Grammar focus
Colour adjective forms; non-human plural agreement
Advanced Topic B · TB-L06
Lesson focus
Control regular and irregular colour forms in realistic descriptions.
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Reading · Speaking
Advanced application
Colour-agreement snap
Match nouns to correct colour forms as quickly as possible. Keep only pairs with correct gender/number agreement and repair any rejected combination.
Core: complete accurately · Develop: add a reason or comparison · Stretch: change time frame or viewpoint
Interactive visual game · this lesson
Colour Sceneمَشْهَدُ الأَلْوَانِ
Score: 0/0
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 · notice · prepare
Bring furniture into the colour studioأَحْضِرِ الأَثَاثَ إِلَى مَرْسَمِ الأَلْوَانِ
Retrieve noun gender and familiar furniture before adding accurate colour adjectives.
- Name all core colours and official extension words.
- Form masculine and feminine colours accurately.
- Use light, dark, colourful and striped descriptions.
- Write a connected colour-rich description.
Arabic colour words come after the noun and change to match its gender. Some feminine forms are regular; six important colours change completely.
Eight-question agreement bridge
Retrieve noun gender, adjective position and familiar colour forms.
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See · say · retrieve
Complete colour vaultخَزِينَةُ الأَلْوَانِ الكَامِلَةُ
Learn the core eleven colours first, then secure the wider syllabus vocabulary used for shade, finish and pattern.
Core colours · الأَلْوَانُ الأَسَاسِيَّةُ
Official extension bank · مَفْرَدَاتٌ إِضَافِيَّةٌ
Twelve-question colour-vault check
Retrieve meanings and key masculine/feminine pairs.
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Compare · classify · form
Two colour patternsنَمَطَانِ لِصِيَاغَةِ الأَلْوَانِ
Do not add ة automatically. First identify which pattern the colour follows.
أَفْعَلُ ← فَعْلَاءُ
Six high-frequency colours have a broken feminine pattern.
أَحْمَرُ ← حَمْرَاءُأَزْرَقُ ← زَرْقَاءُأَخْضَرُ ← خَضْرَاءُأَصْفَرُ ← صَفْرَاءُأَبْيَضُ ← بَيْضَاءُأَسْوَدُ ← سَوْدَاءُ
ـِيٌّ ← ـِيَّةٌ
Many colour words behave like regular nisba adjectives.
بُرْتُقَالِيٌّ ← بُرْتُقَالِيَّةٌبَنَفْسَجِيٌّ ← بَنَفْسَجِيَّةٌبُنِّيٌّ ← بُنِّيَّةٌرَمَادِيٌّ ← رَمَادِيَّةٌوَرْدِيٌّ ← وَرْدِيَّةٌذَهَبِيٌّ ← ذَهَبِيَّةٌفِضِّيٌّ ← فِضِّيَّةٌ
Common mistake
حَمْرَاءُ ✓ لَيْسَتْ «أَحْمَرَةٌ» ✗
The feminine of أَحْمَرُ is حَمْرَاءُ. The six broken colours must be learned as pairs.
Twelve-question pattern laboratory
Classify each colour and build the correct feminine form.
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Noun first · colour second
Make colour agreeطَابِقِ اللَّوْنَ مَعَ الاِسْمِ
The colour follows the noun and matches its gender. The noun decides which form you need.
بَابٌ أَحْمَرُ
a red door
سَرِيرٌ أَزْرَقُ فَاتِحٌ
a light-blue bed
مَكْتَبٌ بُنِّيٌّ
a brown desk
نَافِذَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ
a red window
أَرِيكَةٌ زَرْقَاءُ فَاتِحَةٌ
a light-blue sofa
طَاوِلَةٌ بُنِّيَّةٌ
a brown table
السَّتَائِرُ زَرْقَاءُ وَمُخَطَّطَةٌ.
Plural things commonly take a feminine singular adjective in Arabic.
البَابُ الأَحْمَرُ
When the noun is definite with الـ, the adjective is definite too.
Fourteen-question colour-agreement check
Choose, repair and transfer masculine, feminine and plural descriptions.
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Add precision
Light, dark, colourful and stripedفَاتِحٌ وَغَامِقٌ وَمُلَوَّنٌ وَمُخَطَّطٌ
Add a second adjective after the colour. Both adjectives must agree with the noun.
Ten-question shade and pattern check
Make both adjectives agree accurately.
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Create · label · explain
Palette Studioمَرْسَمُ الأَلْوَانِ
Create a useful personal reference rather than copying an isolated list.
Build your Arabic colour system
Include the six broken pairs, five regular core pairs, gold, silver, light, dark, colourful and striped. Add at least six model noun phrases.
Draw a colour wheel, room or object set. Add clear Arabic labels and complete sentences.
On paper, create a labelled colour wheel or two-column pattern chart. Add six accurate noun phrases and underline the agreeing endings.
Not yet marked complete.
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Retrieve · decide · repair
Colour Code Missionمُهِمَّةُ شِفْرَةِ الأَلْوَانِ
Move from colour recognition to pattern classification and accurate agreement.
Fourteen-round Colour Code Mission
Choose the form or sentence that unlocks each colour code.
1ColourMeaning
Choose the correct answer.
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Predict · listen · verify
Listening practice · Layla’s colourful homeبَيْتُ لَيْلَى المُلَوَّنُ
Listen for rooms, objects, colours, shades and one opinion.
Before revealing the script, record the colours of the entrance, living room, kitchen and two bedrooms.
My listening notes
Draw a colour wheel, room or object set. Add clear Arabic labels and complete sentences.
On paper, make a two-column table: room or object | colour or pattern heard. Record at least eight details.
Not yet marked complete.
Ten-question listening check
Choose the detail supported by Layla’s description.
Reveal listening script
فِي بَيْتِ لَيْلَى غُرَفٌ مُلَوَّنَةٌ. بَابُ المَدْخَلِ أَزْرَقُ غَامِقٌ، وَالحَائِطُ أَبْيَضُ. فِي غُرْفَةِ الجُلُوسِ أَرِيكَةٌ بَنَفْسَجِيَّةٌ وَسَجَّادَةٌ رَمَادِيَّةٌ. السَّتَائِرُ زَرْقَاءُ فَاتِحَةٌ وَمُخَطَّطَةٌ. فِي المَطْبَخِ ثَلَّاجَةٌ فِضِّيَّةٌ وَطَاوِلَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ، وَالكَرَاسِي بُرْتُقَالِيَّةٌ. غُرْفَةُ لَيْلَى وَرْدِيَّةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ مَكْتَبَهَا بُنِّيٌّ. غُرْفَةُ أَخِيهَا خَضْرَاءُ، وَسَرِيرُهُ أَسْوَدُ. تُحِبُّ لَيْلَى غُرْفَةَ الجُلُوسِ لِأَنَّ أَلْوَانَهَا هَادِئَةٌ وَجَمِيلَةٌ.
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Scan · locate · prove
Read two colour-rich descriptionsاِقْرَأْ وَصْفَيْنِ مَلِيئَيْنِ بِالأَلْوَانِ
Locate each noun first, then identify the agreeing colour and any extra shade or pattern word.
Yusuf’s study
مَكْتَبُ يُوسُفَ صَغِيرٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ مُرَتَّبٌ. الحَائِطُ أَخْضَرُ فَاتِحٌ، وَالبَابُ أَبْيَضُ. فِي الغُرْفَةِ مَكْتَبٌ بُنِّيٌّ وَكُرْسِيٌّ أَسْوَدُ. عَلَى المَكْتَبِ حَاسُوبٌ فِضِّيٌّ وَمِصْبَاحٌ أَصْفَرُ. السَّتَائِرُ بَيْضَاءُ وَخَضْرَاءُ وَمُخَطَّطَةٌ. يُحِبُّ يُوسُفُ المَكْتَبَ لِأَنَّ أَلْوَانَهُ هَادِئَةٌ.
Maha’s favourite objects
تُحِبُّ مَهَا الألوان الزاهية. حقيبتها وردية، وهاتفها بنفسجي غامق. في غرفتها سجادة حمراء، ووسادتان برتقاليتان، ومرآة ذهبية. أمّا خزانتها فهي بيضاء، ولكن أبوابها ملوّنة. تقول مها إنّ اللون الأزرق هو لونها المفضّل لأنّه هادئ وجميل.
Twelve-question reading check
Use evidence from both texts.
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Model · rehearse · respond
Describe a colour schemeصِفْ نِظَامًا لَوْنِيًّا
Use the random prompt to describe a room, person or object set with accurate agreement and one reason.
Random prompt
Living room
sofa · rug · curtains · lamp · wall
Model
0/6 speaking features secured
Not yet marked complete.
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Plan · draft · improve
Write a colour-rich descriptionاُكْتُبْ وَصْفًا غَنِيًّا بِالأَلْوَانِ
Write 6–8 connected sentences about a room, family portrait or personal-item collection.
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غُرْفَتِي ...
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Draw a room, portrait or personal-item collection. Label at least eight things and write 6–8 connected Arabic sentences.
On paper, draw and colour a room, portrait or item collection. Label at least eight nouns. Write 6–8 connected Arabic sentences using six colour words, both colour patterns, one shade or pattern word and one reason.
Not yet marked complete.
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Consolidate · transfer · check
Complete the colour checkpointأَكْمِلْ تَحَدِّيَ الأَلْوَانِ
The final check mixes vocabulary, two-pattern recognition, agreement, shades, listening and reading evidence.
Sixteen-question colour checkpoint
Aim for at least 14/16, read every explanation, then retry.