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Advanced Topic C — The World Around Us

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The Natural World — Landscapes, Ecosystems and Biodiversityالعَالَمُ الطَّبِيعِيُّ — المَنَاظِرُ الطَّبِيعِيَّةُ وَالأَنْظِمَةُ البِيئِيَّةُ وَالتَّنَوُّعُ الحَيَوِيُّ

Describe ecosystems with يَضُمُّ and يُشَكِّلُ, weigh threats with both conditional types, and introduce the purpose subjunctive: لِكَي + a verb with the final fatḥa.

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Retrieve · orient · prepare

Objectives and visible success

Today you will

  • Name ecosystem and biodiversity vocabulary in scientific register.
  • Describe composition with يَضُمُّ، يُشَكِّلُ، يَتَفَاعَلُ مَعَ.
  • Weigh a real threat (إِذَا) against a counterfactual (لَوْ).
  • Form a purpose clause with لِكَي + a subjunctive verb (final fatḥa).

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Tick achievements as you secure them.

Retrieval bridge

Wake up previous learning

Answer four questions before opening the new language.

1Choose the accurate sentence with يَضُمُّ.

2Complete the purpose clause: نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى قَوَانِينَ لِكَيْ ___ الغَابَاتِ.

3Which is the counterfactual (Type 2)?

4What is the subjunctive marker after لِكَي?

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02

Recognise · organise · retrieve

Vocabulary studio

The complete lesson-relevant language bank is organised by meaning and recycled in the activities below.

25 lesson words and phrases

Ecosystems and biodiversity

نِظَامٌ بِيئِيٌّ
an ecosystem
تَنَوُّعٌ حَيَوِيٌّ
biodiversity
سِلْسِلَةٌ غِذَائِيَّةٌ
a food chain
مَوْطِنٌ طَبِيعِيٌّ
a natural habitat
أَنْوَاعٌ مُهَدَّدَةٌ بِالانْقِرَاضِ
endangered species
غَابَةٌ اسْتِوَائِيَّةٌ
a tropical rainforest
شِعَابٌ مَرْجَانِيَّةٌ
coral reefs
التَّوَازُنُ البِيئِيُّ
ecological balance
الانْقِرَاضُ
extinction

Composition and impact verbs

يَتَكَوَّنُ مِنْ
is composed of

Fixed with مِنْ.

يَضُمُّ
encompasses, includes

Form I, doubled; direct object.

يُشَكِّلُ
forms, constitutes

Form II; direct object.

يَتَفَاعَلُ مَعَ
interacts with

Form VI, fixed with مَعَ.

يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى
depends on

Fixed with عَلَى.

يُهَدِّدُ
threatens

Form II; direct object.

يُؤَدِّي إِلَى
leads to

Fixed with إِلَى.

حِمَايَةُ التَّنَوُّعِ
protecting biodiversity

The purpose subjunctive

لِكَيْ
so that, in order that

Triggers the subjunctive.

الفِعْلُ المَنْصُوبُ
the subjunctive verb
فَتْحَةُ النَّصْبِ
the subjunctive fatḥa

Final ـَ.

لِكَيْ تَحْمِيَ
so that it protects

Subjunctive تَحْمِيَ.

لِكَيْ تَسْتَمِرَّ
so that it continues

Subjunctive تَسْتَمِرَّ.

لِكَيْ تُحَافِظَ
so that it preserves

Subjunctive تُحَافِظَ.

إِجْرَاءَاتُ الحِمَايَةِ
protection measures
تَعَاوُنٌ إِقْلِيمِيٌّ
regional cooperation

Vocabulary mission

Retrieve in both directions

Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.

8 questions
1Choose the meaning of نِظَامٌ بِيئِيٌّ

2Choose the Arabic for “biodiversity”.

3Choose the meaning of سِلْسِلَةٌ غِذَائِيَّةٌ

4Choose the Arabic for “a natural habitat”.

5Choose the meaning of أَنْوَاعٌ مُهَدَّدَةٌ بِالانْقِرَاضِ

6Choose the Arabic for “a tropical rainforest”.

7Choose the meaning of شِعَابٌ مَرْجَانِيَّةٌ

8Choose the Arabic for “ecological balance”.

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03

Explain · notice · apply

Composition verbs and the purpose subjunctive

أَفْعَالُ التَّكْوِينِ وَالفِعْلُ المَنْصُوبُ بَعْدَ لِكَيْ

The ecosystem verbs with their complements, both conditional types applied to threats, and the لِكَي purpose clause with its subjunctive verb.

1Meaning

What does the structure communicate?

2Form

Which word or ending changes?

3Agreement

What must match the noun or person?

4Transfer

Can you use it with new vocabulary?

تَضُمُّ الشِّعَابُ المَرْجَانِيَّةُ فِي البَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ أَلْفَ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الأَسْمَاكِ
What to notice

يَضُمُّ takes a direct object.

لَوْ كَانَتْ إِجْرَاءَاتُ الحِمَايَةِ أَصْرَمَ سَابِقًا، لَكَانَتِ الشِّعَابُ أَفْضَلَ حَالًا
What to notice

Type 2 counterfactual.

تَحْتَاجُ الدُّوَلُ إِلَى تَعَاوُنٍ لِكَيْ تَحْمِيَ هٰذَا الإِرْثَ الطَّبِيعِيَّ
What to notice

لِكَيْ + subjunctive تَحْمِيَ.

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Composition

يَضُمُّ / يُشَكِّلُ + object

Both take a direct object; يَتَفَاعَلُ takes مَعَ.

تَضُمُّ الغَابَةُ آلَافَ الأَنْوَاعِيُشَكِّلُ المَرْجَانُ بِيئَةً حَيَوِيَّةً
2

Real threat (Type 1)

إِذَا + past → سَـ

A likely consequence of a current trend.

إِذَا اسْتَمَرَّ الاحْتِرَارُ، سَتَتَبَيَّضُ الشِّعَابُ وَتَمُوتُ
3

Counterfactual (Type 2)

لَوْ + past → لَـ

What would have been better.

لَوْ كَانَتِ الحِمَايَةُ أَصْرَمَ سَابِقًا، لَكَانَتِ الشِّعَابُ أَفْضَلَ حَالًا
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Purpose subjunctive

لِكَيْ + verb (final fatḥa)

لِكَي triggers the subjunctive.

تَحْتَاجُ المِنْطَقَةُ إِلَى تَعَاوُنٍ لِكَيْ تَحْمِيَ إِرْثَهَا الطَّبِيعِيَّ
StructureMarkerExample
يَضُمُّdirect objectيَضُمُّ آلَافَ الأَنْوَاعِ
Type 1إِذَا … سَـإِذَا اسْتَمَرَّ … سَتَمُوتُ
Type 2لَوْ … لَـلَوْ حُمِيَتْ … لَبَقِيَتْ
لِكَيْsubjunctive fatḥaلِكَيْ تَحْمِيَ
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يَضُمُّ and يُشَكِّلُ describe composition

تَضُمُّ الشِّعَابُ المَرْجَانِيَّةُ آلَافَ الأَنْوَاعِ (encompasses thousands of species), يُشَكِّلُ المَرْجَانُ بِيئَةً حَيَوِيَّةً (forms a vital environment). Both take a direct object. يَتَفَاعَلُ مَعَ links the parts of a system.

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لِكَي puts the next verb in the subjunctive

After لِكَي the verb ends in a fatḥa, not a ḍamma: نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى قَوَانِينَ لِكَي نَحْمِيَ الغَابَاتِ (so that we protect — نَحْمِيَ, not نَحْمِي). The final fatḥa is the subjunctive marker, and TC accuracy depends on it.

Grammar laboratory

Choose the form for a reason

Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.

8 questions
1Choose the accurate sentence with يَضُمُّ.

2Complete: يَتَفَاعَلُ كُلُّ عُنْصُرٍ ___ العَنَاصِرِ الأُخْرَى.

3Which is a real threat (Type 1)?

4Which is a counterfactual (Type 2)?

5Complete the purpose clause: نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى قَوَانِينَ لِكَيْ ___ الغَابَاتِ.

6Which verb after لِكَي is subjunctive?

7Complete: لِكَيْ ___ الشِّعَابُ فِي أَدَاءِ دَوْرِهَا.

8What is the subjunctive marker after لِكَي?

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Build · transform · justify

Sentence-building and transformation studio

The guided builder develops flexible sentence construction. The three independent tasks then test different skills: grammatical transformation, meaning and coherence, and original sentence production.

Combinatorial builder studio

Build an ecosystem argument from a composition, a threat and a purpose clause.

This guided builder accepts 27 accurate combinations. Build 3 different sentences, changing one meaningful chunk each time. Compare the grammar and meaning before moving to the independent tasks.

My generated sentence

اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.

0/3 different sentences built.

Each composition, threat and purpose clause is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations work.

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Transformation challenge

Fix the subjunctive after لِكَيْ

Repair the verb after لِكَيْ so it is subjunctive.
Original sentence

نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى قَوَانِينَ لِكَيْ نَحْمِي الغَابَاتِ.

لِكَيْ + مَنْصُوبٌ
Choose the best Arabic response
2
Transformation challenge

Remove the extra preposition

Repair the sentence so يَضُمُّ takes a direct object.
Original sentence

تَضُمُّ الغَابَةُ بِآلَافِ الأَنْوَاعِ.

يَضُمُّ + مَفْعُولٌ بِهِ
Choose the best Arabic response
3
Transformation challenge

Fix the Type 2 result

Repair the counterfactual so it uses لَـ.
Original sentence

لَوْ حُمِيَتِ الشِّعَابُ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَبْقَى بِخَيْرٍ.

لَوْ … لَـ + مَاضٍ
Choose the best Arabic response

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Read · understand · respond

Ecosystem Mission — Composition, Conditionals and لِكَيْ

Keep يَضُمُّ transitive, tell a real threat from a counterfactual, and put a fatḥa after لِكَيْ.

Arabic application challenge

Keep يَضُمُّ transitive, tell a real threat from a counterfactual, and put a fatḥa after لِكَيْ.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

06

Spot · explain · repair

Accuracy repair workshop

Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.

نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى قَوَانِينَ لِكَيْ نَحْمِي الغَابَاتِ.

نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى قَوَانِينَ لِكَيْ نَحْمِيَ الغَابَاتِ.

After لِكَي the verb is subjunctive: نَحْمِيَ, with a final fatḥa.

تَضُمُّ الغَابَةُ بِآلَافِ الأَنْوَاعِ.

تَضُمُّ الغَابَةُ آلَافَ الأَنْوَاعِ.

يَضُمُّ takes a direct object, with no preposition.

لَوِ اسْتَمَرَّ الاحْتِرَارُ، سَتَمُوتُ الشِّعَابُ.

لَوِ اسْتَمَرَّ الاحْتِرَارُ، لَمَاتَتِ الشِّعَابُ.

A Type 2 result takes لَـ, not سَـ.

Repair check

Preserve the intended meaning

6 questions
1Choose the accurate sentence.

2Choose the accurate sentence.

3Choose the accurate sentence.

4Choose the accurate sentence with يَضُمُّ.

5Complete: يَتَفَاعَلُ كُلُّ عُنْصُرٍ ___ العَنَاصِرِ الأُخْرَى.

6Which is a real threat (Type 1)?

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07

Predict · listen twice · verify

Listening: the Red Sea's coral reefs

Read the questions first. Listen once for the main message and again for the exact detail.

1Predict

Which person, time, frequency, sequence, contrast or changed detail might you hear?

2First listening

Catch the speaker, setting and overall message.

3Second listening

Confirm the exact detail and reject close distractors.

Audio is coming soon.
1What does the Red Sea encompass?

2What does coral form?

3What is the real threat (Type 1)?

4What is the counterfactual (Type 2)?

5Why do the region's states need cooperation?

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Listening script

يَقَعُ البَحْرُ الأَحْمَرُ بَيْنَ شِبْهِ الجَزِيرَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ وَشَمَالِ أَفْرِيقِيَا. يَضُمُّ هٰذَا البَحْرُ شِعَابًا مَرْجَانِيَّةً مِنْ أَغْنَى النُّظُمِ البِيئِيَّةِ البَحْرِيَّةِ فِي العَالَمِ. يُشَكِّلُ المَرْجَانُ بِيئَةً لَا غِنَى عَنْهَا لِآلَافِ الأَسْمَاكِ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ الاحْتِرَارَ يُهَدِّدُ هٰذَا التَّوَازُنَ. إِذَا اسْتَمَرَّ ارْتِفَاعُ حَرَارَةِ المُحِيطَاتِ، سَتَتَبَيَّضُ الشِّعَابُ وَتَمُوتُ. وَلَوْ كَانَتْ إِجْرَاءَاتُ الحِمَايَةِ أَصْرَمَ فِي العُقُودِ المَاضِيَةِ، لَكَانَتِ الشِّعَابُ أَفْضَلَ حَالًا اليَوْمَ. لِذٰلِكَ تَحْتَاجُ دُوَلُ المِنْطَقَةِ إِلَى تَعَاوُنٍ إِقْلِيمِيٍّ لِكَيْ تَحْمِيَ هٰذَا الإِرْثَ الطَّبِيعِيَّ الاسْتِثْنَائِيَّ.

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Preview · scan · prove

Reading: a threatened balance

Read once for meaning, then return to the exact Arabic evidence before choosing an answer.

1Preview

Identify the text type and likely purpose.

2Scan

Locate names, numbers, repeated words and question cues.

3Prove

Choose only an answer supported by the text.

يُعَدُّ التَّنَوُّعُ الحَيَوِيُّ أَسَاسَ الحَيَاةِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ. فَكُلُّ نِظَامٍ بِيئِيٍّ يَضُمُّ أَنْوَاعًا تَتَفَاعَلُ مَعَ بَعْضِهَا فِي سَلَاسِلَ غِذَائِيَّةٍ مُعَقَّدَةٍ، وَيَعْتَمِدُ تَوَازُنُهُ عَلَى بَقَاءِ كُلِّ عُنْصُرٍ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ النَّشَاطَ البَشَرِيَّ يُهَدِّدُ هٰذَا التَّوَازُنَ وَيُؤَدِّي إِلَى انْقِرَاضِ أَنْوَاعٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. إِذَا فَقَدْنَا نَوْعًا وَاحِدًا، سَتَتَأَثَّرُ السِّلْسِلَةُ كُلُّهَا. وَلَوْ عَامَلْنَا الطَّبِيعَةَ بِاحْتِرَامٍ أَكْبَرَ فِي المَاضِي، لَمَا وَصَلَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الأَنْوَاعِ إِلَى حَافَّةِ الانْقِرَاضِ. لِذٰلِكَ يَجِبُ أَنْ نَتَعَاوَنَ لِكَيْ نَحْمِيَ التَّنَوُّعَ الحَيَوِيَّ لِلْأَجْيَالِ القَادِمَةِ.
1What is biodiversity called?

2What does each ecosystem's balance depend on?

3What is the real threat (Type 1)?

4What is the counterfactual (Type 2)?

5Why must we cooperate, per the text?

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Model · rehearse · respond

Speaking: describe and defend an ecosystem

Use the model to notice the structure, then answer a randomly selected prompt without reading a full script.

Prompt bank

  1. صِفْ نِظَامًا بِيئِيًّا مُسْتَعْمِلًا يَضُمُّ وَيُشَكِّلُ.
  2. مَا الخَطَرُ الحَقِيقِيُّ عَلَيْهِ؟ عَبِّرْ عَنْهُ بِشَرْطٍ مِنَ النَّوْعِ الأَوَّلِ.
  3. لِمَاذَا نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى حِمَايَتِهِ؟ اِسْتَعْمِلْ لِكَيْ + مَنْصُوبًا.

اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.

Model exchange

A

صِفْ نِظَامًا بِيئِيًّا.

Composition
B

يَضُمُّ البَحْرُ الأَحْمَرُ شِعَابًا مَرْجَانِيَّةً غَنِيَّةً، وَيُشَكِّلُ المَرْجَانُ بِيئَةً لِآلَافِ الأَسْمَاكِ.

يَضُمُّ + يُشَكِّلُ
A

وَلِمَاذَا نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى حِمَايَتِهِ؟

Purpose
B

نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى تَعَاوُنٍ لِكَيْ نَحْمِيَ هٰذَا الإِرْثَ، وَلَوْ تَأَخَّرْنَا أَكْثَرَ لَخَسِرْنَاهُ.

لِكَيْ + subjunctive plus a Type 2
Not yet marked complete.
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Plan · draft · improve

Guided writing workshop

Write one hundred to one hundred and ten words describing a natural ecosystem. Use يَضُمُّ and يُشَكِّلُ, a Type 1 threat and a Type 2 counterfactual, and a purpose clause with لِكَي + a subjunctive verb.

Success checklist

  • Composition with يَضُمُّ and يُشَكِّلُ (direct objects).
  • A Type 1 threat and a Type 2 counterfactual.
  • A لِكَي purpose clause with the subjunctive fatḥa.
  • A cause-effect link with يُؤَدِّي إِلَى.
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Reveal an achievable model

يَقَعُ البَحْرُ الأَحْمَرُ بَيْنَ شِبْهِ الجَزِيرَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ وَشَمَالِ أَفْرِيقِيَا، وَيَضُمُّ شِعَابًا مَرْجَانِيَّةً مِنْ أَغْنَى النُّظُمِ البِيئِيَّةِ فِي العَالَمِ. يُشَكِّلُ المَرْجَانُ بِيئَةً لَا غِنَى عَنْهَا لِآلَافِ الأَسْمَاكِ، وَتَتَفَاعَلُ الأَنْوَاعُ مَعَ بَعْضِهَا فِي سَلَاسِلَ غِذَائِيَّةٍ مُعَقَّدَةٍ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ الاحْتِرَارَ يُهَدِّدُ هٰذَا التَّوَازُنَ وَيُؤَدِّي إِلَى تَبْيِيضِ المَرْجَانِ. إِذَا اسْتَمَرَّ ارْتِفَاعُ حَرَارَةِ المُحِيطَاتِ، سَتَمُوتُ الشِّعَابُ خِلَالَ عُقُودٍ. وَلَوْ كَانَتْ إِجْرَاءَاتُ الحِمَايَةِ أَصْرَمَ فِي المَاضِي، لَكَانَتِ الشِّعَابُ أَفْضَلَ حَالًا اليَوْمَ. لِذٰلِكَ تَحْتَاجُ دُوَلُ المِنْطَقَةِ إِلَى تَعَاوُنٍ إِقْلِيمِيٍّ لِكَيْ تَحْمِيَ هٰذَا الإِرْثَ الطَّبِيعِيَّ الاسْتِثْنَائِيَّ لِلْأَجْيَالِ القَادِمَةِ.

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Core

Write five ecosystem sentences with يَضُمُّ, يُشَكِّلُ and their complements.

Develop

Add a Type 1 threat and a Type 2 counterfactual.

Stretch

Close with a لِكَي purpose clause using the subjunctive fatḥa.

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6 questions
1Choose the accurate sentence with يَضُمُّ.

2Complete the purpose clause: نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى قَوَانِينَ لِكَيْ ___ الغَابَاتِ.

3Which is the counterfactual (Type 2)?

4What is the subjunctive marker after لِكَي?

5Choose the accurate sentence with يَضُمُّ.

6Complete: يَتَفَاعَلُ كُلُّ عُنْصُرٍ ___ العَنَاصِرِ الأُخْرَى.

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