- Name at least 14 core family members accurately.
- Recognise the wider IGCSE family-and-relationships bank.
- Use ـي، ـكَ، ـكِ، ـهُ، ـهَا to show possession.
- Create and describe a real or invented family tree.
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Retrieve · connect · prepare
Bring F2 language into a new topicاِسْتَرْجِعْ لُغَةَ التَّعْرِيفِ وَالوَصْفِ
You already know names, ages, gender agreement and simple descriptions. Now use them to talk about the people around you.
You never need to disclose private family information. Every task may use the fictional عَائِلَةُ الرَّشِيدِ or an invented family.
يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَسْتَخْدِمَ عَائِلَةً خَيَالِيَّةً.
Six-question F2 bridge
Retrieve the grammar needed for family descriptions.
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Learn · group · retrieve
Complete family and relationship vocabularyمُفْرَدَاتُ الأُسْرَةِ وَالعَلَاقَاتِ
Learn the core words actively. Keep the wider recognition bank available for reading, listening and later IGCSE work.
أَبٌ / وَالِدٌfather
أُمٌّ / وَالِدَةٌmother
أَخٌbrother
أُخْتٌsister
اِبْنٌson
بِنْتٌ / اِبْنَةٌdaughter
زَوْجٌhusband
زَوْجَةٌwife
جَدٌّgrandfather
جَدَّةٌgrandmother
أَجْدَادٌgrandparents/ancestors
عَمٌّpaternal uncle
عَمَّةٌpaternal aunt
خَالٌmaternal uncle
خَالَةٌmaternal aunt
أَقَارِبُrelatives
اِبْنُ عَمٍّ / بِنْتُ عَمٍّmale/female paternal cousin
اِبْنُ خَالٍ / بِنْتُ خَالٍmale/female maternal cousin
اِبْنُ أَخٍ / اِبْنُ أُخْتٍnephew
اِبْنَةُ أَخٍ / اِبْنَةُ أُخْتٍniece
تَوْأَمٌ / تَوْأَمَانِtwin / twins
طِفْلٌ / أَطْفَالٌchild / children
جَارٌ / جَارَةٌmale/female neighbour
قَرِيبٌ / قَرِيبَةٌmale/female relative
عَائِلَةٌ / أُسْرَةٌfamily
إِخْوَةٌ / أَخَوَاتٌbrothers/siblings · sisters
أَخَوَانِ / أُخْتَانِtwo brothers / two sisters · receptive dual preview
الأَخُ الأَكْبَرُolder brother
الأُخْتُ الكُبْرَىolder sister
الأَخُ الأَصْغَرُyounger brother
الأُخْتُ الصُّغْرَىyounger sister
زَوْجَةُ الأَبِstepmother
زَوْجُ الأُمِّstepfather
Meaning clue
Paternal side: عَمٌّ، عَمَّةٌ. Maternal side: خَالٌ، خَالَةٌ. English uses “uncle” and “aunt” for both; Arabic shows which side of the family.
Twelve-question family vocabulary check
Distinguish nuclear, paternal, maternal and wider family terms.
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Map · connect · explain
Read and build a family treeاِقْرَأْ وَابْنِ شَجَرَةَ العَائِلَةِ
A family tree turns relationship vocabulary into a system. Follow the branches and identify each person’s relationship to Layla.
Build your family tree route
Use the fictional family, invent one, or use your own family only when you are comfortable.
Draw three generations. Label each person in Arabic and add at least six relationship sentences.
On paper, draw three generations. Label at least ten people in Arabic and write six relationship sentences beneath the tree.
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Notice · attach · compare
Show whose family member it isضَمَائِرُ المِلْكِيَّةِ مَعَ أَفْرَادِ العَائِلَةِ
Arabic attaches a short ending to the family noun. The ending tells us whether the person is mine, yours, his or hers.
| Meaning | Ending | With عَمٌّ | With خَالَةٌ |
|---|---|---|---|
| my | ـي | عَمِّي | خَالَتِي |
| your · one male | ـكَ | عَمُّكَ | خَالَتُكَ |
| your · one female | ـكِ | عَمُّكِ | خَالَتُكِ |
| his | ـهُ | عَمُّهُ | خَالَتُهُ |
| her | ـهَا | عَمُّهَا | خَالَتُهَا |
أَبِي
أَبُوكَ / أَبُوكِ
أَبُوهُ / أَبُوهَا
The form changes more visibly than a regular noun.
أَخِي
أَخُوكَ / أَخُوكِ
أَخُوهُ / أَخُوهَا
Use the same pattern as أَبٌ.
أُمِّي
أُمُّكَ / أُمُّكِ
أُمُّهُ / أُمُّهَا
Keep the shadda: مّ.
Important meaning
Choose the suffix from the owner, not from the family member. أُخْتُهُ means “his sister”; the sister is female, but the owner is male.
Ten-question possessive suffix laboratory
Choose the ending from the owner and recognise the special family forms.
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Identify · name · describe
Build clear family sentencesجُمَلٌ وَاضِحَةٌ عَنِ العَائِلَةِ
Use هَذَا with a masculine family member and هَذِهِ with a feminine family member. Then add a name, age or description.
هَذَا أَبِي. اِسْمُهُ خَالِدٌ. هُوَ لَطِيفٌ وَمُجْتَهِدٌ.
This is my father. His name is Khalid. He is kind and hardworking.
هَذِهِ أُمِّي. اِسْمُهَا مَرْيَمُ. هِيَ لَطِيفَةٌ وَمُجْتَهِدَةٌ.
This is my mother. Her name is Maryam. She is kind and hardworking.
هَذَا أَخِي الكَبِيرُ.
هَذِهِ أُخْتِي الصُّغْرَى.
عُمْرُهُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.
عُمْرُهَا اِثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.
وَ، أَيْضًا، وَلَكِنْ، لِأَنَّ
and · also · but · because
Agreement reminder
أَخِي لَطِيفٌ, but أُخْتِي لَطِيفَةٌ. The adjective describes the family member, so it agrees with that person’s grammatical gender.
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Decide · connect · repair
Family Relationship Missionمُهِمَّةُ العَلَاقَاتِ العَائِلِيَّةِ
Solve twelve relationship and possessive decisions. Read every clue carefully before choosing.
Family Relationship Mission
Choose the family word or sentence that fits each clue.
1Relationship clueRead carefully.
Choose the correct answer.
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Predict · listen · record · verify
Listening practice · Layla’s familyاِسْتَمِعْ إِلَى وَصْفِ عَائِلَةِ لَيْلَى
Record the family relationships, names and details before answering the questions. Reveal the transcript only after attempting the task.
🎧 Audio is coming soon.
Listen twice. First identify the people. On the second listen, record names, ages and descriptions.
My listening response
Choose one route. Typed and drawn work is stored only on this device.
Sketch Layla’s family tree while listening. Add names, relationships and one adjective for each person.
On paper, draw a six-person listening tree. Record each relationship, name and one detail.
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Check Layla’s family details
Answer all eight questions before revealing the transcript.
Listening transcript
اِسْمِي لَيْلَى. عَائِلَتِي كَبِيرَةٌ وَلَطِيفَةٌ. هَذَا أَبِي، وَاسْمُهُ خَالِدٌ. هُوَ مُجْتَهِدٌ. وَهَذِهِ أُمِّي، وَاسْمُهَا مَرْيَمُ. هِيَ لَطِيفَةٌ جِدًّا. عِنْدِي أَخٌ أَكْبَرُ، وَاسْمُهُ يُوسُفُ، وَعُمْرُهُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً. جَدَّتِي سَلْمَى تَعِيشُ مَعَنَا. عَمِّي سَامِرٌ يَعِيشُ فِي لَنْدَنَ، وَبِنْتُ عَمِّي زَيْنَبُ تُحِبُّ القِرَاءَةَ. أَنَا أُحِبُّ عَائِلَتِي لِأَنَّهَا مُتَعَاوِنَةٌ.
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Read · locate · prove
Reading workshop · the Al-Rashid familyقِرَاءَةٌ عَنْ عَائِلَةِ الرَّشِيدِ
Scan for relationship words, possessive suffixes, names, ages and descriptions. Return to the exact evidence before answering.
هَذِهِ عَائِلَةُ الرَّشِيدِ. الجَدُّ حَسَنٌ وَالجَدَّةُ سَلْمَى يَعِيشَانِ فِي بَيْتٍ كَبِيرٍ. اِبْنُهُمَا خَالِدٌ هُوَ أَبُو لَيْلَى وَيُوسُفَ. زَوْجَتُهُ مَرْيَمُ مُعَلِّمَةٌ لَطِيفَةٌ. لَيْلَى بِنْتٌ ذَكِيَّةٌ، وَأَخُوهَا يُوسُفُ طَالِبٌ مُجْتَهِدٌ. لِخَالِدٍ أَخٌ وَأُخْتٌ: أَخُوهُ سَامِرٌ، وَأُخْتُهُ نُورٌ. سَامِرٌ هُوَ عَمُّ لَيْلَى، وَنُورٌ هِيَ عَمَّتُهَا. زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ سَامِرٍ، فَهِيَ بِنْتُ عَمِّ لَيْلَى. تَجْتَمِعُ العَائِلَةُ فِي نِهَايَةِ الأُسْبُوعِ، وَيُحِبُّ الأَقَارِبُ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَحَدَّثُوا مَعًا.
Ten-question reading evidence check
Use the text, not guesswork.
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Model · rehearse · respond
Speaking studio · introduce a familyقَدِّمْ عَائِلَةً بِاللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ
Use a real or invented family. Speak from a tree or short notes rather than reading a paragraph word for word.
Al-Rashid familyGrandparents · parents · two children · uncle · cousin
Speaking challenge
Include at least six relationships, two names, two descriptions and one reason.
هَذِهِ عَائِلَةُ الرَّشِيدِ. هَذَا الجَدُّ حَسَنٌ، وَهَذِهِ الجَدَّةُ سَلْمَى...
Speaking checklist · 0/6
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Plan · draft · improve
Writing workshop · describe a family treeاُكْتُبْ وَصْفًا لِشَجَرَةِ عَائِلَةٍ
Create a connected description of a real or invented family. Use the full vocabulary bank as a reference.
Write six accurate sentences naming at least six people and using هَذَا / هَذِهِ.
Write 70–90 words with immediate and extended family, possessive endings and three connectors.
Add sibling order, cousins, a comparison, and a reason using لِأَنَّ.
Choose your writing route
Typed and on-screen handwritten work is stored only on this device.
Planner preview
هَذِهِ عَائِلَةُ ... الجَدُّ ... وَالجَدَّةُ ...
0 sentences0 Arabic words0 connectors0 family terms0 possessive forms
Draw the family tree at the top. Write a connected 70–90-word Arabic description beneath it.
On paper, draw and label a family tree. Then write 70–90 words. Underline family terms, circle possessive endings and box three connectors.
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Consolidate · transfer · check
Complete the family checkpointأَكْمِلْ تَحَدِّيَ العَائِلَةِ
The final check mixes family vocabulary, paternal/maternal distinctions, possessive suffixes, agreement and reading evidence.
Twelve-question family checkpoint
Aim for at least 10/12, then repair any highlighted decision.