عُمَرُ فِي مَدِينَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ. هُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَأْجِرَ شَقَّةً.
اليَوْمَ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى شَقَّةٍ مَفْرُوشَةٍ فِي الطَّابِقِ الثَّانِي.
هُنَاكَ يَجْلِسُ مَعَ أَحْمَدَ. أَحْمَدُ لَدَيْهِ شُقَقٌ.
عُمَرُ: كَمْ غُرْفَةً فِي الشَّقَّةِ؟
أَحْمَدُ: فِيهَا ثَلَاثُ غُرَفٍ: غُرْفَةُ نَوْمٍ وَغُرْفَةُ جُلُوسٍ وَمَطْبَخٌ، وَحَمَّامٌ أَيْضًا.
عُمَرُ: وَكَمْ إِيجَارُهَا؟ هَلِ السِّعْرُ يَشْمَلُ الكَهْرَبَاءَ وَالمَاءَ؟
أَحْمَدُ: الإِيجَارُ ٥٠٠ دُولَارٍ فِي الشَّهْرِ، وَالسِّعْرُ يَشْمَلُ الكَهْرَبَاءَ وَالمَاءَ فَقَطْ.
عُمَرُ: هَلْ هُنَاكَ مَوْقِفٌ لِلسَّيَّارَاتِ؟
أَحْمَدُ: نَعَمْ، هُنَاكَ مَوْقِفٌ خَاصٌّ.
عُمَرُ: رَائِعٌ! سَأَسْتَأْجِرُ الشَّقَّةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
Official test · Level A1 · Lesson 4 · Student Test pp. 27–36
السَّكَنُ
The Residence — the teacher's test
The ten pages of the Student Test for lesson 4, in the teacher's order and with the teacher's wording. Type your answers and check them here, or print the page and write on paper.
How the answer fields work. Type with an Arabic keyboard and press check (or Enter). With all ḥarakāt you get ✓; without them — much faster on a phone — you get letters ✓ and the fully vowelled form to compare against. Say the vowels aloud either way: the teacher hears them.
p. 27 · Read and translate
Read the following text, then translate it in English. Read each line aloud first, translate it in your head, then tap it to check.
Umar and Ahmad · tap a line to reveal its meaning ·
عُمَرُ
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْتَأْجِرَ شَقَّةً. هَلْ لَدَيْكُمْ شَيْءٌ مُتَاحٌ؟
Peace be upon you. I want to rent an apartment. Do you have anything available?
أَحْمَدُ
وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ. نَعَمْ، لَدَيْنَا شُقَقٌ فِي الطَّابِقِ الأَوَّلِ وَالثَّانِي وَالثَّالِثِ، فِيهَا ثَلَاثُ غُرَفِ نَوْمٍ وَغُرْفَةُ جُلُوسٍ وَمَطْبَخٌ وَحَمَّامٌ.
And upon you be peace. Yes, we have apartments on the first, the second and the third floor; in them are three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom.
عُمَرُ
هَلِ الشَّقَّةُ مَفْرُوشَةٌ؟ وَكَمْ إِيجَارُهَا؟
Is the apartment furnished? And how much is its rent?
أَحْمَدُ
نَعَمْ، الشَّقَّةُ مَفْرُوشَةٌ وَإِيجَارُهَا ٥٠٠ دُولَارٍ فِي الشَّهْرِ.
Yes, the apartment is furnished and its rent is 500 dollars per month.
عُمَرُ
هَلِ السِّعْرُ يَشْمَلُ الكَهْرَبَاءَ وَالمَاءَ وَالشَّبَكَةَ الدَّوْلِيَّةَ؟
Does the price include the electricity, the water and the internet?
أَحْمَدُ
السِّعْرُ يَشْمَلُ الكَهْرَبَاءَ وَالمَاءَ فَقَطْ. عَلَيْكَ دَفْعُ فَاتُورَةِ الشَّبَكَةِ الدَّوْلِيَّةِ بِنَفْسِكَ.
The price includes the electricity and the water only. You have to pay the internet bill yourself.
عُمَرُ
هَلْ هُنَاكَ مَوْقِفٌ لِلسَّيَّارَاتِ؟
Is there a parking space for the cars?
أَحْمَدُ
نَعَمْ، هُنَاكَ مَوْقِفٌ خَاصٌّ لِلسَّيَّارَاتِ.
Yes, there is a private parking space for the cars.
عُمَرُ
رَائِعٌ، أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَرَى الشَّقَّةَ. مَتَى يُمْكِنُنِي زِيَارَتُهَا؟
Amazing. I want to see the apartment. When can I visit it?
أَحْمَدُ
يُمْكِنُكَ زِيَارَتُهَا غَدًا بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ العَصْرِ.
You can visit it tomorrow after the Asr prayer.
عُمَرُ
حَسَنًا، شُكْرًا. سَأَكُونُ هُنَاكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، لَكِنْ سَآتِي مَعَ اِبْنِي وَبِنْتِي، هَلْ هَذِهِ مُشْكِلَةٌ؟
Great, thank you. I will be there, in shāʾ Allāh, but I will come with my son and my daughter — is this a problem?
أَحْمَدُ
لَا، لَيْسَتْ مُشْكِلَةً، أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا بِكُمْ.
No, it is not a problem. Welcome to you all.
p. 28 · Match the pronoun
Match the pronoun to the correct verb conjugation of يَفْعَلُ. Pick the form for each pronoun; the list holds the thirteen forms in the order the test prints them.
أَنَا
نَحْنُ
أَنْتَ
أَنْتِ
أَنْتُمَا
أَنْتُمْ
أَنْتُنَّ
هُوَ
هِيَ
هُمَا (مُذَكَّر)
هُمَا (مُؤَنَّث)
هُمْ
هُنَّ
Misprint on the test page. The right-hand column prints يَفْعَلَانِ twice and تَفْعَلَانِ only once. It should be the other way round: تَفْعَلَانِ serves أَنْتُمَا and هُمَا (f.), يَفْعَلَانِ only هُمَا (m.) — Study Book p. 34. Here every form may be picked more than once. Worth mentioning to the teacher.
p. 29 · Conjugate يَدْرُسُ
Complete each sentence with the correct form of يَدْرُسُ based on the subject pronoun.
(أَنَا)
(نَحْنُ)
(أَنْتَ)
(أَنْتِ)
(أَنْتُمْ)
(أَنْتُمَا)
(أَنْتُنَّ)
(هُوَ)
(هِيَ)
(هُمَا)
(هُمْ)
(هُنَّ)
The test has only one هُمَا; يَدْرُسَانِ (two men, or a man and a woman) is the safe answer, تَدْرُسَانِ (two women) is accepted too.
p. 30 · Translation challenge (English → Arabic)
Say or write the Arabic, then tap the card for a model answer and grade yourself. Your version can differ in word order and still be right.
1. I rent an apartment.
أَسْتَأْجِرُ شَقَّةً.
2. We sit in the living room.
نَجْلِسُ فِي غُرْفَةِ الجُلُوسِ.
3. He pays the rent every month.
يَدْفَعُ الإِيجَارَ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ.
4. She loves visiting the apartment.
هِيَ تُحِبُّ زِيَارَةَ الشَّقَّةِ.
5. They (m) have a private parking space.
لَدَيْهِمْ مَوْقِفٌ خَاصٌّ.
6. You (m, s) see the furnished apartment.
تَرَى الشَّقَّةَ المَفْرُوشَةَ.
7. Do you (f, p) want to visit the second floor?
هَلْ تُرِدْنَ زِيَارَةَ الطَّابِقِ الثَّانِي؟
8. Is there electricity and water in the apartment?
هَلْ هُنَاكَ كَهْرَبَاءٌ وَمَاءٌ فِي الشَّقَّةِ؟
9. The price includes the internet.
السِّعْرُ يَشْمَلُ الشَّبَكَةَ الدَّوْلِيَّةَ.
10. My son and daughter go with me.
اِبْنِي وَبِنْتِي يَذْهَبَانِ مَعِي.
- Confirm with your teacher — not in the book yet: تُحِبُّ “she loves” (4), لَدَيْهِمْ “they have” (5, the book shows only لَدَيْكُمْ، لَدَيْنَا), تُرِدْنَ “you (f. pl.) want” (7).
- كُلَّ شَهْرٍ “every month” comes from the test's own p. 33. Explanations for every sentence: lesson 4, 7.4.
p. 31 · Conjugate three verbs in the present
Conjugate the following verbs in the present tense.
to rentيَسْتَأْجِرُ
أَنَا
نَحْنُ
أَنْتَ
أَنْتِ
أَنْتُمْ
هُوَ
هِيَ
هُمْ
to payيَدْفَعُ
أَنَا
نَحْنُ
أَنْتَ
أَنْتِ
أَنْتُمْ
هُوَ
هِيَ
هُمْ
to sitيَجْلِسُ
أَنَا
نَحْنُ
أَنْتَ
أَنْتِ
أَنْتُمْ
هُوَ
هِيَ
هُمْ
p. 32 · Past, command, maṣdar
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb. The present is given; write the other three columns. The “Verb” column (the English meaning) is behind meaning.
meaning
to rentيَسْتَأْجِرُ
meaning
to rentالمَاضِي
الأَمْرُ
المَصْدَرُ
meaning
to sitيَجْلِسُ
meaning
to sitالمَاضِي
الأَمْرُ
المَصْدَرُ
meaning
to include, encompassيَشْمَلُ
meaning
to include, encompassالمَاضِي
الأَمْرُ
المَصْدَرُ
meaning
to payيَدْفَعُ
meaning
to payالمَاضِي
الأَمْرُ
المَصْدَرُ
meaning
to seeيَرَى
meaning
to seeالمَاضِي
الأَمْرُ
المَصْدَرُ
meaning
to be possibleيُمْكِنُ
meaning
to be possibleالمَاضِي
الأَمْرُ
المَصْدَرُ
meaning
to beيَكُونُ
meaning
to beالمَاضِي
الأَمْرُ
المَصْدَرُ
meaning
to comeيَأْتِي
meaning
to comeالمَاضِي
الأَمْرُ
المَصْدَرُ
Answers are the Study Book's table, p. 31 — also on the verb sheet.
p. 33 · Complete the sentences
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the given verb (past, present, command, or verbal noun). The small line names the form wanted and the verb.
أَمْسِ، عُمَرُ ______ شَقَّةً جَدِيدَةً · المَاضِي · يَسْتَأْجِرُ
هُوَ ______ الإِيجَارَ الأُسْبُوعَ المَاضِيَ · المَاضِي · يَدْفَعُ
هُمَا ______ فِي غُرْفَةِ الجُلُوسِ · المُضَارِعُ · يَجْلِسُ
أَنْتِ ______ اللُّغَةَ العَرَبِيَّةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ · المُضَارِعُ · يَدْرُسُ
يَا أَحْمَدُ، ______ عَلَى الكُرْسِيِّ · الأَمْرُ · يَجْلِسُ
يَا مُحَمَّدُ، ______ الإِيجَارَ فَوْرًا · الأَمْرُ · يَدْفَعُ
هُوَ يُفَكِّرُ فِي ______ شَقَّةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ · المَصْدَرُ · يَسْتَأْجِرُ
______ الفَوَاتِيرِ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ ضَرُورِيٌّ · المَصْدَرُ · يَدْفَعُ
- The maṣdar changes its last vowel with its place in the sentence: kasra after فِي (اِسْتِئْجَارِ), ḍamma as the subject (دَفْعُ), and no tanwīn, because the next word owns it.
- اِدْفَعِ الإِيجَارَ: the command's sukūn becomes kasra before ال; plain اِدْفَعْ is accepted.
- Meanings and new words (أَمْسِ، الأُسْبُوعَ المَاضِيَ، فَوْرًا، ضَرُورِيٌّ …): lesson 4, 7.7.
p. 34 · Create a story
Create a story in Arabic starting from the following prompt:
Omar has just arrived in a new city and is looking for an apartment to rent. He visits this furnished apartment and speaks with the landlord to ask about its features. He wants to know how many rooms it has, whether the rent includes electricity and water, and if there is parking available.
The test page shows a drawing of a furnished apartment: living room with sofa and TV, dining table, kitchen, balcony.
Model story (only words from the book and the test)
Confirm with your teacher: لَدَيْهِ (he has), مَعَ أَحْمَدَ (fatḥa on a name without tanwīn), كَمْ غُرْفَةً (singular with fatḥa-tanwīn after “how many”).
p. 35 · Role-play
New role-play with your teacher: tell us about your apartment. Prepare it aloud; the teacher will then ask the questions Umar asked.
Skeleton to fill with your own details
أَعِيشُ فِي شَقَّةٍ فِي الطَّابِقِ … (الأَوَّلِ / الثَّانِي / الثَّالِثِ).
الشَّقَّةُ مَفْرُوشَةٌ. فِيهَا … غُرَفِ نَوْمٍ وَغُرْفَةُ جُلُوسٍ وَمَطْبَخٌ وَحَمَّامٌ.
إِيجَارُهَا … فِي الشَّهْرِ، وَالسِّعْرُ يَشْمَلُ الكَهْرَبَاءَ وَالمَاءَ.
أَدْفَعُ فَاتُورَةَ الشَّبَكَةِ الدَّوْلِيَّةِ بِنَفْسِي.
هُنَاكَ مَوْقِفٌ لِلسَّيَّارَاتِ قُرْبَ البَيْتِ.
نَجْلِسُ فِي غُرْفَةِ الجُلُوسِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ العَصْرِ.
الشَّقَّةُ مَفْرُوشَةٌ. فِيهَا … غُرَفِ نَوْمٍ وَغُرْفَةُ جُلُوسٍ وَمَطْبَخٌ وَحَمَّامٌ.
إِيجَارُهَا … فِي الشَّهْرِ، وَالسِّعْرُ يَشْمَلُ الكَهْرَبَاءَ وَالمَاءَ.
أَدْفَعُ فَاتُورَةَ الشَّبَكَةِ الدَّوْلِيَّةِ بِنَفْسِي.
هُنَاكَ مَوْقِفٌ لِلسَّيَّارَاتِ قُرْبَ البَيْتِ.
نَجْلِسُ فِي غُرْفَةِ الجُلُوسِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ العَصْرِ.
Likely questions: هَلِ الشَّقَّةُ مَفْرُوشَةٌ؟ · كَمْ إِيجَارُهَا؟ · هَلِ السِّعْرُ يَشْمَلُ الكَهْرَبَاءَ؟ · هَلْ هُنَاكَ مَوْقِفٌ لِلسَّيَّارَاتِ؟ — answer shapes in lesson 4, section 8.