Grammar focus
Adjective agreement; relative pronouns; ليس
Advanced Topic B · TB-L03
Lesson focus
Build detailed, respectful descriptions and support character judgements with evidence.
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Reading · Writing
Advanced application
Appearance and character match
Match physical-description cards to personality clues, then justify which details are facts and which are opinions using accurate adjective agreement.
Core: complete accurately · Develop: add a reason or comparison · Stretch: change time frame or viewpoint
Interactive visual game · this lesson
Describe the Personصِفِ الشَّخْصَ
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Do exactly these three steps:
1. Look at the picture or clock.
2. Read all three Arabic choices.
3. Click the sentence that matches the picture exactly.
Round 1
Which Arabic sentence matches the visual exactly?
A grammatically possible sentence is not enough: it must describe the picture or clock shown.
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Retrieve · orient · prepare
Objectives and visible success
Today you will
- Control the key D2-L06 vocabulary in complete Arabic sentences.
- Understand and apply the target grammar: Physical description, possession and relative clauses.
- Extract precise evidence from an intermediate listening and reading text.
- Produce developed spoken and written Arabic with reasons and detail.
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Tick achievements as you secure them.
Retrieval bridge
Wake up previous learning
Answer four questions before opening the new language.
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Recognise · organise · retrieve
Vocabulary studio
The complete lesson-relevant language bank is organised by meaning and recycled in the activities below.
Height, hair and eyes
طَوِيلُ القَامَةِ / طَوِيلَةُ القَامَةِ
tall
قَصِيرُ القَامَةِ / قَصِيرَةُ القَامَةِ
short
مُتَوَسِّطُ القَامَةِ / مُتَوَسِّطَةُ القَامَةِ
medium height
شَعْرٌ طَوِيلٌ
long hair
شَعْرٌ قَصِيرٌ
short hair
شَعْرٌ مُجَعَّدٌ
curly hair
شَعْرٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
straight hair
عَيْنَانِ بُنِّيَّتَانِ
brown eyes
يَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً
he wears glasses
تَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً
she wears glasses
لَهُ لِحْيَةٌ
he has a beard
مَلَامِحُهُ هَادِئَةٌ
his features are calm
Clothes in a portrait
قَمِيصٌ
shirt
قَمِيصَةٌ
blouse
سِرْوَالٌ
trousers
تَنُّورَةٌ
skirt
فُسْتَانٌ
dress
مِعْطَفٌ
coat
سُتْرَةٌ
jacket
حِذَاءٌ
shoes
حِجَابٌ
headscarf
قُبَّعَةٌ
hat
Style and personality detail
أَنِيقٌ / أَنِيقَةٌ
elegant
عَصْرِيٌّ / عَصْرِيَّةٌ
modern
تَقْلِيدِيٌّ / تَقْلِيدِيَّةٌ
traditional
رَسْمِيٌّ / رَسْمِيَّةٌ
formal
غَيْرُ رَسْمِيٍّ / غَيْرُ رَسْمِيَّةٍ
casual
مُحْتَشِمٌ / مُحْتَشِمَةٌ
modest
مُلَوَّنٌ / مُلَوَّنَةٌ
colourful
بَسِيطٌ / بَسِيطَةٌ
simple
Vocabulary mission
Retrieve in both directions
Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.
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Explain · notice · apply
Physical description, possession and relative clauses
وَصْفُ المَظْهَرِ وَالمِلْكِيَّةُ وَالجُمَلُ المَوْصُولَةُ
Create a coherent portrait using possession, dual body features, adjective agreement and الذي/التي clauses.
What does the structure communicate?
Which word or ending changes?
What must match the noun or person?
Can you use it with new vocabulary?
لَهُ شَعْرٌ قَصِيرٌ.
Target D2 structure in context.Possession with لَهُ / لَهَا
شَعْرُهَا طَوِيلٌ وَمُجَعَّدٌ.
Target D2 structure in context.Body-feature agreement
هُوَ الشَّخْصُ الَّذِي يَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً.
Target D2 structure in context.Relative clause
هِيَ مُتَوَسِّطَةُ القَامَةِ، وَلَهَا شَعْرٌ قَصِيرٌ، وَتَرْتَدِي مِعْطَفًا أَزْرَقَ.
Target D2 structure in context.Respectful portrait order
Possession with لَهُ / لَهَا
لَهُ / لَهَا + اِسْمٌ
Use لَهُ for he has and لَهَا for she has.
لَهُ شَعْرٌ قَصِيرٌ.لَهَا عَيْنَانِ بُنِّيَّتَانِ.
Body-feature agreement
اِسْمٌ + صِفَةٌ مُطَابِقَةٌ
Hair is masculine; eyes are dual feminine.
شَعْرُهَا طَوِيلٌ وَمُجَعَّدٌ.عَيْنَاهُ زَرْقَاوَانِ.
Relative clause
الشَّخْصُ الَّذِي / الفَتَاةُ الَّتِي
Use الذي for masculine and التي for feminine antecedents.
هُوَ الشَّخْصُ الَّذِي يَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً.هِيَ الفَتَاةُ الَّتِي لَهَا شَعْرٌ طَوِيلٌ.
Respectful portrait order
القَامَةُ ← الشَّعْرُ ← العَيْنَانِ ← المَلَابِسُ
Organise details and avoid judgemental language.
هِيَ مُتَوَسِّطَةُ القَامَةِ، وَلَهَا شَعْرٌ قَصِيرٌ، وَتَرْتَدِي مِعْطَفًا أَزْرَقَ.
| Reference | Possession | Relative pronoun |
|---|---|---|
| male | لَهُ / شَعْرُهُ | الَّذِي |
| female | لَهَا / شَعْرُهَا | الَّتِي |
| two eyes | عَيْنَاهُ / عَيْنَاهَا | — |
Learn nouns and adjectives as usable phrases, including gender or plural information where it changes the sentence.
In every extended answer, add evidence, a reason, comparison or contrast rather than stopping after one clause.
Grammar laboratory
Choose the form for a reason
Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.
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Select · build · explain
Sentence-builder studio
Use the live builder first, then complete three independent builder missions. Check meaning, verb form, agreement and word order.
Builder studio
Describe a girl
My generated sentence
اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.
Target-meaning builder
Describe a girl
اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ عَمُودٍ.
Target-meaning builder
Identify with a relative clause
اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ عَمُودٍ.
Target-meaning builder
Add clothing detail
اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ عَمُودٍ.
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Read · understand · respond
physical appearance Arabic challenge
Apply the lesson vocabulary and grammar in six context-rich Arabic decisions.
Arabic application challenge
Six short exam-style tasks. Read the Arabic carefully and use vocabulary, grammar and context to choose the best response.
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Spot · explain · repair
Accuracy repair workshop
Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.
لَهُ شَعْرٌ طَوِيلَةٌ.
لَهَا شَعْرٌ طَوِيلٌ.
لَهَا + masculine شَعْرٌ + طَوِيلٌ.
الوَلَدُ الَّتِي تَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً
الوَلَدُ الَّذِي يَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً
Masculine antecedent takes الذي.
بُنِّيٌّ
بُنِّيَّتَانِ
Dual feminine agreement.
Repair check
Preserve the intended meaning
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Predict · listen twice · verify
Listening focus: physical appearance
Read the questions first. Listen once for the main message and again for the exact detail.
Which person, time, frequency, sequence, contrast or changed detail might you hear?
Catch the speaker, setting and overall message.
Confirm the exact detail and reject close distractors.
Audio is coming soon.
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Listening script
يَصِفُ المُتَحَدِّثُ شَخْصَيْنِ فِي صُورَةٍ. الأَوَّلُ شَابٌّ طَوِيلُ القَامَةِ، لَهُ شَعْرٌ قَصِيرٌ وَمُجَعَّدٌ، وَيَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً وَقَمِيصًا أَبْيَضَ. الثَّانِيَةُ فَتَاةٌ مُتَوَسِّطَةُ القَامَةِ، لَهَا شَعْرٌ طَوِيلٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ وَعَيْنَانِ بُنِّيَّتَانِ. هِيَ الفَتَاةُ الَّتِي تَرْتَدِي مِعْطَفًا أَزْرَقَ وَحَقِيبَةً سَوْدَاءَ.
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Preview · scan · prove
Reading focus: physical appearance
Read once for meaning, then return to the exact Arabic evidence before choosing an answer.
Identify the text type and likely purpose.
Locate names, numbers, repeated words and question cues.
Choose only an answer supported by the text.
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Model · rehearse · respond
Developed speaking: physical appearance
Use the model to notice the structure, then answer a randomly selected prompt without reading a full script.
Prompt bank
- صِفْ شَخْصًا فِي صُورَةٍ.
- مَا الفَرْقُ بَيْنَ وَصْفِ المَظْهَرِ وَالحُكْمِ عَلَى الشَّخْصِيَّةِ؟
- صِفْ مَلَابِسَ شَخْصٍ تَعْرِفُهُ.
- اِسْتَعْمِلِ الَّذِي أَوِ الَّتِي فِي وَصْفٍ.
اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.
Model exchange
A
مَنْ هُوَ أَخُوكَ فِي الصُّورَةِ؟
Who is your brother in the picture?B
هُوَ الشَّابُّ الَّذِي يَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً.
He is the young man who wears glasses.A
كَيْفَ مَظْهَرُهُ؟
What does he look like?B
هُوَ طَوِيلُ القَامَةِ وَلَهُ شَعْرٌ قَصِيرٌ.
He is tall and has short hair.Not yet marked complete.
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Plan · draft · improve
Guided writing workshop
Write 100–120 Arabic words giving a respectful full portrait of two people. Organise height, hair, eyes, distinguishing features, clothes and one personality inference supported by behaviour.
Success checklist
- Cover every requested content point.
- Use the target grammar accurately.
- Include precise vocabulary from this lesson.
- Add a reason, comparison or contrast.
- Review agreement, pronoun reference and connectors.
1 · content2 · target grammar3 · check and improve
Reveal an achievable model
فِي هٰذِهِ الصُّورَةِ شَخْصَانِ. الأَوَّلُ شَابٌّ طَوِيلُ القَامَةِ، لَهُ شَعْرٌ قَصِيرٌ وَمُجَعَّدٌ وَعَيْنَانِ بُنِّيَّتَانِ. هُوَ الشَّخْصُ الَّذِي يَرْتَدِي نَظَّارَةً وَقَمِيصًا أَبْيَضَ وَسِرْوَالًا أَسْوَدَ. يَبْدُو هَادِئًا لِأَنَّهُ يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى الآخَرِينَ. أَمَّا الفَتَاةُ فَهِيَ مُتَوَسِّطَةُ القَامَةِ، وَلَهَا شَعْرٌ طَوِيلٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ. هِيَ الفَتَاةُ الَّتِي تَرْتَدِي حِجَابًا أَزْرَقَ وَمِعْطَفًا رَمَادِيًّا. تَبْدُو وَاثِقَةً وَمَرِحَةً لِأَنَّهَا تَتَحَدَّثُ مَعَ الجَمِيعِ. الوَصْفُ الدَّقِيقُ يَحْتَرِمُ الشَّخْصَ وَلَا يَحْكُمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَظْهَرِهِ فَقَطْ.
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Retrieve · judge · transfer
Complete the lesson checkpoint
The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.
Secure the main vocabulary and produce four accurate sentences using the taught frame.
Combine description, grammar and a reason in connected answers.
Add comparison, contrast, precise evidence and an independently controlled relative clause.
Final self-marking check
Show what you can now do
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Exit ticket
Record one secure achievement and one precise next step.
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