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Exam Skills X4 · IGCSE Skills: Writing

X4-L09

Accuracy Clinic — Agreement, Verbs, Pronouns, Numbers and أَنْ / أَنَّعِيَادَةُ الدِّقَّةِ — المُطَابَقَةُ وَالأَفْعَالُ وَالضَّمَائِرُ وَالأَعْدَادُ وَأَنْ/أَنَّ

Tighten written accuracy: gender and number agreement, verb endings, pronouns, numbers, and the أَنْ (subjunctive) versus أَنَّ (reported fact) distinction that most often costs marks.

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01

Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Keep gender and number agreement in writing.
  • Use correct verb endings and pronouns.
  • Write numbers and counted nouns correctly.
  • Distinguish أَنْ (subjunctive) from أَنَّ (reported fact).

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

02

Recognise · use

Writing-skills vault

Register and text type8 terms
نَوْعُ النَّصِّtext type
صِيغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌformal register
صِيغَةٌ غَيْرُ رَسْمِيَّةٍinformal register
المُقَدِّمَةُthe opening
الخَاتِمَةُthe closing
الرَّابِطُthe connector
عَدَدُ الكَلِمَاتِthe word count
نُقْطَةُ المُحْتَوَىa content point
Accuracy focus8 terms
المُطَابَقَةُ فِي الجِنْسِgender agreement
المُطَابَقَةُ فِي العَدَدِnumber agreement
نِهَايَةُ الفِعْلِthe verb ending
الضَّمِيرُthe pronoun
العَدَدُ وَالمَعْدُودُnumber and counted noun
أَنْ (لِلنَّصْبِ)أَنْ (subjunctive introducer)
أَنَّ (لِلْخَبَرِ)أَنَّ (reported-fact introducer)
التَّدْقِيقُproofreading
03

Do it every time

Writing strategy

1Agree everything

Adjectives and verbs match the noun's gender and number.

2أَنْ vs أَنَّ

أَنْ takes a subjunctive verb; أَنَّ takes a reported-fact clause.

يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ · أَكَّدَ أَنَّ الوَقْتَ يَنْفَدُ

3Proofread

Reserve minutes to check verbs, agreement, numbers and spelling.

04

Exam-skills check

Writing technique

Choose the correct answer

6 marks
1Fix the agreement — “the new school”

2Fix the verb — “The girls travelled.”

3Which uses أَنْ correctly?

4Which uses أَنَّ correctly?

5Pronoun/verb ending — “We wrote.”

6What most raises the accuracy mark?

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05

Accuracy repair — rewrite correctly (self-marked for Accuracy)

Task

Rewrite this weak paragraph with correct agreement, verb endings and أَنْ/أَنَّ, then extend it to about 90 words: “المَدْرَسَةُ الجَدِيدُ كَبِيرٌ. الطَّالِبَاتُ ذَهَبَ إِلَى الرِّحْلَةِ. أُرِيدُ أَنَّ أَنْجَحَ. أَعْتَقِدُ أَنْ الاِمْتِحَانَ صَعْبٌ.”

  • All gender/number agreement corrected.
  • Correct verb endings and pronouns.
  • أَنْ before subjunctive, أَنَّ before reported fact.
  • About 90 words, accurate throughout.
Reveal a model answer

المَدْرَسَةُ الجَدِيدَةُ كَبِيرَةٌ وَجَمِيلَةٌ. ذَهَبَتِ الطَّالِبَاتُ إِلَى الرِّحْلَةِ وَاسْتَمْتَعْنَ كَثِيرًا. أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَنْجَحَ فِي الاِمْتِحَانِ لِأَنَّ النَّجَاحَ يَفْتَحُ لِيَ الأَبْوَابَ. وَأَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ الاِمْتِحَانَ صَعْبٌ، غَيْرَ أَنَّنِي مُسْتَعِدٌّ لَهُ. لِذٰلِكَ أُرَاجِعُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، وَأَطْلُبُ مِنْ مُعَلِّمِي أَنْ يُسَاعِدَنِي. وَفِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ سَأَعْمَلُ بِجِدٍّ أَكْبَرَ.

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Diagnose · target

Writing profile

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Reflection

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