CBSE Class 9 Arabic Practice Worksheet Set 08

Question 1. The underlined word in this sentence is: اولئك طلاب
Answer: The word اولئك (Ulika) is a demonstrative pronoun (اسم إشارة) used for plural remote objects (masculine and feminine).
In simple words: It is a demonstrative pronoun meaning "those".

Exam Tip: Memorize demonstrative pronouns (اسم الإشارة) for near (هذا، هذه) and far (ذلك، أولئك).

Question 2. The underlined word in this sentence is.... هؤلاء بنات مجتهدات
Answer: The word هؤلاء (Ha'ula'i) is a demonstrative pronoun (اسم إشارة) used for plural rational beings (both masculine and feminine) near the speaker.
In simple words: It is a demonstrative pronoun meaning "these".

Exam Tip: هؤلاء is used exclusively for rational (human) plurals, whereas non-human plurals take feminine singular pronouns (هذه).

Question 3. The underlined verbs in this sentence are (past tense / present tense / Imperative command):
ذهب الولد الى المدرسة
كتبت البنت الدرس
قرا الطالب القرآن
اكل الطفل الموز
Answer:
1. ذهب (Went) - Past tense verb (فعل ماض)
2. كتبت (Wrote) - Past tense verb (فعل ماض)
3. قرأ (Read) - Past tense verb (فعل ماض)
4. أكل (Ate) - Past tense verb (فعل ماض)
In simple words: All the given verbs indicate actions completed in the past.

Exam Tip: Look at the last letter and vowel movements (fatha on the last letter of basic 3-letter verbs) to easily identify past tense verbs.

Question 4. Classify the words into:
1- Masculine singular, dual and plural
2- Feminine singular, dual and plural
(الحديقة - الولد - الرجال - بنتان - المدراس - النساء - بنت - سيارة - اباء - امهات - طالبان - قلمان - هذا - هذان - هؤلاء - هذه - هتان - هؤلاء)
Answer:
1. Masculine:
- Singular: الولد (Boy), هذا (This - masc. sing.)
- Dual: طالبان (Two students), قلمان (Two pens), هذان (These - masc. dual)
- Plural: الرجال (Men), اباء (Fathers)
2. Feminine:
- Singular: الحديقة (Garden), بنت (Girl), سيارة (Car), هذه (This - fem. sing.)
- Dual: بنتان (Two girls), هتان (These - fem. dual)
- Plural: المدارس (Schools - non-human plural treated as fem. sing.), النساء (Women), امهات (Mothers), هؤلاء (These - common plural for humans)

Exam Tip: Notice that non-human plurals like المدارس take feminine singular agreement in Arabic grammar.

Question 5. The underlined words in these sentences are: جيش / بلد / جار / شباك / امرأة / قاطرة / تذكرة / ورق / حقل / وطن / مكتب / حقيبة / محطة / طابور
Answer: All the listed words are nouns (أسماء), specifically common concrete nouns (اسم جنس / اسم ذات).
- جيش (Army), بلد (Country), جار (Neighbor), شباك (Window), امرأة (Woman), قاطرة (Locomotive), تذكرة (Ticket), ورق (Paper), حقل (Field), وطن (Homeland), مكتب (Desk/Office), حقيبة (Bag), محطة (Station), طابور (Queue).
In simple words: They are all naming words (nouns) representing people, places, or things.

Exam Tip: Words that accept Alif-Lam (ال) or Tanween (ـٌـٍـً) are strictly nouns.

Question 6. Classify the verbs into past, present, Imperative and negative command:
1- فعل ماض
2- فعل مضارع
3- فعل أمر
4- فعل نهي
(اقرأ / كتب / جلست / اذهب / رجع / يشرب / يذهب / يسمع / اكتب / لا تجلس / لا تشرب / اشربي / اجلسا / ليجلس / ليكتبا / شربت / ليذهبوا / ليفعلن / ليكتبوا)
Answer:
1. فعل ماض (Past tense): كتب، جلست، رجع، شربت
2. فعل مضارع (Present tense): يشرب، يذهب، يسمع، ليجلس (with lam of command/intent), ليكتبا، ليذهبوا، ليفعلن، ليكتبوا
3. فعل أمر (Imperative command): اقرأ، اذهب، اكتب، اشربي، اجلسا
4. فعل نهي (Negative command): لا تجلس، لا تشرب

Exam Tip: Negative commands (نهي) always start with the prohibitive 'لا' followed by a jussive verb (مجزوم), whereas present tense statements use 'لا' of negation without changing the verb case.

Question 7. Frame your own sentences using the given words:
مطعم - عاصمة - جبل - جمل
Answer:
1. مطعم (Restaurant): أكلت الغداء في مطعم نظيف. (I ate lunch in a clean restaurant.)
2. عاصمة (Capital): القاهرة عاصمة مصر. (Cairo is the capital of Egypt.)
3. جبل (Mountain): وقف السياح على قمة الجبل. (The tourists stood on top of the mountain.)
4. جمل (Camel): الجبل سفينة الصحراء. / رأيت جملًا في الحديقة. (I saw a camel in the park.)
In simple words: Construct simple, meaningful Arabic sentences using standard subject-verb-object order.

Exam Tip: Ensure proper case endings (i'rab) or at least correct voweling on the target word within your sentence.

Question 8. Write the conjugation of the past tense of the given verb (14 forms): اكتب صرف الفعل من " يفتح "
Answer:
Conjugation of the past tense verb فتح (to open) across all 14 standard forms:

In simple words: The table shows how the past tense verb "opened" changes its suffix depending on who is performing the action.

Exam Tip: Pay close attention to the dual forms (فتحا، فتحتا، فتحتما) and pronoun suffixes (-تم، -تن، -نا) when writing verb conjugations.