse translation] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Write in Arabic script: Now we are studying Arabic..

   Show the answer

   الآن ندرس العربية.

5. matchingPractice 5: [matching] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Match الآن to its lesson meaning.

   1. now
   2. yesterday
   3. tomorrow
   Show the answer

   now

6. put it in orderPractice 6: [reorder] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Reconstruct the lesson model in coherent Arabic: We always drink coffee in the morning..

   Show the answer

   دائماً نشرب القهوة صباحاً.

7. build the sentencePractice 7: [sentence building] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Build the sentence with the lesson pattern (time word first + verb in the matching form): Tomorrow I will travel to Dubai..

   Show the answer

   غداً سأسافر إلى دبي.

8. choose the wordPractice 8: [word selection] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Select the Arabic form for “always”.

   1. دائماً
   2. بعد قليل
   Show the answer

   دائماً

9. find the mistakePractice 9: [error correction] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Correct the model the lesson warns about: غداً درستُ الدرس.

   Show the answer

   غداً سأدرس الدرس.

10. finish the dialoguePractice 10: [dialogue completion] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Complete the exchange with the studied response to: What did you do yesterday?

    Show the answer

    درستُ ثمّ شربتُ القهوة مع صديقتي.

11. readingPractice 11: [reading comprehension] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Read “وماذا ستفعلين غداً؟” (wa-mādhā sa-tafʿalīn ghadan?). What does it mean?

    Show the answer

    And what will you do tomorrow?

12. paragraphPractice 12: [paragraph comprehension] Pinning time: أمس، الآن، غداً — Read the lesson dialogue as a whole and give its key move: Tomorrow I will visit my grandmother, and in a little while I'll call her.

    Show the answer

    غداً سأزور جدّتي، وبعد قليل أتصل بها.

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkWhich meaning best fits أمس?

   1. yesterday
   2. tomorrow
   3. now
   4. always
   Show the answer

   yesterday

   أمس (ams) means yesterday in this lesson.

2. quick checkWhich meaning best fits غداً?

   1. tomorrow
   2. yesterday
   3. now
   4. always
   Show the answer

   tomorrow

   غداً (ghadan) means tomorrow in this lesson.

3. quick checkWhich meaning best fits الآن?

   1. now
   2. yesterday
   3. tomorrow
   4. always
   Show the answer

   now

   الآن (al-ān) means now in this lesson.

4. quick checkWhich meaning best fits دائماً?

   1. always
   2. yesterday
   3. tomorrow
   4. now
   Show the answer

   always

   دائماً (dāʾiman) means always in this lesson.

5. quick checkWhich meaning best fits بعد قليل?

   1. in a little while
   2. yesterday
   3. tomorrow
   4. now
   Show the answer

   in a little while

   بعد قليل (baʿda qalīl) means in a little while in this lesson.

Worksheet: Time worksheet

Review list. أمس · غداً · الآن · دائماً

Descriptions

Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير

Describe everything! Adjectives FOLLOW nouns and MATCH: الكتاب الكبير (the big book), السيارة الكبيرة (the big car-f). ال on BOTH words! Without ال: كتاب كبير (a big book) — match but no ال!

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. free response, roleplay, sentence writing, short writing, paraphrase, summary, multiple choice, fill in the blank, translation, reverse translation, matching, reorder. Every exercise works on Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register.

1. answer in your own wordsPractice 3 [free response] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Produce a spoken response demonstrating “Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير”; compare with the model.

   Show the answer

   الشارع الجديد.

2. role playPractice 4 [roleplay] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Role-play عمر: Far!

   Show the answer

   بعيدة!

3. write a sentencePractice 5 [sentence writing] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Write one accurate Arabic script sentence using حديقة.

   Show the answer

   سيارة جديدة.

4. short writingPractice 6 [short writing] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Write 2–3 connected Arabic sentences applying this lesson’s grammar and register.

   Show the answer

   الشارع الجديد. الكتاب الكبير.

5. say it another wayPractice 7 [paraphrase] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Paraphrase without changing meaning, morphology, or politeness: الكتاب الكبير.

   Show the answer

   الكتاب الكبير.

6. summarisePractice 8 [summary] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Summarize the dialogue in one precise Arabic sentence.

   Show the answer

   بعيدة!

7. multiple choicePractice 9 [multiple choice] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Choose the contextual meaning of مدينة (madīna).

   1. city
   2. street
   3. shop
   Show the answer

   city

8. fill the gapPractice 10 [fill in the blank] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Type the complete Arabic script expression meaning “street”.

   Show the answer

   شارع

9. translatePractice 11 [translation] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Read محل (maḥall) and give its lesson meaning.

   Show the answer

   shop

10. translate into the languagePractice 12 [reverse translation] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Produce “work” in Arabic script, not romanisation alone.

    Show the answer

    عمل

11. matchingPractice 13 [matching] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Match حديقة to its contextual meaning.

    1. museum
    2. garden / park
    3. station
    Show the answer

    garden / park

12. put it in orderPractice 14 [reorder] — Adjectives: الكتاب الكبير: Rebuild this model with correct Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register: A new car.

    Show the answer

    سيارة جديدة.

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkالكتاب الكبير has ال twice because…

   1. plural
   2. 'the big book' needs both
   3. formal
   4. past tense
   Show the answer

   'the big book' needs both

   ال-noun + ال-adj = the X-the Y.

2. quick checkسيارة جديدة means…

   1. the new car
   2. a new car
   3. new cars
   4. my car
   Show the answer

   a new car

   Bare + bare = a new car.

3. quick checkالشمس pronounces…

   1. al-shams
   2. ash-shams
   3. el-shams
   4. as-shams
   Show the answer

   ash-shams

   ش is a sun letter — L swallowed!

4. quick checkحديقة means…

   1. street
   2. garden
   3. station
   4. shop
   Show the answer

   garden

   حديقة = garden/park.

5. quick checkجديد means…

   1. old
   2. new
   3. big
   4. near
   Show the answer

   new

   جديد = new.

Worksheet: Adjectives worksheet

Review list. مدينة · شارع · محل · عمل

Places: في، إلى، من

Move around! في (in/at), إلى (to), من (from): في البيت (at home), إلى المدرسة (to school), من مصر (from Egypt). أين؟ (where?) vs إلى أين؟ (where to?) — tiny إلى, big difference!

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. sentence building, word selection, error correction, dialogue completion, reading comprehension, paragraph comprehension, main idea, detail identification, inference, listening comprehension, dictation, listen and choose. Every exercise works on Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register.

1. build the sentencePractice 4 [sentence building] — Places: في، إلى، من: Rebuild this model with correct Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register: I'm at home.

   Show the answer

   أنا في البيت.

2. choose the wordPractice 5 [word selection] — Places: في، إلى، من: Select the correct target form for “lesson”.

   1. حفلة
   2. سينما
   3. درس
   Show the answer

   درس

3. find the mistakePractice 6 [error correction] — Places: في، إلى، من: Replace a script, morphology, particle, or register error with the lesson model for “I'm from Egypt.”.

   Show the answer

   أنا من مصر.

4. finish the dialoguePractice 7 [dialogue completion] — Places: في، إلى، من: Complete عمر’s turn in the taught register: And I'm from Egypt too!

   Show the answer

   وأنا من مصر أيضا!

5. readingPractice 8 [reading comprehension] — Places: في، إلى، من: Read رائع! (rāʾiʿ!). What exact detail is communicated?

   Show the answer

   Wonderful!

6. paragraphPractice 9 [paragraph comprehension] — Places: في، إلى، من: Read the complete dialogue and explain this turn’s function: أين تسكن؟

   Show the answer

   Where do you live? (to m)

7. the main ideaPractice 10 [main idea] — Places: في، إلى، من: What is the central communicative purpose of “Places: في، إلى، من”?

   Show the answer

   Move around! في (in/at), إلى (to), من (from): في البيت (at home), إلى المدرسة (to school), من مصر (from Egypt).

8. spot the detailPractice 11 [detail identification] — Places: في، إلى، من: Read وأنا من مصر أيضا! (wa anā min miṣr ayḍan!). What exact detail is communicated?

   Show the answer

   And I'm from Egypt too!

9. what is meantPractice 12 [inference] — Places: في، إلى، من: Infer the intended meaning or social force of أنا من مصر. without overclaiming.

   Show the answer

   I'm from Egypt.

10. listeningPractice 13 [listening comprehension] — Places: في، إلى، من: Play the synthetic audio and give its precise contextual meaning.

    audio drill — play it in the course player

    Show the answer

    Where do you live? (to m)

11. dictationPractice 14 [dictation] — Places: في، إلى، من: Play the labeled synthetic Arabic audio and type the complete line in Arabic script.

    audio drill — play it in the course player

    Show the answer

    أسكن في القاهرة.

12. listen and choosePractice 15 [listen and choose] — Places: في، إلى، من: Play the synthetic audio and select its contextual meaning.

    1. And I'm from Egypt too!
    2. Wonderful!
    3. cinema

    audio drill — play it in the course player

    Show the answer

    And I'm from Egypt too!

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkإلى means…

   1. in
   2. to
   3. from
   4. at
   Show the answer

   to

   إلى = to (going).

2. quick checkمن means…

   1. to
   2. in
   3. from
   4. near
   Show the answer

   from

   من = from.

3. quick checkأذهب إلى المدرسة means…

   1. I'm at school
   2. I go to school
   3. I'm from school
   4. I see school
   Show the answer

   I go to school

   أذهب + إلى = go to.

4. quick checkإلى أين؟ asks…

   1. where at
   2. where to
   3. where from
   4. where near
   Show the answer

   where to

   إلى أين = where-to.

5. quick checkالقاهرة is…

   1. Egypt
   2. Cairo
   3. a school
   4. a river
   Show the answer

   Cairo

   القاهرة = Cairo.

Worksheet: Places worksheet

Review list. القاهرة · مصر · مكتب · طاولة

My neighbourhood: في الحيّ

Places live inside في، على، قريب من and بعيد عن. Tell someone where you live and what is around you, and you can hold a whole conversation on a street corner.

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. Arabic. Every exercise works on right-to-left script, root-and-pattern reading, case and agreement, formal fuṣḥā versus the spoken register learners actually hear.

1. multiple choicePractice 1: [multiple choice] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Choose the meaning of حيّ (ḥayy) in this lesson.

   1. neighbourhood
   2. mosque
   3. market
   4. park; garden
   Show the answer

   neighbourhood

2. fill the gapPractice 2: [fill in the blank] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Type the Arabic expression meaning “mosque”.

   Show the answer

   مسجد

3. translatePractice 3: [translation] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Interpret the Arabic script in context: أسكن في حيّ صغير. (askun fī ḥayy ṣaghīr.).

   Show the answer

   I live in a small neighbourhood.

4. translate into the languagePractice 4: [reverse translation] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Write in Arabic script: The mosque is close to our house..

   Show the answer

   المسجد قريب من بيتنا.

5. matchingPractice 5: [matching] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Match سوق to its lesson meaning.

   1. market
   2. neighbourhood
   3. mosque
   Show the answer

   market

6. put it in orderPractice 6: [reorder] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Reconstruct the lesson model in coherent Arabic: The market is a little far from the university..

   Show the answer

   السوق بعيد عن الجامعة قليلاً.

7. build the sentencePractice 7: [sentence building] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Build the sentence with the lesson pattern (fī + place · qarīb min + place · baʿīd ʿan + place): I live in a small neighbourhood..

   Show the answer

   أسكن في حيّ صغير.

8. choose the wordPractice 8: [word selection] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Select the Arabic form for “park; garden”.

   1. حديقة
   2. قريب من
   3. بعيد عن
   Show the answer

   حديقة

9. find the mistakePractice 9: [error correction] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Correct the model the lesson warns about: الحديقة قريب من البيت.

   Show the answer

   الحديقة قريبة من البيت.

10. finish the dialoguePractice 10: [dialogue completion] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Complete the exchange with the studied response to: Where do you live?

    Show the answer

    أسكن في حيّ هادئ قريب من الحديقة.

11. readingPractice 11: [reading comprehension] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Read “وهل السوق قريب؟” (wa-hal al-sūq qarīb?). What does it mean?

    Show the answer

    And is the market close?

12. paragraphPractice 12: [paragraph comprehension] My neighbourhood: في الحيّ — Read the lesson dialogue as a whole and give its key move: Yes, two minutes on foot; the mosque is a bit further.

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    نعم، دقيقتان على القدمين، والمسجد أبعد قليلاً.

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkWhich meaning best fits حيّ?

   1. neighbourhood
   2. mosque
   3. market
   4. park; garden
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   neighbourhood

   حيّ (ḥayy) means neighbourhood in this lesson.

2. quick checkWhich meaning best fits مسجد?

   1. mosque
   2. neighbourhood
   3. market
   4. park; garden
   Show the answer

   mosque

   مسجد (masjid) means mosque in this lesson.

3. quick checkWhich meaning best fits سوق?

   1. market
   2. neighbourhood
   3. mosque
   4. park; garden
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   market

   سوق (sūq) means market in this lesson.

4. quick checkWhich meaning best fits حديقة?

   1. park; garden
   2. neighbourhood
   3. mosque
   4. market
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   park; garden

   حديقة (ḥadīqa) means park; garden in this lesson.

5. quick checkWhich meaning best fits قريب من?

   1. close to
   2. neighbourhood
   3. mosque
   4. market
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   close to

   قريب من (qarīb min) means close to in this lesson.

Worksheet: Neighbourhood worksheet

Review list. حيّ · مسجد · سوق · حديقة

Food and shopping

Food and أحب

Food + love! أحب الشاي (I love tea), أريد قهوة (I want coffee). أريد + noun orders anything. In restaurants: أريد… من فضلك = I want… please — polite ordering power!

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. listen and reorder, listen and fill, repeat after audio, pronunciation, shadowing, guided speaking, free response, roleplay, sentence writing, short writing, paraphrase, summary. Every exercise works on Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register.

1. listen, then orderPractice 5 [listen and reorder] — Food and أحب: Rebuild this model with correct Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register: I want tea, please.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

   Show the answer

   أريد شايا من فضلك.

2. listen and fillPractice 6 [listen and fill] — Food and أحب: Play the synthetic audio and complete the line beginning “أحب…”.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

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   أحب الجبن والخبز. وأنتِ؟

3. repeat itPractice 7 [repeat after audio] — Food and أحب: Repeat the synthetic model with accurate phrase grouping; no microphone score is claimed.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

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   أحب السمك. أريد شايا!

4. pronunciationPractice 8 [pronunciation] — Food and أحب: Practise سكر (sukkar) with the language-specific sound pattern. Self-check only.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

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   سكر

5. shadow the audioPractice 9 [shadowing] — Food and أحب: Shadow the synthetic Arabic model, preserving target rhythm and sound contrasts. Self-check only.

   audio drill — play it in the course player

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   ماذا تحب؟

6. guided speakingPractice 10 [guided speaking] — Food and أحب: Produce a spoken response demonstrating “Food and أحب”; compare with the model.

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   أحب الجبن.

7. answer in your own wordsPractice 11 [free response] — Food and أحب: Produce a spoken response demonstrating “Food and أحب”; compare with the model.

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   أريد شايا من فضلك.

8. role playPractice 12 [roleplay] — Food and أحب: Role-play عمر: And I want coffee!

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   وأنا أريد قهوة!

9. write a sentencePractice 13 [sentence writing] — Food and أحب: Write one accurate Arabic script sentence using تفاح.

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   أحب الجبن.

10. short writingPractice 14 [short writing] — Food and أحب: Write 2–3 connected Arabic sentences applying this lesson’s grammar and register.

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    أريد شايا من فضلك. أحب السمك.

11. say it another wayPractice 15 [paraphrase] — Food and أحب: Paraphrase without changing meaning, morphology, or politeness: أحب السمك.

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    أحب السمك.

12. summarisePractice 16 [summary] — Food and أحب: Summarize the dialogue in one precise Arabic sentence.

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    وأنا أريد قهوة!

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkأريد means…

   1. I love
   2. I want
   3. I eat
   4. I drink
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   I want

   أريد = I want.

2. quick checkأحب الجبن means…

   1. I want cheese
   2. I love cheese
   3. I eat cheese
   4. I buy cheese
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   I love cheese

   أحب = I love.

3. quick checkجبن means…

   1. milk
   2. cheese
   3. meat
   4. fish
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   cheese

   جبن = cheese.

4. quick checkVerbs change for…

   1. objects
   2. subjects only
   3. nothing
   4. gender of food
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   subjects only

   أحب stays أحب — subject decides!

5. quick checkOrders add…

   1. شكرا after
   2. من فضلك
   3. عفوا before
   4. نعم
   Show the answer

   من فضلك

   من فضلك = polite please.

Worksheet: Food worksheet

Review list. حليب · جبن · لحم · سمك

Shopping: بكم

Shop in Arabic! بكم هذا؟ (How much is this?), غالٍ (expensive), رخيص (cheap). Money: جنيه (pound), ريال (riyal). آخذ هذا = I'll take this!

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. multiple choice, fill in the blank, translation, reverse translation, matching, reorder, sentence building, word selection, error correction, dialogue completion, reading comprehension, paragraph comprehension. Every exercise works on Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register.

1. multiple choicePractice 6 [multiple choice] — Shopping: بكم: Choose the contextual meaning of غال (ghāl).

   1. expensive
   2. cheap
   3. free
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   expensive

2. fill the gapPractice 7 [fill in the blank] — Shopping: بكم: Type the complete Arabic script expression meaning “cheap”.

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   رخيص

3. translatePractice 8 [translation] — Shopping: بكم: Read مجانا (majjānan) and give its lesson meaning.

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   free

4. translate into the languagePractice 9 [reverse translation] — Shopping: بكم: Produce “price” in Arabic script, not romanisation alone.

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   سعر

5. matchingPractice 10 [matching] — Shopping: بكم: Match مال to its contextual meaning.

   1. pound
   2. money
   3. receipt
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   money

6. put it in orderPractice 11 [reorder] — Shopping: بكم: Rebuild this model with correct Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register: For ten pounds.

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   بعشرة جنيه.

7. build the sentencePractice 12 [sentence building] — Shopping: بكم: Rebuild this model with correct Arabic script direction, consonant/vowel reading support, gender/number, root-pattern awareness, and formal versus spoken register: This is expensive! I'll take this.

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   هذا غال! آخذ هذا.

8. choose the wordPractice 13 [word selection] — Shopping: بكم: Select the correct target form for “discount”.

   1. غال
   2. رخيص
   3. خصم
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   خصم

9. find the mistakePractice 14 [error correction] — Shopping: بكم: Replace a script, morphology, particle, or register error with the lesson model for “For ten pounds.”.

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   بعشرة جنيه.

10. finish the dialoguePractice 15 [dialogue completion] — Shopping: بكم: Complete ليلى’s turn in the taught register: Expensive! And the cheese?

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    غال! والجبن؟

11. readingPractice 16 [reading comprehension] — Shopping: بكم: Read رخيص! آخذ هذا! (rakhīṣ! ākhudh hādhā!). What exact detail is communicated?

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    Cheap! I'll take this!

12. paragraphPractice 17 [paragraph comprehension] — Shopping: بكم: Read the complete dialogue and explain this turn’s function: بكم الخبز؟

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    How much is the bread?

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkبكم هذا؟ means…

   1. How many?
   2. How much is this?
   3. Where is this?
   4. What is this?
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   How much is this?

   بكم = for-how-much.

2. quick checkغال means…

   1. cheap
   2. expensive
   3. free
   4. new
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   expensive

   غال = expensive.

3. quick checkرخيص means…

   1. cheap
   2. expensive
   3. tasty
   4. big
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   cheap

   رخيص = cheap.

4. quick checkخصم means…

   1. receipt
   2. discount
   3. price
   4. shop
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   discount

   خصم = discount.

5. quick checkآخذ هذا means…

   1. I want this
   2. I'll take this
   3. I go here
   4. I see this
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   I'll take this

   آخذ = I take.

Worksheet: Shopping worksheet

Review list. سعر · مال · جنيه · إيصال

At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill

Three moves carry a whole meal: أريد… من فضلك (I want… please), هل عندكم…؟ (do you have…?) and الحساب من فضلك (the bill, please). Add لذيذ and you can talk about it afterwards too.

Dialogue. Read it aloud twice — once for each speaker.

Practice (12). Answer first, then open the answer.

What this Arabic practice tests. Arabic. Every exercise works on right-to-left script, root-and-pattern reading, case and agreement, formal fuṣḥā versus the spoken register learners actually hear.

1. multiple choicePractice 1: [multiple choice] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Choose the meaning of أريد (urīd) in this lesson.

   1. I want
   2. the menu
   3. the bill
   4. delicious
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   I want

2. fill the gapPractice 2: [fill in the blank] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Type the Arabic expression meaning “the menu”.

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   قائمة الطعام

3. translatePractice 3: [translation] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Interpret the Arabic script in context: أريد شوربة من فضلك. (urīd shūrba min faḍlik.).

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   I want soup, please.

4. translate into the languagePractice 4: [reverse translation] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Write in Arabic script: Do you have coffee without sugar?.

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   هل عندكم قهوة بدون سكر؟

5. matchingPractice 5: [matching] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Match الحساب to its lesson meaning.

   1. the bill
   2. I want
   3. the menu
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   the bill

6. put it in orderPractice 6: [reorder] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Reconstruct the lesson model in coherent Arabic: The bill, please..

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   الحساب من فضلك.

7. build the sentencePractice 7: [sentence building] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Build the sentence with the lesson pattern (urīd + noun (+ min faḍlik) · hal ʿindakum + noun?): I want soup, please..

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   أريد شوربة من فضلك.

8. choose the wordPractice 8: [word selection] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Select the Arabic form for “delicious”.

   1. لذيذ
   2. ماء
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   لذيذ

9. find the mistakePractice 9: [error correction] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Correct the model the lesson warns about: أريد الحساب شكراً.

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   الحساب من فضلك.

10. finish the dialoguePractice 10: [dialogue completion] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Complete the exchange with the studied response to: Good evening, what would you like?

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    أريد دجاجاً بالأرز، وقهوة من فضلك.

11. readingPractice 11: [reading comprehension] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Read “هل تريد سلطة أيضاً؟” (hal turīd salaṭa aydan?). What does it mean?

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    Would you like a salad too?

12. paragraphPractice 12: [paragraph comprehension] At the restaurant: order, then ask for the bill — Read the lesson dialogue as a whole and give its key move: No thanks. The food is delicious — and the bill, please.

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    لا، شكراً. الطعام لذيذ، والحساب من فضلك.

Quick check (5).

1. quick checkWhich meaning best fits أريد?

   1. I want
   2. the menu
   3. the bill
   4. delicious
   Show the answer

   I want

   أريد (urīd) means I want in this lesson.

2. quick checkWhich meaning best fits قائمة الطعام?

   1. the menu
   2. I want
   3. the bill
   4. delicious
   Show the answer

   the menu

   قائمة الطعام (qāʾimat al-ṭaʿām) means the menu in this lesson.

3. quick checkWhich meaning best fits الحساب?

   1. the bill
   2. I want
   3. the menu
   4. delicious
   Show the answer

   the bill

   الحساب (al-ḥisāb) means the bill in this lesson.

4. quick checkWhich meaning best fits لذيذ?

   1. delicious
   2. I want
   3. the menu
   4. the bill
   Show the answer

   delicious

   لذيذ (ladhīdh) means delicious in this lesson.

5. quick checkWhich meaning best fits ماء?

   1. water
   2. I want
   3. the menu
   4. the bill
   Show the answer

   water

   ماء (māʾ) means water in this lesson.

Worksheet: Restaurant worksheet

Review list. أريد · قائمة الطعام · الحساب · لذيذ

Recall drills — 128 more questions from the A2 words

These 128 drills are generated from the Arabic A2 vocabulary list — the words of “Past and future” through “Food and shopping”, in both directions: recognition (word → meaning) and production (meaning → word). They re-ask what the course data already contains; no answer here was written by a machine, and a generated drill is practice, never a lesson.

The A2 test — 10 items

The 10-item test closes Arabic A2. Answers are shown; in the course player the same test decides whether Arabic B1 unlocks.

1. translate into the languageSay: I studied Arabic yesterday

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   درستُ العربية أمس

2. translate into the languageSay: I will study Arabic

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   سأدرس العربية

3. choose'The big book'

   1. كتاب كبير
   2. الكتاب الكبير
   3. الكتاب كبير
   4. كتاب الكبير
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   الكتاب الكبير

4. translate into Englishأسكن في القاهرة.

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   I live in Cairo.

5. fill the gapهي ___ في المساء. (studied, f)

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   درستْ

6. choose'I'm from Egypt'

   1. أنا في مصر
   2. أنا إلى مصر
   3. أنا من مصر
   4. أنا مصر
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   أنا من مصر

7. put it in orderOrder: القاهرة / في / أسكن

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   أسكن في القاهرة

8. say it out loudSay aloud: أحب الجبن والخبز.

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   أحب الجبن والخبز.

9. fill the gapبكم ___؟ (this, m)

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   هذا

10. chooseلن أذهب.

    1. I go
    2. I won't go
    3. I went
    4. I want go
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    I won't go

Arabic A2 beyond the drills — culture, reading, listening, idioms

These sections are written for Arabic A2 specifically. The reading text is EkGuru's own; the culture note cites where its facts come from; the idioms and the mistakes list are the ones this level actually trips over.

Culture note

The Arabic past tense is not only 'past': with قد and the perfect form it also reports news the listener has not heard yet, which is why the same sentence can mean 'he wrote' and 'he has written'. Learners who translate word-for-word miss that the verb form is doing the work of an English tense-and-aspect pair, and Arabic instead leans on time words — أمس، الآن، غداً — to place the action.

Source (named, not linked): en.wikipedia.org, the article “Arabic verbs”.

Reading — read this aloud, slowly

What it says: Yesterday I went to the market with my brother. I bought bread and fruit, then we drank coffee in a small café. He told me, 'I will travel tomorrow to Beirut.' I asked, 'Why?' and he answered, 'Because my work is there.' In the evening we studied together; we are a little tired now.

Listening — one voice, one text

Use the speaker button to hear this text with a browser voice tagged ar-SA; playback starts only after a click. If no matching voice is installed, read it aloud yourself — the rhythm is the point.

What it says: A: How much is this book? B: Twenty pounds. A: A little expensive. And this bag? B: Thirty-five. Everything we have is thirty-five or forty. A: Fine, I'll take both.

10 idioms and fixed phrases

The 3 mistakes this level makes

• أنا ذهبت أمس إلى السوق. → ذهبتُ أمس إلى السوق. The perfect ending -تُ already means 'I'; keeping أنا is not wrong but sounds heavy in a plain past narrative.
• سأذهب أمس. → ذهبتُ أمس. سـ marks the future only; it cannot sit with أمس.
• هذا الكتاب كبير والكتاب هذا كبير أيضاً. → هذا الكتاب كبير وهذا الكتاب كبير أيضاً. Two full noun phrases need a joining و and one demonstrative each; repeating the whole phrase without a connector is a run-on.

Your task

Yesterday and tomorrow, in writing Write five Arabic sentences: three about yesterday with perfect-tense endings, two about tomorrow with سـ or سوف. Then say them aloud without reading, and circle any sentence where you used أنا with a past verb — that is the habit this lesson breaks.

After A2: the A2+ checkpoint

A2+ is not a certificate — it is the half-step between Arabic A2 and the next level, and it is on this site’s ladder because language schools use it. You are at A2+ when you can keep a conversation going, tell a short story. Get there by working the recall drills above and the review deck until nothing on this page surprises you, then open the B1 pages.

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