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Advanced Topic C — The World Around Us

TC-L08

Urban Environments — Cities, Architecture and Urban Planningالبِيئَاتُ الحَضَرِيَّةُ — المُدُنُ وَالعِمَارَةُ وَالتَّخْطِيطُ العُمْرَانِيُّ

Analyse cities with مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ, the urban passive (يُبْنَى، يُخَطَّطُ) and the planning verbs يُعِيدُ تَصْمِيمَ / يُجَدِّدُ / يُحَوِّلُ إِلَى, and set goals with لِكَي + subjunctive.

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01

Retrieve · orient · prepare

Objectives and visible success

Today you will

  • Describe architecture with مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ and يَتَمَيَّزُ بِـ.
  • Use the planning verbs يُعِيدُ تَصْمِيمَ، يُجَدِّدُ، يُحَوِّلُ إِلَى.
  • Use the urban passive يُبْنَى، يُخَطَّطُ، يُعَادُ تَصْمِيمُهُ.
  • State a planning goal with لِكَي + a subjunctive verb.

You can show success when…

Tick achievements as you secure them.

Retrieval bridge

Wake up previous learning

Answer four questions before opening the new language.

1Complete: نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ ___ الزُّجَاجِ.

2Choose the accurate sentence with يُحَوِّلُ.

3Choose the accurate urban passive.

4Complete the goal clause: يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَيْ ___ المَدِينَةُ صَالِحَةً.

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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.

24 lesson words and phrases

Urban planning

تَخْطِيطٌ عُمْرَانِيٌّ
urban planning
تَطْوِيرٌ حَضَرِيٌّ
urban development
تَجْدِيدٌ حَضَرِيٌّ
urban renewal
حَيٌّ سَكَنِيٌّ
a residential district
بِنْيَةٌ تَحْتِيَّةٌ حَضَرِيَّةٌ
urban infrastructure
مَسَاحَاتٌ خَضْرَاءُ حَضَرِيَّةٌ
urban green spaces
مَدِينَةٌ ذَكِيَّةٌ
a smart city
نَسِيجٌ عُمْرَانِيٌّ
an urban fabric

Planning verbs and materials

مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ
built from

Passive participle.

يَتَمَيَّزُ بِـ
is distinguished by

Fixed with بِـ.

يُعِيدُ تَصْمِيمَ
redesigns

Form IV; object.

يُجَدِّدُ
renovates

Form II; object.

يُحَوِّلُ إِلَى
converts into

Form II, fixed with إِلَى.

يُخَطِّطُ لِـ
plans for

Fixed with لِـ.

يُؤَدِّي إِلَى
leads to

Fixed with إِلَى.

الاِزْدِحَامُ المُرُورِيُّ
traffic congestion

The urban passive and goals

يُبْنَى
is built

Form I passive.

يُخَطَّطُ
is planned

Form II passive.

يُعَادُ تَصْمِيمُهُ
is redesigned

Form IV passive.

يُحَوَّلُ إِلَى
is converted into

Passive.

التَّرَاصُّ السُّكَّانِيُّ
population density
التَّلَوُّثُ الضَّوْضَائِيُّ
noise pollution
لِكَيْ تَكُونَ
so that it becomes

Subjunctive تَكُونَ.

صَالِحٌ لِلْعَيْشِ
liveable

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 تَخْطِيطٌ عُمْرَانِيٌّ

2Choose the Arabic for “urban development”.

3Choose the meaning of تَجْدِيدٌ حَضَرِيٌّ

4Choose the Arabic for “a residential district”.

5Choose the meaning of بِنْيَةٌ تَحْتِيَّةٌ حَضَرِيَّةٌ

6Choose the Arabic for “urban green spaces”.

7Choose the meaning of مَدِينَةٌ ذَكِيَّةٌ

8Choose the Arabic for “an urban fabric”.

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03

Explain · notice · apply

Materials, the urban passive and the goal clause

المَوَادُّ وَالمَبْنِيُّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ وَجُمْلَةُ الغَرَضِ

مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ and the planning verbs, the urban passive with a nominative subject, and the لِكَي goal clause with its subjunctive.

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?

بُنِيَ الجُزْءُ القَدِيمُ مِنَ الطِّينِ، وَنَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ مِنَ الزُّجَاجِ
What to notice

مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ names the material.

يُحَوِّلُ مَشْرُوعُ العُلَا المَوَاقِعَ التَّارِيخِيَّةَ إِلَى وِجْهَاتٍ سِيَاحِيَّةٍ
What to notice

يُحَوِّلُ … إِلَى.

يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَيْ تَكُونَ العَاصِمَةُ أَكْثَرَ اسْتِدَامَةً
What to notice

لِكَيْ + subjunctive تَكُونَ.

1

Materials and features

مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ · يَتَمَيَّزُ بِـ

Say what a building is made of and its features.

نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ مِنَ الزُّجَاجِتَتَمَيَّزُ المَدِينَةُ بِمِعْمَارٍ حَدِيثٍ
2

Planning verbs

يُعِيدُ تَصْمِيمَ · يُجَدِّدُ · يُحَوِّلُ إِلَى

Redesign, renovate and convert.

يُعِيدُ المُهَنْدِسُ تَصْمِيمَ المِنْطَقَةِيُحَوِّلُ المَشْرُوعُ المَطَارَ القَدِيمَ إِلَى حَدِيقَةٍ
3

Urban passive

يُبْنَى / يُخَطَّطُ + nominative

No named doer; the subject is nominative.

يُبْنَى مَشْرُوعٌ ضَخْمٌ عَلَى أَطْرَافِ المَدِينَةِيُخَطَّطُ لِاسْتِكْمَالِ المَشْرُوعِ
4

Goal clause

لِكَيْ + verb (final fatḥa)

State the planning goal with a subjunctive.

يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَيْ تَكُونَ المَدِينَةُ صَالِحَةً لِلْعَيْشِ
StructureMarkerExample
materialمَبْنِيٌّ مِنْمَبْنِيٌّ مِنَ الزُّجَاجِ
planning verbobject / إِلَىيُحَوِّلُ … إِلَى حَدِيقَةٍ
passivenominative subjectيُبْنَى مَشْرُوعٌ
goalلِكَيْ + fatḥaلِكَيْ تَكُونَ
1
مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ names the material; the passive names the process

بُنِيَ الجُزْءُ القَدِيمُ مِنَ الطِّينِ وَالخَشَبِ، وَنَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ مِنَ الزُّجَاجِ وَالصُّلْبِ. The passive يُبْنَى، يُخَطَّطُ، يُعَادُ تَصْمِيمُهُ names the process without a doer, and its subject is nominative.

2
لِكَي sets the planning goal

يُخَطِّطُ المُهَنْدِسُونَ لِكَيْ تَكُونَ المُدُنُ أَكْثَرَ اسْتِدَامَةً (so that cities become more sustainable — تَكُونَ, subjunctive). The purpose clause carries the goal, and the verb takes a fatḥa.

Grammar laboratory

Choose the form for a reason

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

8 questions
1Complete: نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ ___ الزُّجَاجِ وَالصُّلْبِ.

2Choose the accurate sentence with يُحَوِّلُ.

3Choose the accurate urban passive.

4Complete the goal clause: يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَيْ ___ المَدِينَةُ صَالِحَةً لِلْعَيْشِ.

5Which verb means “redesigns”?

6Complete: يُخَطِّطُ المُهَنْدِسُونَ ___ مَدِينَةٍ ذَكِيَّةٍ.

7Which is the passive of “is redesigned”?

8Which sentence packs a material, a planning verb and a goal?

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04

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 urban analysis from a material, a planning action and a goal.

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 material, planning action and goal is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations work.

1
Transformation challenge

Fix the material preposition

Repair the complement after مَبْنِيٌّ.
Original sentence

نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ بِالزُّجَاجِ.

مَبْنِيٌّ + ؟
Choose the best Arabic response
2
Transformation challenge

Fix يُحَوِّلُ's complement

Repair the complement after يُحَوِّلُ.
Original sentence

يُحَوِّلُ المَشْرُوعُ المَطَارَ حَدِيقَةً.

يُحَوِّلُ + إِلَى
Choose the best Arabic response
3
Transformation challenge

Fix the goal subjunctive

Repair the verb after لِكَيْ.
Original sentence

يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَيْ تَكُونُ المَدِينَةُ صَالِحَةً.

لِكَيْ + مَنْصُوبٌ
Choose the best Arabic response

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05

Read · understand · respond

Urban Mission — Materials, Passive and Goal

Keep مَبْنِيٌّ with مِنْ, the passive subject nominative, and the verb after لِكَيْ subjunctive.

Arabic application challenge

Keep مَبْنِيٌّ with مِنْ, the passive subject nominative, and the verb after لِكَيْ subjunctive.

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.

نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ بِالزُّجَاجِ.

نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ مِنَ الزُّجَاجِ.

مَبْنِيٌّ is fixed with مِنْ.

يُحَوِّلُ المَشْرُوعُ المَطَارَ حَدِيقَةً.

يُحَوِّلُ المَشْرُوعُ المَطَارَ إِلَى حَدِيقَةٍ.

يُحَوِّلُ is fixed with إِلَى.

يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَيْ تَكُونُ المَدِينَةُ صَالِحَةً.

يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَيْ تَكُونَ المَدِينَةُ صَالِحَةً.

After لِكَي the verb is subjunctive: تَكُونَ.

Repair check

Preserve the intended meaning

6 questions
1Choose the accurate sentence.

2Choose the accurate sentence.

3Choose the accurate sentence.

4Complete: نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ ___ الزُّجَاجِ وَالصُّلْبِ.

5Choose the accurate sentence with يُحَوِّلُ.

6Choose the accurate urban passive.

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07

Predict · listen twice · verify

Listening: a city of the future

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 distinguishes Dubai?

2What is the old part built from?

3What do development authorities do with old industrial areas?

4What is the counterfactual (Type 2)?

5What do engineers plan for?

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Listening script

تَتَمَيَّزُ مَدِينَةُ دُبَيَّ بِمَزِيجٍ فَرِيدٍ مِنَ العِمَارَةِ التُّرَاثِيَّةِ وَالمِعْمَارِ الحَدِيثِ. بُنِيَ الجُزْءُ القَدِيمُ مِنَ الطِّينِ وَالخَشَبِ، فِي حِينِ أَنَّ نَاطِحَاتِ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ مِنَ الزُّجَاجِ وَالصُّلْبِ. تُعِيدُ هَيْئَاتُ التَّطْوِيرِ تَصْمِيمَ أَحْيَاءٍ كَامِلَةٍ، وَتُحَوِّلُ مَنَاطِقَ صِنَاعِيَّةً قَدِيمَةً إِلَى مَسَاحَاتٍ خَضْرَاءَ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ التَّوَسُّعَ السَّرِيعَ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى ازْدِحَامٍ مُرُورِيٍّ. إِذَا وَاصَلَتِ المُدُنُ التَّوَسُّعَ دُونَ تَخْطِيطٍ، سَتُعَانِي مِنْ تَلَوُّثٍ ضَوْضَائِيٍّ. وَلَوْ كَانَ التَّخْطِيطُ أَكْثَرَ اسْتِدَامَةً مُنْذُ البِدَايَةِ، لَكَانَتِ المُدُنُ أَقَلَّ اكْتِظَاظًا. لِذٰلِكَ يُخَطِّطُ المُهَنْدِسُونَ لِكَيْ تَكُونَ المُدُنُ صَالِحَةً لِلْعَيْشِ.

08

Preview · scan · prove

Reading: heritage and the modern city

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.

تُوَاجِهُ المُدُنُ العَرَبِيَّةُ تَحَدِّيًا بَيْنَ الحِفَاظِ عَلَى تُرَاثِهَا وَبِنَاءِ مُسْتَقْبَلِهَا. فَالأَحْيَاءُ القَدِيمَةُ مَبْنِيَّةٌ مِنَ الحَجَرِ وَالطِّينِ، وَتَحْمِلُ ذَاكِرَةَ أَجْيَالٍ. وَتُجَدِّدُ بَعْضُ المَشَارِيعِ هٰذِهِ الأَحْيَاءَ وَتُعِيدُ تَصْمِيمَهَا دُونَ أَنْ تَمْحُوَ طَابِعَهَا. وَيُبْنَى فِي المُقَابِلِ مُدُنٌ ذَكِيَّةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ عَلَى أَحْدَثِ المَعَايِيرِ. إِذَا وَازَنَتِ الحُكُومَاتُ بَيْنَ القَدِيمِ وَالجَدِيدِ، سَتَحْفَظُ هُوِيَّتَهَا وَتُوَاكِبُ العَصْرَ مَعًا. وَلَوِ اهْتَمَّتْ بِالمَسَاحَاتِ الخَضْرَاءِ مُبَكِّرًا، لَكَانَتِ المُدُنُ أَجْمَلَ وَأَصَحَّ. لِذٰلِكَ يُشِيرُ الخُبَرَاءُ إِلَى أَنَّ المُدُنَ تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى مَسَاحَاتٍ خَضْرَاءَ لِكَيْ تَبْقَى صَالِحَةً لِلْعَيْشِ.
1What challenge do Arab cities face?

2What are the old districts built from?

3What do some projects do with old districts?

4What is the counterfactual (Type 2)?

5Why do cities need green spaces, per the experts?

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09

Model · rehearse · respond

Speaking: analyse a city

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

Prompt bank

  1. صِفْ مَدِينَةً مُسْتَعْمِلًا مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ وَيَتَمَيَّزُ بِـ.
  2. مَا الَّذِي يُجَدَّدُ أَوْ يُعَادُ تَصْمِيمُهُ فِيهَا؟
  3. مَا الهَدَفُ العُمْرَانِيُّ؟ اِسْتَعْمِلْ لِكَيْ + مَنْصُوبًا.

اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.

Model exchange

A

صِفْ مَدِينَةً.

Material and feature
B

تَتَمَيَّزُ المَدِينَةُ بِمَزِيجٍ مِنَ القَدِيمِ وَالحَدِيثِ، وَأَحْيَاؤُهَا القَدِيمَةُ مَبْنِيَّةٌ مِنَ الحَجَرِ.

يَتَمَيَّزُ بِـ + مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ
A

وَمَا الهَدَفُ العُمْرَانِيُّ؟

Goal
B

يُعَادُ تَصْمِيمُ الأَحْيَاءِ لِكَيْ تَكُونَ صَالِحَةً لِلْعَيْشِ، وَلَوِ اهْتَمُّوا بِالخُضْرَةِ مُبَكِّرًا لَكَانَتْ أَجْمَلَ.

Passive + لِكَي + 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 analysing a city or urban project. Use مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ, a planning verb, the urban passive, both conditional types and a لِكَي goal clause.

Success checklist

  • مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ and a planning verb (يُعِيدُ تَصْمِيمَ / يُجَدِّدُ / يُحَوِّلُ).
  • One urban passive with a nominative subject.
  • A Type 1 challenge and a Type 2 counterfactual.
  • A لِكَي goal clause with the subjunctive fatḥa.
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تَتَمَيَّزُ مَدِينَةُ دُبَيَّ بِمَزِيجٍ فَرِيدٍ مِنَ العِمَارَةِ التُّرَاثِيَّةِ وَالمِعْمَارِ الحَدِيثِ. بُنِيَ الجُزْءُ القَدِيمُ مِنَ الطِّينِ وَالخَشَبِ، فِي حِينِ أَنَّ نَاطِحَاتِ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ مِنَ الزُّجَاجِ وَالصُّلْبِ. تُعِيدُ هَيْئَاتُ التَّطْوِيرِ تَصْمِيمَ أَحْيَاءٍ كَامِلَةٍ، وَيُحَوَّلُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ المَنَاطِقِ الصِّنَاعِيَّةِ إِلَى مَسَاحَاتٍ خَضْرَاءَ. إِذَا وَاصَلَتِ المُدُنُ التَّوَسُّعَ دُونَ تَخْطِيطٍ كَافٍ، سَتُعَانِي مِنِ ازْدِحَامٍ مُرُورِيٍّ وَتَلَوُّثٍ ضَوْضَائِيٍّ. وَلَوْ كَانَ التَّخْطِيطُ أَكْثَرَ اسْتِدَامَةً مُنْذُ البِدَايَةِ، لَكَانَتِ المُدُنُ اليَوْمَ أَقَلَّ اكْتِظَاظًا. لِذٰلِكَ يُشِيرُ خُبَرَاءُ التَّخْطِيطِ إِلَى أَنَّ المُدُنَ تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى مَسَاحَاتٍ خَضْرَاءَ لِكَيْ تَبْقَى صَالِحَةً لِلْعَيْشِ.

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The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.

Core

Write five urban sentences with مَبْنِيٌّ مِنْ and the planning verbs.

Develop

Add an urban passive and a Type 1 challenge.

Stretch

Close with a Type 2 counterfactual and a لِكَي goal clause.

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1Complete: نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ ___ الزُّجَاجِ.

2Choose the accurate sentence with يُحَوِّلُ.

3Choose the accurate urban passive.

4Complete the goal clause: يُخَطِّطُونَ لِكَيْ ___ المَدِينَةُ صَالِحَةً.

5Complete: نَاطِحَاتُ السَّحَابِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ ___ الزُّجَاجِ وَالصُّلْبِ.

6Choose the accurate sentence with يُحَوِّلُ.

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