Progression P1 — Healthy Lifestyles
Complete Paper 1 style health listening: catch conditionals and passives in fast speech, anchor statistics, and beat close distractors.
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Retrieval bridge
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Recognise · organise · retrieve
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Passive.
Units before tens.
Do not reverse it.
Vocabulary mission
Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.
Explain · notice · apply
سَمَاعُ البُنْيَةِ فِي الكَلَامِ السَّرِيعِ
A listening toolkit: recognise the passive by its vowel shape, catch the conditional signal, and lock statistics down accurately.
What does the structure communicate?
Which word or ending changes?
What must match the noun or person?
Can you use it with new vocabulary?
Passive — fatḥa before the last consonant.
Conditional signalled by إِذَا.
Statistic anchored by بِالْمِئَةِ.
يُعَالِجُ (kasra) vs يُعَالَجُ (fatḥa)
The vowel before the final consonant tells you the voice.
إِذَا → condition + consequence
Hearing إِذَا, note both what is supposed and what follows.
number + بِالْمِئَةِ
The word بِالْمِئَةِ marks a percentage; hold the number before writing.
specific cause-effect > general statement
A conditional answer is specific; a general health statement is often the distractor.
| You hear | It signals | Listen for |
|---|---|---|
| إِذَا | a conditional | the consequence clause |
| يُ- … -َ- | a passive | fatḥa before the last consonant |
| بِالْمِئَةِ | a statistic | the number before it |
| يُوصَى / يَنْصَحُ | a recommendation | what is advised |
يُعَالِجُ (active, “treats”) has a kasra on the ل. يُعَالَجُ (passive, “is treated”) has a fatḥa. The prefix يُ carries a ḍamma in both, so listen for the vowel just before the last consonant: fatḥa signals the passive.
خَمْسَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ is 35 — you hear “five and thirty”. Learners who write 53 have reversed it. Hold the whole phrase before writing the figure, and let بِالْمِئَةِ anchor that it is a percentage.
Grammar laboratory
Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.
Build · transform · justify
The guided builder develops flexible sentence construction. The three independent tasks then test different skills: grammatical transformation, meaning and coherence, and original sentence production.
Combinatorial builder studio
This guided builder accepts 27 accurate combinations. Build 3 different sentences, changing one meaningful chunk each time. Compare the grammar and meaning before moving to the independent tasks.
اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.
0/3 different sentences built.
Each statistic, conditional and passive report is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations work.
Fix the reversed number
Correct the figure for what was heard.سَمِعْتُ «خَمْسَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ» فَكَتَبْتُ ٥٣.
الآحَادُ قَبْلَ العَشَرَاتِFive and thirty is 35.
Relabel the voice
Correct the classification of the verb.«يُعَالَجُ المَرِيضُ» فِعْلٌ مَعْلُومٌ.
الفَتْحَةُ قَبْلَ الآخِرِThe fatḥa before the last consonant marks the passive.
Choose the specific answer
Replace the general distractor with the specific cause-effect answer.اخْتَرْتُ «الرِّيَاضَةُ مُفِيدَةٌ لِلْجَمِيعِ».
طَابِقِ السَّبَبَ وَالنَّتِيجَةَThe specific conditional matches the cue; the general statement distracts.
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Read · understand · respond
Tell active from passive, catch the conditional signal, and lock the statistic down without reversing it.
Tell active from passive, catch the conditional signal, and lock the statistic down without reversing it.
Spot · explain · repair
Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.
سَمِعْتُ «خَمْسَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ» فَكَتَبْتُ ٥٣.
سَمِعْتُ «خَمْسَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ» فَكَتَبْتُ ٣٥.
The unit is said before the ten: five and thirty is 35.
«يُعَالَجُ المَرِيضُ» فِعْلٌ مَعْلُومٌ.
«يُعَالَجُ المَرِيضُ» فِعْلٌ مَبْنِيٌّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ.
The fatḥa before the last consonant marks the passive.
اخْتَرْتُ الجُمْلَةَ العَامَّةَ لِأَنَّهَا مُرِيحَةٌ.
اخْتَرْتُ الجُمْلَةَ الَّتِي تُطَابِقُ السَّبَبَ وَالنَّتِيجَةَ.
A general statement is a common distractor; match the specific cue.
Repair check
Predict · listen twice · verify
Read the questions first. Listen once for the main message and again for the exact detail.
Which person, time, frequency, sequence, contrast or changed detail might you hear?
Catch the speaker, setting and overall message.
Confirm the exact detail and reject close distractors.
يَقُولُ خَبِيرُ التَّغْذِيَةِ: تَعْتَمِدُ الحِمْيَةُ المُتَوَسِّطِيَّةُ عَلَى الخُضَارِ وَزَيْتِ الزَّيْتُونِ وَالحُبُوبِ الكَامِلَةِ. تُشِيرُ الدِّرَاسَاتُ إِلَى أَنَّ هٰذِهِ الحِمْيَةَ تُقَلِّلُ خَطَرَ أَمْرَاضِ القَلْبِ بِنِسْبَةِ خَمْسَةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ بِالْمِئَةِ. وَإِذَا قَلَّلْتَ الأَطْعِمَةَ المُصَنَّعَةَ، سَتَنْخَفِضُ نِسْبَةُ الالْتِهَابِ فِي جِسْمِكَ. يُوصَى بِتَنَاوُلِ السَّمَكِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أُسْبُوعِيًّا. أَمَّا المُكَمِّلَاتُ الغِذَائِيَّةُ، فَيَرَى الخَبِيرُ أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بَدِيلًا عَنِ الطَّعَامِ الطَّبِيعِيِّ. وَعِنْدَ المُقَارَنَةِ، تَبْقَى الحِمْيَةُ المُتَوَازِنَةُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَيِّ حُبُوبٍ مُكَمِّلَةٍ. خِتَامًا، يَنْصَحُ بِخُطْوَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ: اِسْتَبْدِلْ وَجْبَةً وَاحِدَةً مُصَنَّعَةً بِأُخْرَى طَازَجَةٍ.
Preview · scan · prove
Read once for meaning, then return to the exact Arabic evidence before choosing an answer.
Identify the text type and likely purpose.
Locate names, numbers, repeated words and question cues.
Choose only an answer supported by the text.
Model · rehearse · respond
Use the model to notice the structure, then answer a randomly selected prompt without reading a full script.
اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.
مَا الإِحْصَائِيَّةُ الَّتِي سَمِعْتَهَا؟
Statisticسَمِعْتُ أَنَّ الحِمْيَةَ تُقَلِّلُ الخَطَرَ بِنِسْبَةِ خَمْسَةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ بِالْمِئَةِ، وَعَرَفْتُهَا مِنْ كَلِمَةِ بِالْمِئَةِ.
Number plus its cueوَكَيْفَ عَرَفْتَ المَبْنِيَّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ؟
Passiveسَمِعْتُ «يُوصَى بِـ»، وَالفَتْحَةُ قَبْلَ الآخِرِ دَلَّتْ عَلَى المَجْهُولِ.
Names the vowel cuePlan · draft · improve
Write eighty to ninety words explaining your listening strategy for academic health texts. Describe how you predict, how you tell a passive from an active by ear, and how you avoid reversing Arabic numbers.
قَبْلَ الاسْتِمَاعِ، أَقْرَأُ الأَسْئِلَةَ وَأُحَدِّدُ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ كُلُّ سُؤَالٍ: إِحْصَائِيَّةً أَمْ عَلَاقَةً شَرْطِيَّةً أَمْ إِجْرَاءً طِبِّيًّا. إِذَا كَانَ السُّؤَالُ عَنْ إِحْصَائِيَّةٍ، أَنْتَظِرُ رَقْمًا مَعَ كَلِمَةِ «بِالْمِئَةِ». وَأُمَيِّزُ المَبْنِيَّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ مِنَ الفَتْحَةِ قَبْلَ الحَرْفِ الأَخِيرِ، فَـ«يُعَالَجُ» مَجْهُولٌ وَ«يُعَالِجُ» مَعْلُومٌ. وَأَنْتَبِهُ إِلَى الأَرْقَامِ العَرَبِيَّةِ لِأَنَّ الآحَادَ تُقَالُ قَبْلَ العَشَرَاتِ، فَـ«خَمْسَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ» تَعْنِي خَمْسَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ. وَأَخِيرًا، أَرْفُضُ الإِجَابَةَ العَامَّةَ لِأَنَّهَا كَثِيرًا مَا تَكُونُ مُشَتِّتًا، وَأَخْتَارُ الإِجَابَةَ المُحَدَّدَةَ المَرْبُوطَةَ بِالنَّصِّ.
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Retrieve · judge · transfer
The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.
Annotate five questions with the cue word you will listen for.
Add whether each targets a passive, a conditional or a statistic.
Explain one distractor you rejected and why the correct answer was specific.
Final self-marking check
Record one secure achievement and one precise next step.