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Exam Skills X9 · Targeted Gap-Filling

X9-L02

Agreement — Noun & Adjective (Gender & Number)التَّطَابُقُ — الِاسْمُ وَالصِّفَةُ (النَّوْعُ وَالعَدَدُ)

Repair the most common accuracy gap: making the adjective agree with its noun in gender, number and definiteness.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Diagnose exactly where adjective agreement goes wrong for you.
  • Learn the rule from wrong/right examples.
  • Drill the rule until it is automatic.
  • Apply the rule across all four skills and log the fix.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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The gap & the rule

An adjective must **agree** with its noun in gender, number and definiteness. A feminine noun takes a feminine adjective; a **non-human plural** takes a **feminine singular** adjective.

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See the rule in action

Wrong → right

WrongRightRule
بِنْتٌ صَغِيرٌبِنْتٌ صَغِيرَةٌfeminine noun → feminine adjective
بُيُوتٌ كِبَارٌبُيُوتٌ كَبِيرَةٌnon-human plural → feminine singular adjective
الوَلَدُ كَبِيرَةٌالوَلَدُ كَبِيرٌmasculine noun → masculine adjective
سَيَّارَةٌ جَدِيدٌسَيَّارَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌfeminine noun → feminine adjective
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Recognise · reuse

Correct-forms vault

Correct forms to keep6 terms
بَيْتٌ كَبِيرٌa big house (m.)
مَدِينَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌa beautiful city (f.)
بُيُوتٌ كَبِيرَةٌbig houses (non-human pl.)
طُلَّابٌ مُجْتَهِدُونَhard-working students (human m. pl.)
الكِتَابُ الجَدِيدُthe new book (definite)
أُمٌّ حَنُونَةٌa kind mother (f.)
Repair drill

Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds drilling this rule — a wrong answer costs a life.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

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Listening — spot the correct form

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

Listen for the rule

Choose the correct option

5 marks
Listening script

تَقُولُ المُعَلِّمَةُ: انْتَبِهُوا إِلَى التَّطَابُقِ. نَقُولُ (سَيَّارَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ) لِأَنَّ السَّيَّارَةَ مُؤَنَّثَةٌ، وَنَقُولُ (كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌ) لِأَنَّ الكِتَابَ مُذَكَّرٌ. وَمَعَ جَمْعِ غَيْرِ العَاقِلِ نَقُولُ (بُيُوتٌ كَبِيرَةٌ) بِصِفَةٍ مُؤَنَّثَةٍ مُفْرَدَةٍ.

1Why “سَيَّارَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ”?

2Why “كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌ”?

3What adjective for non-human plural?

4What is the lesson about?

5Which example is non-human plural?

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Reading — apply the rule

التَّطَابُقُ قَاعِدَةٌ بَسِيطَةٌ لَكِنَّهَا تُكَلِّفُ دَرَجَاتٍ كَثِيرَةً إِذَا أُهْمِلَتْ. تَذَكَّرْ ثَلَاثَ نِقَاطٍ: النَّوْعُ (مُذَكَّرٌ أَمْ مُؤَنَّثٌ)، وَالعَدَدُ (مُفْرَدٌ أَمْ جَمْعٌ)، وَالتَّعْرِيفُ (مَعْرِفَةٌ أَمْ نَكِرَةٌ). وَتَذَكَّرْ أَنَّ جَمْعَ غَيْرِ العَاقِلِ يُعَامَلُ مُعَامَلَةَ المُفْرَدَةِ المُؤَنَّثَةِ.

Read for the rule

Prove each answer from the text

5 marks
1Is agreement a hard rule?

2What are the three points?

3How is a non-human plural treated?

4What does 'النَّوْعُ' mean here?

5Why learn this rule?

0/5
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Say it correctly

Speak — use the rule

Prompts

  1. صِفْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْيَاءَ فِي غُرْفَتِكَ بِصِفَاتٍ صَحِيحَةٍ.
    Describe three things in your room with correct adjectives.
  2. صِفْ مَدِينَتَكَ بِصِفَتَيْنِ.
    Describe your city with two adjectives.

Model exchange

Examiner

صِفْ غُرْفَتَكَ.

Question
You

غُرْفَتِي صَغِيرَةٌ لَكِنَّهَا مُرَتَّبَةٌ. فِيهَا نَافِذَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ وَمَكْتَبَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ. أُحِبُّ الجُدْرَانَ البَيْضَاءَ لِأَنَّهَا هَادِئَةٌ.

Correct agreement throughout
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Write — apply the rule

Task

Write about 80–90 words describing your home and family, using at least six adjectives — each agreeing correctly with its noun. Then check every pair.

  • Apply the target rule correctly throughout.
  • Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
  • Check agreement, verb forms and spelling.
  • Write 80–90 words.
Reveal a model answer

أَعِيشُ فِي بَيْتٍ كَبِيرٍ فِي مَدِينَةٍ هَادِئَةٍ. فِي البَيْتِ غُرْفَةٌ وَاسِعَةٌ لِلْجُلُوسِ وَمَطْبَخٌ نَظِيفٌ. عَائِلَتِي صَغِيرَةٌ لَكِنَّهَا مُتَعَاوِنَةٌ؛ أُمِّي حَنُونَةٌ وَأَبِي كَرِيمٌ. أُحِبُّ الحَدِيقَةَ الجَمِيلَةَ خَلْفَ البَيْتِ لِأَنَّ فِيهَا أَشْجَارًا كَثِيرَةً وَأَزْهَارًا مُلَوَّنَةً. أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ بَيْتَنَا مَكَانٌ مُرِيحٌ، وَكُلُّ صِفَةٍ فِيهِ تُطَابِقُ اسْمَهَا فِي النَّوْعِ وَالعَدَدِ.

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