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Exam Skills X5 · Topic Consolidation: Areas A & B

X5-L06

Area B — Self, Family & Relationshipsالمِحْوَرُ ب — النَّفْسُ وَالعَائِلَةُ وَالعَلَاقَاتُ

Consolidate family members, descriptions and relationships across the four papers.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Retrieve and consolidate Area B: self & family vocabulary from F1–P6.
  • Deploy the vocabulary in Paper 1 listening and Paper 2 reading tasks.
  • Produce accurate Paper 3 speaking and Paper 4 writing on the topic.
  • Diagnose and close your own remaining gaps at exam level.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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Recognise · retrieve

Topic vocabulary vault

Topic vocabulary8 terms
الأَبُ / الوَالِدُfather
الأُمُّ / الوَالِدَةُmother
الأَخُbrother
الأُخْتُsister
الجَدُّgrandfather
الجَدَّةُgrandmother
العَمُّpaternal uncle
الخَالَةُmaternal aunt
Retrieval mission

Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds on this topic — a wrong answer costs a life.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

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Paper 1 — Listening

Transcript-based practice — read the script, then answer.

Listen for detail

Choose the correct option

5 marks
Listening script

تَقُولُ مَرْيَمُ: تَتَكَوَّنُ عَائِلَتِي مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَفْرَادٍ: أَبِي وَأُمِّي وَأَخَوَانِ وَأَنَا. أَبِي مُهَنْدِسٌ وَأُمِّي مُعَلِّمَةٌ حَنُونَةٌ. أَخِي الأَكْبَرُ يَدْرُسُ فِي الجَامِعَةِ، وَأَخِي الأَصْغَرُ فِي المَدْرَسَةِ الابْتِدَائِيَّةِ. نَحْنُ عَائِلَةٌ مُتَعَاوِنَةٌ وَنُحِبُّ بَعْضَنَا.

1How many people are in Maryam's family?

2What is her father's job?

3How does she describe her mother?

4Where does her elder brother study?

5How does she describe the family?

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Paper 2 — Reading

العَائِلَةُ هِيَ أَسَاسُ المُجْتَمَعِ. فِيهَا يَتَعَلَّمُ الطِّفْلُ القِيَمَ وَالِاحْتِرَامَ. الجَدُّ وَالجَدَّةُ يَنْقُلَانِ الخِبْرَةَ إِلَى الأَحْفَادِ، وَالوَالِدَانِ يَعْتَنِيَانِ بِالأَبْنَاءِ. وَعِنْدَمَا تَكُونُ العَلَاقَاتُ قَوِيَّةً، يَشْعُرُ الجَمِيعُ بِالأَمَانِ وَالسَّعَادَةِ.

Read for detail

Prove each answer from the text

5 marks
1What is the family called?

2What does a child learn in it?

3What do grandparents pass on?

4Who cares for the children?

5What do strong relationships bring?

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Speak · develop your answers

Paper 3 — Speaking on the topic

Prompts

  1. صِفْ عَائِلَتَكَ.
    Describe your family.
  2. مَنْ أَقْرَبُ شَخْصٍ إِلَيْكَ وَلِمَاذَا؟
    Who is closest to you and why?

Model exchange

Examiner

صِفْ عَائِلَتَكَ.

Question
You

تَتَكَوَّنُ عَائِلَتِي مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَفْرَادٍ. أَبِي طَبِيبٌ وَأُمِّي مُعَلِّمَةٌ حَنُونَةٌ. لِي أُخْتٌ صَغِيرَةٌ أُحِبُّهَا كَثِيرًا. نَحْنُ عَائِلَةٌ مُتَعَاوِنَةٌ وَنَقْضِي وَقْتًا مُمْتِعًا مَعًا.

Members + description
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Paper 4 — Writing on the topic

Task

Write about 80–90 words describing your family: the members, their jobs and characters, and your relationships. Give at least one opinion.

  • Cover every required point.
  • Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
  • Correct agreement and topic vocabulary.
  • Write 80–90 words.
Reveal a model answer

تَتَكَوَّنُ عَائِلَتِي مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَفْرَادٍ: أَبِي وَأُمِّي وَأَخِي وَأُخْتِي وَأَنَا. أَبِي مُهَنْدِسٌ يَعْمَلُ كَثِيرًا، وَأُمِّي مُعَلِّمَةٌ حَنُونَةٌ تُسَاعِدُنِي فِي دُرُوسِي. أَخِي الأَكْبَرُ يَدْرُسُ فِي الجَامِعَةِ، وَأُخْتِي الصَّغِيرَةُ تُحِبُّ الرَّسْمَ. أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ عَائِلَتِي رَائِعَةٌ لِأَنَّنَا نُحِبُّ بَعْضَنَا وَنَتَعَاوَنُ دَائِمًا. أَقْرَبُ شَخْصٍ إِلَيَّ هُوَ جَدَّتِي لِأَنَّهَا حَنُونَةٌ وَحَكِيمَةٌ.

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Diagnose · target

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Reflection

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