Exam Skills X2 · IGCSE Skills: Speaking (Role Play)

X2-L09

Role-Play Accuracy Clinic — Tense, Gender, Numbers and Pronounsعِيَادَةُ الدِّقَّةِ — الزَّمَنُ وَالجِنْسُ وَالأَعْدَادُ وَالضَّمَائِرُ

Tighten the accuracy that lifts a role-play score: the right tense, gender agreement, number agreement and correct pronouns — the errors that most often cost marks under pressure.

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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

Choose the correct tense for the situation.
Keep gender agreement between noun and adjective/verb.
Use numbers and counted nouns correctly.
Use the correct pronoun and verb ending.

You are exam-ready when…

I match the tense to the time of the action.
I agree adjectives and verbs with the noun's gender.
I use the right form after a number.
I use the correct pronoun and its verb ending.

Tick each as you secure it.

Recognise · use

Functional Arabic vault

Core transactional phrases8 terms

أُرِيدُ أَنْ…I would like to…

هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ…؟could you / may I…?

كَمْ يُكَلِّفُ؟how much does it cost?

مَتَى يَبْدَأُ؟when does it start?

أَيْنَ يَقَعُ…؟where is… located?

عُذْرًا، لَمْ أَفْهَمْsorry, I did not understandrepair phrase

هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُعِيدَ السُّؤَالَ؟could you repeat the question?repair phrase

شُكْرًا جَزِيلًاthank you very much

Accuracy focus8 terms

الزَّمَنُ (مَاضٍ/مُضَارِعٌ/مُسْتَقْبَلٌ)tense (past/present/future)

المُطَابَقَةُ فِي الجِنْسِgender agreement

المُذَكَّرُ / المُؤَنَّثُmasculine / feminine

العَدَدُ وَالمَعْدُودُnumber and counted noun

الضَّمِيرُthe pronoun

نِهَايَةُ الفِعْلِthe verb ending

سَـ / سَوْفَfuture marker

التَّصْحِيحُ الذَّاتِيُّself-correction

Do it every time

Role-play strategy

1Tense to time

Past action → past verb; plan → future سَـ/سَوْفَ; habit → present.

2Agree in gender

A feminine noun takes a feminine adjective and verb.

المَدِينَةُ جَمِيلَةٌ · ذَهَبَتْ سَارَةُ

3Count correctly

Use the right counted-noun form and the correct pronoun ending.

past, future, agreement

Role play — accuracy under pressure

Prompts

صِفْ مُشْكِلَةً حَدَثَتْ أَمْسِ (مَاضٍ).
Describe a problem that happened yesterday (past).
اطْلُبْ حَلًّا لِلْغَدِ (مُسْتَقْبَلٌ).
Request a solution for tomorrow (future).
اسْأَلْ سُؤَالًا دَقِيقًا.
Ask a precise question.

Model exchange

You

أَمْسِ اشْتَرَيْتُ سَاعَةً، لٰكِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَلُ.

Past, correct

Examiner

مَاذَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ نَفْعَلَ؟

React

You

أُرِيدُ أَنْ تُصْلِحُوهَا غَدًا، إِنْ أَمْكَنَ. مَتَى تَكُونُ جَاهِزَةً؟

Future + question

Communication (out of 6): Accuracy (out of 4): Feedback note (which prompt was hardest? did the response complete the task?)

Diagnose · target

Speaking tracker

My most common accuracy error (tense/gender/number/pronoun) A correction I made in this lesson My accuracy target for the mock

Reflection

One habit to keep

The accuracy point I now control is… My accuracy weakness to fix is…

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