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1 Contents Introduction 1 2 ا نا والا خ رون Myself and others Family Personal information Describing character Personal pronouns 8 الدار والبيت House and home Rooms in the house Jobs around the house Describing your home Plurals 14 الع م ل والعادة Work and routine Jobs and professions Careers and CVs Daily routine Present tense verbs 20 الرياض ة والترفيه Sport and leisure Sports and activities Personal preferences Talking about your free time Verbal nouns and participles 26 الس ف ر والس ياحة Travel and tourism Places around town Transportation Describing holidays and journeys Past verbs 32 الطعام والط بخ Food and cooking Food and dishes Shopping for food Ordering in a restaurant Measuring quantities 38 المراجعة Review Review of Units الملابس والا لوان Clothes and colours Items of clothing Colour and material Describing appearance Verbs with doubled roots iii

2 التعليم والتدريب Education and training Fields of study Talking about skills and experience Educational background Imperatives for instructions 54 الا خبار ووس اء ل الا علام News and media News categories Preferences for accessing media Media language Comparatives 60 المناخ والبيي ة Climate and the environment Features of the weather Describing processes Protecting the environment Passive verbs 66 الص هة والس عادة Health and happiness Parts of the body Giving advice Describing ailments Modifying verbs 72 الف نون والس ينما Arts and cinema Arts-related vocabulary Current and past preferences Film and performance Past continuous and conditional 78 المراجعة Review Review of Units 8 13 Answers to activities 82 Acknowledgements We would like to thank Taoufiq Cherkaoui (Arabic and Islamic Education Coordinator, Dubai British School), Saussan Khalil (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge), and Najwa Kadhim (King s College London), who reviewed the activities in this book The encouragement and valuable comments provided by these experienced Arabic teachers have made an important contribution to the book As always, we are indebted to the continuing support of the team at Macmillan Education, Palgrave, particularly our long-standing and unfailingly enthusiastic publisher, Helen Bugler iv

3 ي ي 1 Myself and others ا نا والا خ رون 1 Complete the sentences with the correct family members according to the description of the relationship Include example (she) as appropriate The first is an هي (he) or هو ابي ام هي ج د تي ١ ٢ ابي اخو ٣ زوجي ابو ام اخت ٤ ام ٥ زوجتي ٦ ابنتي ابن ٧ ا مي ابو ٨ ابني ابنة ٩ ام اخو ١٠ ابي اخت

Myself and others 3 2 Choose an adjective from the box to

picture, as in the example عنيد مك ار كريم ذكي محبوب نش يط

١٠ ٩ 3 web Using ا ن ولكن, how would you say the following

My granddaughter is talented but she s stubborn ١ My

4 Myself and others 3 2 Choose an adjective from the box to describe each characteristic and write it below the picture, as in the example عنيد مك ار كريم ذكي محبوب نش يط موهوب رش يق رقيق وفي حكيم مض هك ٤ ٣ ١ رش يق ٢ ٨ ٧ ٦ ٥ ١٢ ١١ ١٠ ٩ 3 web Using ا ن ولكن, how would you say the following in Arabic? My granddaughter is talented but she s stubborn ١ My (paternal) aunt s husband is poor but he s very generous My (female) friend is clever and popular but she s a little lazy ٢ ٣

قيم جدتك ت قيم ت 4 Unit 1 4 web Majid is at the police station The police officer is attempting to fill in a form with his details From the conversation, fill in the information on

الش رطي : ما اس مك ماجد: اس مي اس مي ماجد الش رطي : ماجد فقط ماجد: نعم اس مي ماجد فقط الش رطي : لا لا ما اس م العاءلة ماجد: اه! فهمت الا ن!

5 قيم جدتك ت قيم ت 4 Unit 1 4 web Majid is at the police station The police officer is attempting to fill in a form with his details From the conversation, fill in the information on the form What piece of information is missing, and what irrelevant piece of information does Majid give the officer? الش رطي : ما اس مك ماجد: اس مي اس مي ماجد الش رطي : ماجد فقط ماجد: نعم اس مي ماجد فقط الش رطي : لا لا ما اس م العاءلة ماجد: اه! فهمت الا ن! اس مي ماجد محم د محفوظ الش رطي : وا نت من اين ماجد: انا اص لا من الا قص ر الش رطي : عظيم وا ين الا ن ماجد: جدتي ا قيم مع الش رطي : ولكن يا ماجد لا انا اعرف اين ماجد: انا نوانها! اعرف ع الش رطي : هل مهر انت ج يا ماجد ماجد: نعم! نعم! كيف عرفت م هنتي! الاس م اس م العاءلة العنوان الجنس ية المهنة

6 نا خال هذا ا قيم جدي في ي نواني ٤٥ ع لمانيا منذ ا م ه( حماتي ي ا نها لا ختي ا س ا Myself and others 5 5 Rewrite the personal information below to refer to the subject in brackets, as in the example ١ انا اس مي ماجد (هو) هو اس مه ماجد هل انت ٢ لبناني (انت م) عندنا كلب اس ( ٣ ود ٤ ش ارع النهر (هي) اخي موهوب ٥ ولكن ه كس ول (اختي) كان ي لعم ش قة كبيرة (نهن) ٦ ٧ طبيب ابي كان نان (ام اس ( احمد ط فولته هنا (انا) ٨ امض ى ان ٩ فقيرة ولكنها كريمة (حمي) هذا ١ خالتي عندها قطة ٦ 6 ١ ج example: Join the two halves of the sentences, for الرجل غني الا ن ولكن ٢ نعيش في ٣ س نوات الولد الص غير ٤ ابنتي الكبيرة موهوبة ٥ ٧ كل نفس المكان بيض اء الهي يعرف جدتي ياس مين ب ت ش ج هو ابن نادية ولكن خالي عنده كلب ود وتغني في كل حفلات المدرس ة نش يطة ومحبوبة وكريمة عاءلته كانت فقيرة ه في ش قته خ الص غيرة بجوار النهر ونقيم في قرية قريبة من برلين

6 Unit 1 7 Ibrahim has written a short introduction about himself Read the text and complete the English translation below Tip: م زر عة = farm; م س اع د = assistant انا اس مي ابراهيم الخليجي وا نا

7 6 Unit 1 7 Ibrahim has written a short introduction about himself Read the text and complete the English translation below Tip: م زر عة = farm; م س اع د = assistant انا اس مي ابراهيم الخليجي وا نا كويتي اص لا من الو فرة في جنوب الكويت ل و دت في عام ١٩٩٠ وعندي اخ واحد وثلاش ا خ وات ق ب ل عش رين س نة ابي كان له م ز عة ر في الوفرة وا مض يت ط فولتي هناك ا قيم الا ن في الدوحة عاص مة قطر وا نا مس اعد الم دير في فندق كبير ين ا مش غول جد ا ولكني س عيد! My name s Ibrahim and I m, originally from Al-Wafra in the of I was in the year 1990 and one brother and Twenty years ago, my had a in Wafra and I spent my there I now live in Doha, the of, and I m the manager in a large I m very but I m

8 Myself and others 7 8 web ( ت ك ل م ع نها بن فس ك Talk about it yourself Now imagine your name is Jamil (if you are male) or Jamila (if you are female) Write an introduction about yourself, using Ibrahim s paragraph on page 6 as a model, and replacing his details with the information below: (منص ور) Your family name is Mansour You are Lebanese, from Halba (حلبا) in the north of Lebanon You were born in 1989 You have three brothers and one sister Twenty-five years ago, your father had a bakery in Halba You now live in Cairo, and work as assistant to the chef in a small restaurant You are very happy but poor! Make sure you adjust the text to the feminine if you re female When you ve finished, check your answer with the model on the website Finish by writing another introduction based on your real details, perhaps also recording it as speaking practice

SESSION 31 FREQUENT RECITATIONS. I. SPOKEN ARABIC: Use 3SP. For continuity, see Spoken Arabic in previous lesson.

SESSION 31 FREQUENT RECITATIONS I. SPOKEN ARABIC: Use 3SP. For continuity, see Spoken Arabic in previous lesson. () cold. water I want II. GRAMMAR (Verb DF-3): Practice the 21 forms of ج اه د 31 (he struggled;