All 15 Arabic topics for Edexcel International GCSE, grouped the way the exam is. Each topic has a few flashcards to test yourself; the full sets are free in Socrates AI.
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What are the Arabic words for father, mother, brother and sister?
أب، أمّ، أخ، أخت.
What are the Arabic words for grandfather, grandmother and uncle (father's brother)?
جدّ، جدّة، عمّ.
What is the difference between عمّ and خال?
عمّ is the father's brother; خال is the mother's brother.
How do you say "I play football" in Arabic?
ألعب كرة القدم.
How do you say "I read books" and "I listen to music" in Arabic?
أقرأ الكتب؛ أستمع إلى الموسيقى.
How do you say "At the weekend I go to the cinema with my friends" in Arabic?
في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع أذهب إلى السينما مع أصدقائي.
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What are the Arabic words for maths, science and history?
الرياضيّات، العلوم، التاريخ.
What are the Arabic words for Arabic language, English and geography?
اللغة العربيّة، اللغة الإنجليزيّة، الجغرافيا.
How do you say "My favourite subject is chemistry" in Arabic?
مادّتي المفضّلة هي الكيمياء.
How do you say "Peace be upon you" and its reply in Arabic?
السلام عليكم — وعليكم السلام.
How do you say "Good morning" and "Good evening" in Arabic?
صباح الخير؛ مساء الخير.
How do you say "My name is Sam" in Arabic?
اسمي سام.
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What are the Arabic words for father, mother, brother and sister?
أب، أمّ، أخ، أخت.
What are the Arabic words for grandfather, grandmother and uncle (father's brother)?
جدّ، جدّة، عمّ.
What is the difference between عمّ and خال?
عمّ is the father's brother; خال is the mother's brother.
What are the Arabic words for bread, rice, meat and fish?
خبز، أرزّ، لحم، سمك.
What are the Arabic words for fruit, vegetables and water?
فواكه، خضروات، ماء.
How do you say "I eat a healthy breakfast" in Arabic?
أتناول فطورًا صحّيًّا.
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How do you say "I play football" in Arabic?
ألعب كرة القدم.
How do you say "I read books" and "I listen to music" in Arabic?
أقرأ الكتب؛ أستمع إلى الموسيقى.
How do you say "At the weekend I go to the cinema with my friends" in Arabic?
في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع أذهب إلى السينما مع أصدقائي.
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What are the Arabic words for bread, rice, meat and fish?
خبز، أرزّ، لحم، سمك.
What are the Arabic words for fruit, vegetables and water?
فواكه، خضروات، ماء.
How do you say "I eat a healthy breakfast" in Arabic?
أتناول فطورًا صحّيًّا.
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How many letters are in the Arabic alphabet, and which way is it written?
28 letters, written from right to left.
Why do most Arabic letters have several shapes?
A letter's shape depends on its position: isolated, initial, medial or final (e.g. ع، عـ، ـعـ، ـع).
Which six letters never join to the letter after them?
ا، د، ذ، ر، ز، و.
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How is a feminine noun or adjective usually formed?
Add ة to the masculine: طالب ← طالبة، كبير ← كبيرة.
Give three feminine nouns without ة.
أمّ، شمس، أرض (also نار، يد).
What is the dual (المثنّى), and how is it formed?
Two of something: add ـان (nominative) or ـين (accusative/genitive): كتاب ← كتابان / كتابين.
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What is the root of an Arabic word?
Usually three consonants that carry the core meaning, e.g. ك ت ب (writing): كتب، كاتب، مكتبة، كتاب.
Conjugate "كتب" (to write) in the past tense for أنا، أنتَ، هو، هي.
كتبتُ، كتبتَ، كتبَ، كتبتْ.
Conjugate "كتب" in the past tense for نحن and هم.
كتبنا، كتبوا.
What are the two types of Arabic sentence?
The nominal sentence (الجملة الاسميّة), which starts with a noun, and the verbal sentence (الجملة الفعليّة), which starts with a verb.
What are المبتدأ and الخبر?
The subject and predicate of a nominal sentence: الجوُّ جميلٌ (الجوّ = mubtadaʾ, جميل = khabar).
What case are the mubtadaʾ and khabar in?
Both are nominative (مرفوع).
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Name the three cases of Arabic nouns.
Nominative (مرفوع, usually ـُ), accusative (منصوب, ـَ) and genitive (مجرور, ـِ).
When is a noun nominative?
As the mubtadaʾ, khabar, the doer of a verb (الفاعل), and after كان (its اسم).
When is a noun accusative?
As the object of a verb, after إنّ and its sisters, as khabar of كان, and in adverbs of time and place.
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Write the Arabic numbers one to five.
واحد، اثنان، ثلاثة، أربعة، خمسة.
Write the Arabic numbers six to ten.
ستّة، سبعة، ثمانية، تسعة، عشرة.
Write 20, 50 and 100 in Arabic words.
عشرون، خمسون، مئة.
Give four common Arabic connectives.
و (and)، لكنّ (but)، لأنّ (because)، ثمّ (then).
Give Arabic connectives for "firstly", "secondly" and "finally".
أوّلًا، ثانيًا، أخيرًا (or في النهاية).
Give Arabic connectives for "moreover" and "however".
بالإضافة إلى ذلك (or علاوة على ذلك)؛ ومع ذلك.
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