Development D5 — Hobbies, Sport & Leisure
The D5 grammar milestone: build the past tense of any regular Form I verb for all five singular persons, and anchor it with six past time expressions.
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The middle consonant carries a fatḥa.
The middle consonant carries a kasra.
فَعَلَ pattern.
فَعِلَ pattern — kasra on the middle letter.
Form III, but the suffixes are identical.
The hamza keeps its seat: قَرَأْتُ.
فَعِلَ pattern.
فَعِلَ pattern.
Indeclinable, always ends in kasra.
Adverbial, so it is accusative.
مُنْذُ takes the genitive.
قَبْلَ takes the genitive.
المَاضِي keeps its yāʾ after فِي.
Vocabulary mission
Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.
Explain · notice · apply
نِظَامُ لَوَاحِقِ الفِعْلِ المَاضِي
One root, five endings. Learn the endings as a set, then attach them to any regular Form I verb. Watch the middle vowel: فَعَلَ verbs keep a fatḥa, فَعِلَ verbs keep a kasra.
What does the structure communicate?
Which word or ending changes?
What must match the noun or person?
Can you use it with new vocabulary?
Identical consonants; only the final short vowel changes the person.
The هِيَ suffix is ـَتْ with a sukūn on the tāʾ.
The past time expression opens the sentence.
هُوَ → فَعَلَ (no suffix) · هِيَ → فَعَلَتْ (ـَتْ)
The هُوَ form is the bare past tense. The هِيَ form adds ـَتْ with a sukūn on the tāʾ.
أَنَا → فَعَلْتُ (ـْتُ)
The tāʾ carries a ḍamma. The letter before it takes a sukūn.
أَنْتَ → فَعَلْتَ (ـْتَ) · أَنْتِ → فَعَلْتِ (ـْتِ)
Same consonants as the أَنَا form; only the final short vowel differs. A fatḥa addresses a male, a kasra a female.
time expression + past verb + rest
Arabic normally opens the sentence with the past time expression. The verb stays in the past whatever the expression.
| Person | Suffix | Example with لَعِبَ |
|---|---|---|
| هُوَ | — none — | لَعِبَ |
| هِيَ | ـَتْ | لَعِبَتْ |
| أَنَا | ـْتُ | لَعِبْتُ |
| أَنْتَ | ـْتَ | لَعِبْتَ |
| أَنْتِ | ـْتِ | لَعِبْتِ |
In لَعِبْتُ، لَعِبْتَ، لَعِبْتِ، لَعِبَ، لَعِبَتْ the letters ل ع ب never change. Only the ending changes, and the ending is what tells your reader who did the action.
ـتُ is أَنَا, ـتَ is أَنْتَ and ـتِ is أَنْتِ. The consonants are identical; only the short vowel separates them. Write the vowel every time or your reader cannot tell who you mean.
Grammar laboratory
Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.
Build · transform · justify
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
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.
اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.
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Every time expression, verb form and destination is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations are correct.
Change the person to هِيَ
Rewrite the sentence so Salmā is the subject.أَمْسِ لَعِبْتُ كُرَةَ السَّلَّةِ.
أَنَا ← سَلْمَىA هِيَ subject takes the ـَتْ suffix.
Address a female friend
Rewrite the question so it addresses Laylā rather than Yūsuf.هَلْ شَاهَدْتَ المُبَارَاةَ يَا يُوسُفُ؟
أَنْتَ ← أَنْتِأَنْتِ takes the kasra ending ـْتِ.
Put the sentence into the past
Rewrite the present-tense sentence so it matches its past time expression.الأُسْبُوعَ المَاضِيَ أَقْرَأُ رِوَايَةً مُمْتِعَةً.
المُضَارِع ← المَاضِيThe أَنَا past form of قَرَأَ is قَرَأْتُ, and the hamza keeps its seat.
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Read · understand · respond
Check the ending before you choose. The consonants often match; the short vowel decides the person.
Check the ending before you choose. The consonants often match; the short vowel decides the person.
Spot · explain · repair
Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.
أَمْسِ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى النَّادِي.
أَمْسِ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى النَّادِي.
أَمْسِ requires a past-tense verb.
سَلْمَى لَعِبْتُ كُرَةَ السَّلَّةِ.
سَلْمَى لَعِبَتْ كُرَةَ السَّلَّةِ.
سَلْمَى is هِيَ, so the suffix is ـَتْ, not the أَنَا ending.
هَلْ شَاهَدْتَ المُبَارَاةَ يَا سَلْمَى؟
هَلْ شَاهَدْتِ المُبَارَاةَ يَا سَلْمَى؟
Addressing a female requires the kasra ending ـْتِ.
Repair check
Predict · listen twice · verify
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.
أَمْسِ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى النَّادِي وَلَعِبْتُ كُرَةَ السَّلَّةِ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِي. وَبَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى البَيْتِ وَطَبَخْتُ العَشَاءَ. أَمَّا أُخْتِي سَلْمَى فَقَدْ رَسَمَتْ لَوْحَةً جَمِيلَةً، ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ مَعَ صَدِيقَتِهَا. وَفِي المَسَاءِ شَاهَدْنَا فِيلْمًا مَعًا. وَقَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي: هَلْ قَرَأْتَ الكِتَابَ يَا يُوسُفُ؟ فَأَجَبْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَرَأْتُهُ مُنْذُ أُسْبُوعٍ.
Preview · scan · prove
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.
Model · rehearse · respond
Use the model to notice the structure, then answer a randomly selected prompt without reading a full script.
اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.
مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ أَمْسِ؟
Past questionأَمْسِ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى النَّادِي وَلَعِبْتُ كُرَةَ السَّلَّةِ.
أَنَا past formsوَمَاذَا فَعَلَتْ أُخْتُكَ؟
Switching personرَسَمَتْ لَوْحَةً جَمِيلَةً، ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ مَعَ صَدِيقَتِهَا.
هِيَ past formsPlan · draft · improve
Write ten sentences about last week: four with أَنَا, three with هُوَ or هِيَ, two addressing a friend with أَنْتَ or أَنْتِ, and one using مُنْذُ or قَبْلَ. Use a different verb each time.
أَمْسِ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى المَكْتَبَةِ وَقَرَأْتُ كِتَابًا مُمْتِعًا. الأُسْبُوعَ المَاضِيَ شَاهَدْتُ فِيلْمًا طَوِيلًا مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِي. وَفِي الإِجَازَةِ طَبَخْتُ طَعَامًا عَرَبِيًّا مَعَ أُمِّي. أَمَّا أَخِي فَقَدْ لَعِبَ كُرَةَ القَدَمِ، وَأُخْتِي رَسَمَتْ لَوْحَةً جَمِيلَةً. مُنْذُ أُسْبُوعٍ وَصَلْتُ مُبَكِّرًا إِلَى المَدْرَسَةِ، وَقَبْلَ شَهْرٍ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ عَائِلَتِي إِلَى الحَدِيقَةِ.
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The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.
Complete the conjugation table for three verbs, then write four sentences with أَنَا and هِيَ.
Write a short paragraph that moves between أَنَا and هِيَ and opens with a time expression.
Contrast present, past and future for the same verb in one linked paragraph, keeping every suffix accurate.
Final self-marking check
Record one secure achievement and one precise next step.