Numbers Masterclass | Miftah Arabic Lessons

Learning Objectives · أَهْدَافُ الدَّرْسِ

What you will be able to do by the end

Objectives

Read and write both Hindi-Arabic digits (٠–٩) and Western digits (0–9) accurately R · Paper 2
Count and recognise cardinal numbers 1–100+ in words and figures L · Paper 1
Use ordinal numbers (first–tenth) to sequence and tell the time S · Paper 3
Apply the number–noun agreement rules for 1–2 and 3–10 W · Paper 4

Success Criteria

🟢 I can convert any Hindi-Arabic numeral into Western digits (and back) without hesitation.
🟠 I can say and write numbers up to 100 in words, including compound numbers like خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.
🟧 I can choose the correct gender of the number before a noun (ثَلَاثَةُ كُتُبٍ vs ثَلَاثُ سَيَّارَاتٍ) and explain why.

Why this matters in the exam The 0544 papers freely mix both digit systems. A price tag might show ٤٥ جُنَيْهًا while the question uses “45”. If you can’t switch between the two instantly, you can lose easy marks on questions you actually understand.

Part 1 · الجُزْءُ الأَوَّلُ

Two digit systems, one story — الأَرْقَامُ الهِنْدِيَّةُ وَالغَرْبِيَّةُ

Here is a fact that surprises most students: the digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 that you use in Maths every day are called Arabic numerals — because Europe learned them from Arab mathematicians like al-Khwārizmī (whose name gave us the word algorithm). Meanwhile, the Arab East uses digits that travelled from India, so in Arabic they are called الأَرْقَامُ الهِنْدِيَّةُ — “the Indian numerals”. Even the English word zero comes from the Arabic صِفْرٌ!

Reference The ten digits side by side

Western digit	الرَّقْمُ الهِنْدِيُّ	Watch out for…
0	٠	Just a dot — easy to miss in small print!
1	١	Looks the same — a gift.
2	٢	Like a backwards 7 with a hook.
3	٣	Like ٢ but with two waves on top.
4	٤	Like a backwards 3 — a classic trap.
5	٥	⚠️ Looks like a Western 0 — but it is FIVE.
6	٦	⚠️ Looks like a Western 7 — but it is SIX.
7	٧	Like the letter V.
8	٨	Like an upside-down V (Λ).
9	٩	Very close to Western 9 — another gift.

Key fact 1 · Direction Arabic text runs right-to-left, but numbers are always written left-to-right, exactly like English. So ٢٠٢٦ is 2026, never 6202. When you meet a number inside an Arabic sentence, your eyes briefly switch direction — like a car changing lanes.

Key fact 2 · The two big traps Memorise this pair of impostors: ٥ looks like 0 but means 5, and ٦ looks like 7 but means 6. Examiners love putting prices like ٥٦ (= 56) in Reading texts. Say it aloud now: “the dot is zero, the ring is five.”

✍️ Quiz 1 — Digit Detective Score: 0/5

💬 Answer in the Teams chat first, then tap to check. First try counts for your score!

1. Which Western digit equals ٧؟

✔️ ٧ = 7. It looks like the letter V — think “V for seVen”.

2. The price tag says ٥٤. How much is it?

✔️ Numbers read left-to-right even inside Arabic text: ٥ then ٤ → 54.

3. Which Hindi-Arabic digit is the impostor that looks like a Western zero?

✔️ ٥ = 5. The real zero is just a dot: ٠. “The dot is zero, the ring is five.”

4. Write ٢٠٢٦ in Western digits:

✔️ 2026 — the digits keep their left-to-right order.

5. A bus timetable shows bus number ٦٧. Which bus do you catch?

✔️ ٦ = 6 (the “fake 7”) and ٧ = 7 → bus 67.

🎮 Bonus game — Match the pairs! Tap a Hindi digit, then its Western partner. 👥 Play in pairs: fastest team wins.

Part 2 · الجُزْءُ الثَّانِي

Counting 0–10 — مِنْ صِفْرٍ إِلَى عَشَرَةٍ

These eleven words are the foundation of every number you will ever say in Arabic. They also live all around you already: خَمْسَةٌ — the five daily prayers and the Five Pillars; سَبْعَةٌ — the seven verses of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah. Learn these and you have unlocked half the lesson.

Vocabulary The counting numbers — أَسْمَاءُ الأَعْدَادِ

Figure	الرَّقْمُ	بِالكَلِمَاتِ	English
0	٠	صِفْرٌṣifr	zero
1	١	وَاحِدٌwāḥid	one
2	٢	اِثْنَانِithnān	two
3	٣	ثَلَاثَةٌthalāthah	three
4	٤	أَرْبَعَةٌarbaʿah	four
5	٥	خَمْسَةٌkhamsah	five
6	٦	سِتَّةٌsittah	six
7	٧	سَبْعَةٌsabʿah	seven
8	٨	ثَمَانِيَةٌthamāniyah	eight
9	٩	تِسْعَةٌtisʿah	nine
10	١٠	عَشَرَةٌʿasharah	ten

Memory hooks سَبْعَةٌ / تِسْعَةٌ are the twins students mix up: sabʿah = seven (both start with S-b sounds), tisʿah = nine. And سِتَّةٌ (six) hides inside English “siesta at six”. Say the chain aloud three times — rhythm is the fastest memoriser: وَاحِدٌ، اِثْنَانِ، ثَلَاثَةٌ، أَرْبَعَةٌ، خَمْسَةٌ، سِتَّةٌ، سَبْعَةٌ، ثَمَانِيَةٌ، تِسْعَةٌ، عَشَرَةٌ 🎙️

✍️ Quiz 2 — First Ten Score: 0/6

👍 Thumbs-up in Teams when you’re ready. No peeking at the table!

1. خَمْسَةٌ = ?

✔️ خَمْسَةٌ = 5. Think of the Five Pillars — أَرْكَانُ الإِسْلَامِ الخَمْسَةُ.

2. Which word means seven?

✔️ sabʿah = seven. تِسْعَةٌ is its twin trap — that one is nine.

3. ثَمَانِيَةٌ = ?

✔️ 8. Careful: ثَمَانِيَةٌ (8) and ثَلَاثَةٌ (3) both start with ث — read past the first letter!

4. Which number comes straight after أَرْبَعَةٌ?

✔️ أَرْبَعَةٌ (4) → خَمْسَةٌ (5).

5. The English word zero originally comes from which Arabic word?

✔️ صِفْرٌ → Latin zephirum → “zero” (and “cipher” too!). Arabic maths shaped the modern world.

6. Write ٩ in words:

✔️ ٩ = تِسْعَةٌ. Remember the 99 Names of Allah: تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ اسْمًا.

Part 3 · الجُزْءُ الثَّالِثُ

Building 11–100 and beyond — مِنْ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ إِلَى مِائَةٍ

Good news: you do not memorise ninety new words. Arabic numbers are built like LEGO — a handful of pieces, three simple patterns, and you can say any number to a thousand.

Pattern 1 The teens (11–19): unit + عَشَرَ

Just like English “fourteen”, Arabic says the unit first and adds عَشَرَ (“-teen”). Notice how every part ends with a fatḥah — the teens march to a steady drumbeat.

Figure	الرَّقْمُ	بِالكَلِمَاتِ	Think of it as…
11	١١	أَحَدَ عَشَرَ	“one-teen”
12	١٢	اِثْنَا عَشَرَ	“two-teen”
13	١٣	ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ	“three-teen” = thirteen
14	١٤	أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ	fourteen
15	١٥	خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ	fifteen — your age soon!
16	١٦	سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ	sixteen
17	١٧	سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ	seventeen
18	١٨	ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ	eighteen
19	١٩	تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ	nineteen

Pattern 2 The tens (20–90): the ـُونَ family

The tens are simply the unit word wearing a ـُونَ uniform (like English “-ty”). Twenty is the only rebel — it borrows from عَشَرَةٌ (ten) instead of two.

Figure	الرَّقْمُ	بِالكَلِمَاتِ	Built from
20	٢٠	عِشْرُونَ	عَشَرَةٌ (10) — the rebel!
30	٣٠	ثَلَاثُونَ	ثَلَاثَةٌ (3)
40	٤٠	أَرْبَعُونَ	أَرْبَعَةٌ (4)
50	٥٠	خَمْسُونَ	خَمْسَةٌ (5)
60	٦٠	سِتُّونَ	سِتَّةٌ (6)
70	٧٠	سَبْعُونَ	سَبْعَةٌ (7)
80	٨٠	ثَمَانُونَ	ثَمَانِيَةٌ (8)
90	٩٠	تِسْعُونَ	تِسْعَةٌ (9)
100	١٠٠	مِائَةٌ	written with a silent ا — say mi’ah
1000	١٠٠٠	أَلْفٌ	a bonus for the ambitious!

Pattern 3 Compound numbers (21–99): units FIRST, then وَ, then tens

This is the pattern that feels most “backwards” to English speakers — Arabic says “five and twenty”, like old English nursery rhymes (four-and-twenty blackbirds…).

The formula unit + وَ (and) + ten
25 = خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ (“five and twenty”) · 31 = وَاحِدٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ · 99 = تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ · 105 = مِائَةٌ وَخَمْسَةٌ

Trap When you hear خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ in the Listening paper, don’t write 52! The small number comes first in speech but second in figures: you hear “5 and 20” → you write 25.

✍️ Quiz 3 — Number Builder Score: 0/6

🖥️ Screen-share challenge: predict before you tap!

1. خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ = ?

✔️ 5 + “teen” = 15. Fifty would be خَمْسُونَ.

2. عِشْرُونَ = ?

✔️ 20 — the rebel of the tens family, built from عَشَرَةٌ (ten), not two.

3. How do you say 35?

✔️ “Five and thirty” = 35. The middle option says “three and fifty” = 53 — the classic reversal trap.

4. تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ = ?

✔️ 99 — “nine and ninety”, like the 99 Beautiful Names of Allah أَسْمَاءُ اللهِ الحُسْنَى.

5. In the Listening paper you hear: سَبْعَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ. What do you write?

✔️ “Seven and sixty” = 67. You hear the unit first, but the figure puts the ten first.

6. Ramadan can last ثَلَاثُونَ days. How many is that?

✔️ 30 — ثَلَاثُونَ يَوْمًا (or 29, تِسْعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ, depending on the moon 🌙).

Part 4 · الجُزْءُ الرَّابِعُ

Ordinal numbers — الأَعْدَادُ التَّرْتِيبِيَّةُ

Ordinals put things in order: first, second, third… In Arabic they behave like well-mannered adjectives — they come after the noun and politely match its gender. You already know one without realising: الدَّرْسُ الأَوَّلُ — Lesson One, this very lesson!

Vocabulary First to tenth, masculine and feminine

English	مَعَ اسْمٍ مُذَكَّرٍ (masc.)	مَعَ اسْمٍ مُؤَنَّثٍ (fem.)	Example
first	الأَوَّلُ	الأُولَى	الدَّرْسُ الأَوَّلُ / السَّنَةُ الأُولَى
second	الثَّانِي	الثَّانِيَةُ	اليَوْمُ الثَّانِي / المَرَّةُ الثَّانِيَةُ
third	الثَّالِثُ	الثَّالِثَةُ	الطَّابِقُ الثَّالِثُ (the third floor)
fourth	الرَّابِعُ	الرَّابِعَةُ	الصَّفُّ الرَّابِعُ
fifth	الخَامِسُ	الخَامِسَةُ	البَابُ الخَامِسُ
sixth	السَّادِسُ	السَّادِسَةُ	الشَّهْرُ السَّادِسُ
seventh	السَّابِعُ	السَّابِعَةُ	الأُسْبُوعُ السَّابِعُ
eighth	الثَّامِنُ	الثَّامِنَةُ	الصَّفْحَةُ الثَّامِنَةُ (page eight)
ninth	التَّاسِعُ	التَّاسِعَةُ	الشَّهْرُ التَّاسِعُ — Ramadan, month 9!
tenth	العَاشِرُ	العَاشِرَةُ	اليَوْمُ العَاشِرُ

Spot the pattern From second to tenth, ordinals follow the elegant فَاعِل shape: ثَالِث، رَابِع، خَامِس… — the same root letters as the cardinal, rearranged. Only الأَوَّلُ / الأُولَى (first) is completely irregular — just like English “one → first”!

Ordinals tell the time ⏰ Arabic says “the hour the third” for 3 o’clock: السَّاعَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ. Because سَاعَةٌ is feminine, the ordinal is always feminine in clock times: السَّاعَةُ الوَاحِدَةُ (1:00)، السَّاعَةُ الخَامِسَةُ (5:00)، السَّاعَةُ العَاشِرَةُ (10:00). This appears constantly in Paper 1 Listening.

✍️ Quiz 4 — Order, Order! Score: 0/5

🎙️ Say your answer aloud before tapping — ordinals must be heard.

1. Complete: الدَّرْسُ ______ (the first lesson)

✔️ دَرْسٌ is masculine → الأَوَّلُ. And it needs the ordinal, not the counting word.

2. Complete: السَّنَةُ ______ (the first year)

✔️ سَنَةٌ is feminine → the special feminine form الأُولَى.

3. “The third floor” in Arabic:

✔️ Noun first, ordinal after, both with ال. (ثَلَاثَةُ طَوَابِقَ means “three floors” — different meaning!)

4. السَّاعَةُ الخَامِسَةُ means:

✔️ “The fifth hour” = 5 o’clock. “Five hours” would be خَمْسُ سَاعَاتٍ.

5. Ramadan is الشَّهْرُ ______ of the Islamic year (the ninth month):

✔️ شَهْرٌ is masculine → التَّاسِعُ. Feminine التَّاسِعَةُ would suit السَّاعَةُ.

Part 5 · الجُزْءُ الخَامِسُ

The Golden Rules of agreement — العَدَدُ وَالمَعْدُودُ

Here is the moment Arabic becomes genuinely fascinating. Most languages make numbers agree with their noun. Arabic, for numbers 3–10, does the exact opposite — a rule so famous it has its own name: reverse gender polarity. Master these two rules and your writing instantly sounds a level above.

Rule 1 Numbers 1 and 2: the loyal followers

The number comes after the noun and matches its gender — exactly like an adjective. In fact, Arabic often doesn’t need the number at all (the noun or its dual form already says it); adding it gives emphasis: “one single book”, “two whole days”.

Meaning	مُذَكَّر (masc. noun)	مُؤَنَّث (fem. noun)
one book / one car	كِتَابٌ وَاحِدٌ	سَيَّارَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
two boys / two girls	وَلَدَانِ اثْنَانِ	بِنْتَانِ اثْنَتَانِ

Easy summary 1 & 2 → number follows the noun and copies its gender. Friendly and predictable. ✅

Rule 2 Numbers 3–10: the great gender flip 🔄

The number comes before the noun, the noun goes into the plural, and the number takes the opposite gender of the noun’s singular form. Masculine noun? The number wears ة. Feminine noun? The number takes the ة off.

Masculine noun كِتَابٌ book ♂

⇄

Number takes ة (feminine form) ثَلَاثَةُ كُتُبٍ three books

Feminine noun سَيَّارَةٌ car ♀

⇄

Number drops ة (masculine form) ثَلَاثُ سَيَّارَاتٍ three cars

The number and the noun always disagree — like magnets, opposites attract! 🧲

Meaning	الجُمْلَةُ	Why?
three boys	ثَلَاثَةُ أَوْلَادٍ	وَلَدٌ is masc. → number takes ة
three girls	ثَلَاثُ بَنَاتٍ	بِنْتٌ is fem. → number drops ة
seven days	سَبْعَةُ أَيَّامٍ	يَوْمٌ is masc. → ة on
ten minutes	عَشْرُ دَقَائِقَ	دَقِيقَةٌ is fem. → ة off
five pounds	خَمْسَةُ جُنَيْهَاتٍ	جُنَيْهٌ is masc. → ة on
eight hours	ثَمَانِي سَاعَاتٍ	سَاعَةٌ is fem. → ة off (8 becomes ثَمَانِي before a noun)

The #1 mistake — and how to avoid it Students look at the plural noun and panic. Wrong move! Always ask: what is the singular? Is it masculine or feminine? Then flip. Example: أَيَّامٍ looks unfamiliar, but its singular يَوْمٌ is masculine → سَبْعَةُ أَيَّامٍ. Singular first, flip second.

Stretch 🟧 · Numbers 11–99 Above ten, the noun snaps back to the singular (with a fatḥatayn): أَحَدَ عَشَرَ لَاعِبًا — eleven players, a full cricket team! 🏏 · ثَلَاثُونَ يَوْمًا — thirty days · عِشْرُونَ طَالِبًا — twenty students. You don’t need to produce this perfectly at IGCSE, but recognising it earns you marks in Reading.

✍️ Quiz 5 — Flip or Follow? Score: 0/6

👥 Team round: shout “FLIP!” for 3–10, “FOLLOW!” for 1–2 — then choose.

1. Three books (كِتَابٌ is masculine):

✔️ Masculine noun → the number FLIPS and wears ة: ثَلَاثَةُ كُتُبٍ.

2. Three cars (سَيَّارَةٌ is feminine):

✔️ Feminine noun → the number FLIPS and drops ة: ثَلَاثُ سَيَّارَاتٍ.

3. One teacher (female) — مُعَلِّمَةٌ:

✔️ Rule 1: the number follows the noun and copies its gender — no flip for 1 and 2.

4. Seven days (يَوْمٌ is masculine):

✔️ Singular يَوْمٌ is masc. → ة on the number, and the noun must be plural: سَبْعَةُ أَيَّامٍ.

5. Ten minutes (دَقِيقَةٌ is feminine):

✔️ Feminine noun → ة off: عَشْرُ دَقَائِقَ. Perfect for “ten minutes to the mosque”!

6. Five sisters (أُخْتٌ is feminine — even without ة!):

✔️ أُخْتٌ is feminine by meaning (no ة needed) → the number goes masculine: خَمْسُ أَخَوَاتٍ. Gender is about meaning, not just spelling!

Part 6 · الجُزْءُ السَّادِسُ

Numbers in the real exam — الأَرْقَامُ فِي الاِمْتِحَانِ

Time to think like an examiner. Numbers appear in three predictable disguises: prices in Reading, phone numbers and times in Listening, and your age and dates in Speaking and Writing. Practise all three below.

Task A · Reading 📖 The stationery shop — مَكْتَبَةُ النُّورِ

Read the shop’s price list, then answer. Notice the digits are Hindi-Arabic — exactly as in Paper 2.

السِّلْعَةُ (item)	الثَّمَنُ (price)
قَلَمٌ — a pen	٣ جُنَيْهَاتٍ
دَفْتَرٌ — a notebook	١٢ جُنَيْهًا
حَقِيبَةٌ — a bag	٤٥ جُنَيْهًا
قَامُوسٌ — a dictionary	٩٩ جُنَيْهًا

How much does the notebook cost?
Which item costs 45 pounds?
You buy a pen and a notebook. What is the total?
Write the dictionary’s price in Arabic words.

12 pounds (١٢ = اِثْنَا عَشَرَ جُنَيْهًا)
The bag — الحَقِيبَةُ (٤٥ = 45)
3 + 12 = 15 pounds — خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ جُنَيْهًا
تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ جُنَيْهًا — “nine and ninety”

Task B · Listening 🎧 The phone number dictation

Your teacher (or a partner 👥) reads this script aloud twice, at natural speed. Write the phone number in Western digits — just like a Paper 1 note-taking question.

Teacher script 🎙️ رَقْمُ هَاتِفِي هُوَ: صِفْرٌ – سَبْعَةٌ – تِسْعَةٌ – صِفْرٌ – ثَلَاثَةٌ – وَاحِدٌ – خَمْسَةٌ – سِتَّةٌ – ثَمَانِيَةٌ – اِثْنَانِ – أَرْبَعَةٌ

0 7 9 0 3 1 5 6 8 2 4 → 07903 156824. The pairs students most often confuse when listening: سَبْعَةٌ (7) vs تِسْعَةٌ (9)، and ثَلَاثَةٌ (3) vs ثَمَانِيَةٌ (8). If you got those right — excellent ears!

Task C · Writing ✍️ All about my numbers — أَرْقَامِي

Write three sentences about yourself using this scaffold. Then compare with the model answer.

Scaffold ١. عُمْرِي ______ سَنَةً.
٢. أَسْكُنُ فِي البَيْتِ رَقْمِ ______.
٣. فِي عَائِلَتِي ______ أَشْخَاصٍ. (1. I am ___ years old. 2. I live at house number ___. 3. There are ___ people in my family.)

عُمْرِي أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً. أَسْكُنُ فِي البَيْتِ رَقْمِ خَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ. فِي عَائِلَتِي سِتَّةُ أَشْخَاصٍ: أَبِي وَأُمِّي وَثَلَاثُ أَخَوَاتٍ وَأَنَا. I am fourteen years old. I live at house number 25. There are six people in my family: my father, my mother, three sisters and me.

💡 Notice the golden rules at work: سِتَّةُ أَشْخَاصٍ (شَخْصٌ masc. → ة on) and ثَلَاثُ أَخَوَاتٍ (أُخْتٌ fem. → ة off). Also: with age, سَنَةٌ is feminine, so 14 takes its feminine teen form أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ — recognise it, don’t worry about producing it perfectly yet.

Plenary · الخَاتِمَةُ

The Grand Number Challenge 🏆

Eight questions mixing everything from today. Aim for 6+ to prove you’ve met the success criteria. 💬 Post your score in the chat!

🏆 Final Quiz — everything, mixed Score: 0/8

First try counts. Bismillah — off you go!

1. ٨٦ in Western digits:

✔️ ٨ = 8, ٦ = 6 (the fake 7!) → 86, read left-to-right.

2. سِتَّةٌ = ?

✔️ 6. Sixty would be سِتُّونَ — the ـُونَ uniform.

3. How do you say 42?

✔️ “Two and forty” = 42. Unit first, then وَ, then the ten.

4. The lift button says الطَّابِقُ الرَّابِعُ. Which floor?

✔️ الرَّابِعُ = fourth (ordinal, فَاعِل pattern from أَرْبَعَةٌ).

5. السَّاعَةُ العَاشِرَةُ means:

✔️ Clock times use feminine ordinals: “the tenth hour” = 10:00.

6. Choose correctly — five brothers (أَخٌ is masculine):

✔️ Masculine singular أَخٌ → the number flips to ة: خَمْسَةُ إِخْوَةٍ.

7. Choose correctly — nine schools (مَدْرَسَةٌ is feminine):

✔️ Feminine noun → ة off the number: تِسْعُ مَدَارِسَ. The flip never fails.

8. In Listening you hear a price: أَرْبَعَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ جُنَيْهًا. What do you write?

✔️ “Four and seventy” = 74. You’ve beaten the exam’s favourite trick. 🎉

Homework · الوَاجِبُ المَنْزِلِيُّ

Choose your challenge

Pick one level (or be brave and climb!). Due next lesson — submit via Teams Assignments. ✍️

🟢 Mild

Write the numbers 1–20 three ways: Western digit, Hindi-Arabic digit, and Arabic word (fully vowelled — copy carefully from this lesson). Decorate it as a poster if you like!

🟠 Spicy

Write eight sentences using numbers 3–10 with plural nouns — four masculine nouns, four feminine. Underline the number and label each one “flip: ة on” or “flip: ة off”.

🟧 Hot

Write a short paragraph «عَائِلَتِي وَأَرْقَامِي» (My family and my numbers): your age, house number, number of people in your family, how many brothers/sisters, and what time you wake up — using at least one ordinal.

📋 Teacher notes — timing, delivery & misconceptions (click to open)

Suggested timing (60 min): Hook & objectives 5′ · Part 1 + Quiz 8′ · Part 2 + Quiz 8′ · Part 3 + Quiz 10′ · Part 4 + Quiz 8′ · Part 5 + Quiz 12′ · Part 6 tasks 6′ · Plenary 3′. Parts 4–5 can move to a second lesson for Foundation groups.
Teams delivery: 🖥️ share this page and scroll; 💬 answers in chat before each reveal; 🎙️ unmute rounds for the counting chain and phone-number dictation; 👥 breakout pairs for the matching game and Task B.
Misconception 1: reading multi-digit numbers right-to-left (٥٤ as 45). Drill the “car changing lanes” image early.
Misconception 2: matching number gender to the plural. Chant the routine: singular first, flip second.
Misconception 3: hearing خَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ and writing 52. Give three quick oral compounds every starter for the next fortnight.
Differentiation: Foundation — Parts 1–3 + Quiz 5 questions 1–2 only, with the table visible. Extension — Stretch box (11–99 singular tamyīz) and feminine teen forms.
Heritage link: students may recognise Urdu numbers (do, tīn, chār…) share roots of history, not of Arabic — but Urdu script digits (۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹) are near-identical to the Hindi-Arabic set, with ۴، ۶، ۷ styled slightly differently. Invite students to compare — instant engagement.
Next lesson preview: Lesson 2 — الأَيَّامُ وَالتَّوَارِيخُ (Days & Dates): today’s ordinals become dates, and Ramadan returns as الشَّهْرُ التَّاسِعُ.