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Progression P3 — Travel, Holidays and Transport

P3-L02

Planning a Trip — Booking, Itineraries and Travel Documentsالتَّخْطِيطُ لِرِحْلَةٍ — الحَجْزُ وَجَدَاوِلُ الأَعْمَالِ وَالوَثَائِقُ

Deploy the 2028 verbs يَحْجِزُ and يُقِيمُ across every tense — present, past, future, both conditionals and the past perfect — while planning a detailed trip.

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Retrieve · orient · prepare

Objectives and visible success

Today you will

  • Name booking, document and airport vocabulary.
  • Use يَحْجِزُ and يُقِيمُ in the present, past, future and past perfect.
  • Use them in both conditional types.
  • Write a day-by-day itinerary integrating the structures.

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Retrieval bridge

Wake up previous learning

Answer four questions before opening the new language.

1Complete the future: ___ رِحْلَةً إِلَى عُمَانَ الصَّيْفَ القَادِمَ.

2Complete: أُقِيمُ ___ فُنْدُقٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الشَّاطِئِ.

3Complete the Type 1: إِذَا ___ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَحْصُلُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ.

4Complete the Type 2: لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ آخَرَ، ___ أَفْضَلَ.

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Recognise · organise · retrieve

Vocabulary studio

The complete lesson-relevant language bank is organised by meaning and recycled in the activities below.

25 lesson words and phrases

Booking and documents

جَدْوَلُ رِحْلَةٍ
a travel itinerary
حَجْزٌ
a booking, reservation
يَحْجِزُ
books, reserves

2028 verb.

تَأْشِيرَةٌ
a visa
جَوَازُ سَفَرٍ
a passport
تَأْمِينُ سَفَرٍ
travel insurance
تَسْجِيلُ الوُصُولِ
check-in
البَوَّابَةُ
the gate
وَزْنُ الأَمْتِعَةِ
baggage weight

Accommodation and the airport

يُقِيمُ فِي
stays at

2028 verb; fixed with فِي.

فُنْدُقٌ بِخَمْسِ نُجُومٍ
a five-star hotel
شَقَّةٌ مَفْرُوشَةٌ
a furnished apartment
صَالَةُ المُغَادَرَةِ
the departure lounge
صَالَةُ الوُصُولِ
the arrivals hall
الدَّرَجَةُ الاِقْتِصَادِيَّةُ
economy class
مَوْعِدُ القِيَامِ
the departure time
مُدَّةُ الرِّحْلَةِ
the journey duration

The 2028 verbs across tenses

حَجَزْتُ
I booked

Past.

أَحْجِزُ
I book

Present.

سَأَحْجِزُ
I will book

Future.

كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ
I had booked

Past perfect.

أَقَمْتُ فِي
I stayed at

Past.

أُقِيمُ فِي
I stay at

Present.

سَأُقِيمُ فِي
I will stay at

Future.

كُنْتُ قَدْ أَقَمْتُ فِي
I had stayed at

Past perfect.

Vocabulary mission

Retrieve in both directions

Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.

8 questions
1Choose the meaning of جَدْوَلُ رِحْلَةٍ

2Choose the Arabic for “a booking, reservation”.

3Choose the meaning of يَحْجِزُ

4Choose the Arabic for “a visa”.

5Choose the meaning of جَوَازُ سَفَرٍ

6Choose the Arabic for “travel insurance”.

7Choose the meaning of تَسْجِيلُ الوُصُولِ

8Choose the Arabic for “the gate”.

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Explain · notice · apply

The 2028 verbs in full tense range

فِعْلَا الحَجْزِ وَالإِقَامَةِ فِي كُلِّ الأَزْمِنَةِ

يَحْجِزُ and يُقِيمُ conjugated across the present, past, future, past perfect and both conditional types.

1Meaning

What does the structure communicate?

2Form

Which word or ending changes?

3Agreement

What must match the noun or person?

4Transfer

Can you use it with new vocabulary?

كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ رِحْلَتِي قَبْلَ شَهْرَيْنِ
What to notice

Past perfect of يَحْجِزُ.

إِذَا حَجَزْتَ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَحْصُلُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ
What to notice

Type 1 with يَحْجِزُ.

أُقِيمُ فِي رِيَاضٍ تَقْلِيدِيٍّ فِي المَدِينَةِ القَدِيمَةِ
What to notice

يُقِيمُ فِي before accommodation.

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Present, past, future

أَحْجِزُ · حَجَزْتُ · سَأَحْجِزُ

The core three tenses.

أَحْجِزُ تَذَاكِرِي مُبَكِّرًاسَأَحْجِزُ رِحْلَةً إِلَى مَرَّاكُشَ
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Past perfect

كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ

An action completed before another past point.

كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ المَطْعَمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَصِلَ
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Type 1 conditional

إِذَا حَجَزْتَ … سَـ

A real booking outcome.

إِذَا حَجَزْتَ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَحْصُلُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ
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Type 2 and يُقِيمُ فِي

لَوْ حَجَزْتُ … لَـ · يُقِيمُ فِي

A counterfactual booking, and staying at accommodation.

لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ آخَرَ، لَكَانَ أَفْضَلَأُقِيمُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الشَّاطِئِ
Tenseيَحْجِزُيُقِيمُ فِي
presentأَحْجِزُأُقِيمُ فِي
pastحَجَزْتُأَقَمْتُ فِي
futureسَأَحْجِزُسَأُقِيمُ فِي
past perfectكُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُكُنْتُ قَدْ أَقَمْتُ فِي
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يَحْجِزُ and يُقِيمُ in every tense

Present أَحْجِزُ، past حَجَزْتُ، future سَأَحْجِزُ، past perfect كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ. In a Type 1: إِذَا حَجَزْتَ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَحْصُلُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ. In a Type 2: لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ آخَرَ، لَكَانَ المَكَانُ أَفْضَلَ.

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يُقِيمُ takes فِي before accommodation

أُقِيمُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ بِخَمْسِ نُجُومٍ, أَقَمْتُ فِي شَقَّةٍ مَفْرُوشَةٍ. Use يُقِيمُ فِي for staying at a hotel — it is the formal choice, not يَسْكُنُ.

Grammar laboratory

Choose the form for a reason

Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.

8 questions
1Complete the present: ___ تَذَاكِرِي مُبَكِّرًا دَائِمًا.

2Complete the future: ___ رِحْلَةً إِلَى مَرَّاكُشَ الصَّيْفَ القَادِمَ.

3Complete the past perfect: ___ حَجَزْتُ المَطْعَمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَصِلَ.

4Complete the Type 1: إِذَا ___ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَحْصُلُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ.

5Complete the Type 2: لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ آخَرَ، ___ أَفْضَلَ.

6Complete: أُقِيمُ ___ فُنْدُقٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الشَّاطِئِ.

7Which is the correct past of يُقِيمُ?

8Which sentence packs three structures?

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Build · transform · justify

Sentence-building and transformation studio

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

Build an itinerary day from a past-perfect opening, an accommodation plan and a conditional.

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.

My generated sentence

اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.

0/3 different sentences built.

Each opening, accommodation plan and conditional is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations work.

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Transformation challenge

Add the missing فِي

Repair the sentence so يُقِيمُ has its fixed preposition.
Original sentence

أُقِيمُ فُنْدُقًا بِخَمْسِ نُجُومٍ.

يُقِيمُ + ؟
Choose the best Arabic response
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Transformation challenge

Fix the conditional verb

Repair the verb after إِذَا.
Original sentence

إِذَا تَحْجِزُ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتُوَفِّرُ المَالَ.

إِذَا + مَاضٍ
Choose the best Arabic response
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Transformation challenge

Fix the Type 2 result

Repair the counterfactual so it uses لَـ.
Original sentence

لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ آخَرَ، سَيَكُونُ أَفْضَلَ.

لَوْ … لَـ + مَاضٍ
Choose the best Arabic response

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Read · understand · respond

Booking Mission — يَحْجِزُ and يُقِيمُ in Every Tense

Conjugate the 2028 verbs across the tenses and both conditional types, and keep يُقِيمُ فِي.

Arabic application challenge

Conjugate the 2028 verbs across the tenses and both conditional types, and keep يُقِيمُ فِي.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

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Spot · explain · repair

Accuracy repair workshop

Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.

أُقِيمُ فُنْدُقًا بِخَمْسِ نُجُومٍ.

أُقِيمُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ بِخَمْسِ نُجُومٍ.

يُقِيمُ is fixed with فِي.

إِذَا تَحْجِزُ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَحْصُلُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ.

إِذَا حَجَزْتَ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَحْصُلُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ.

إِذَا takes a past-form verb.

لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ آخَرَ، سَيَكُونُ أَفْضَلَ.

لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ آخَرَ، لَكَانَ أَفْضَلَ.

A Type 2 result takes لَـ, not سَـ.

Repair check

Preserve the intended meaning

6 questions
1Choose the accurate sentence.

2Choose the accurate sentence.

3Choose the accurate sentence.

4Complete the present: ___ تَذَاكِرِي مُبَكِّرًا دَائِمًا.

5Complete the future: ___ رِحْلَةً إِلَى مَرَّاكُشَ الصَّيْفَ القَادِمَ.

6Complete the past perfect: ___ حَجَزْتُ المَطْعَمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَصِلَ.

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Predict · listen twice · verify

Listening: planning a trip to Marrakesh

Read the questions first. Listen once for the main message and again for the exact detail.

1Predict

Which person, time, frequency, sequence, contrast or changed detail might you hear?

2First listening

Catch the speaker, setting and overall message.

3Second listening

Confirm the exact detail and reject close distractors.

Audio is coming soon.
1What had the traveller done two months earlier?

2Why does the traveller book early?

3Where will the traveller stay?

4What did the travel guide indicate (Type 1)?

5What is the counterfactual about a modern hotel (Type 2)?

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Listening script

يَقُولُ المُسَافِرُ: كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ رِحْلَتِي إِلَى مَرَّاكُشَ قَبْلَ شَهْرَيْنِ، وَكُنْتُ قَدْ جَدَّدْتُ جَوَازَ سَفَرِي. أَحْجِزُ دَائِمًا تَذَاكِرِي مُبَكِّرًا لِأَحْصُلَ عَلَى الدَّرَجَةِ الاِقْتِصَادِيَّةِ بِسِعْرٍ مُنَاسِبٍ. سَأُقِيمُ فِي رِيَاضٍ تَقْلِيدِيٍّ فِي المَدِينَةِ القَدِيمَةِ. وَأَشَارَ دَلِيلُ السَّفَرِ إِلَى أَنَّهُ إِذَا وَصَلْتُ مُبَكِّرًا، سَأَزُورُ سُوقَ الجُدَيْدَةِ قَبْلَ الزِّحَامِ. أَمَّا التَّأْشِيرَةُ فَقَدْ حَصَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِلِكْتْرُونِيًّا. وَلَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ حَدِيثٍ خَارِجَ المَدِينَةِ، لَفَقَدْتُ سِحْرَ الأَحْيَاءِ القَدِيمَةِ. سَأَحْمِلُ حَقِيبَةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَطْ لِأَتَجَنَّبَ رُسُومَ الأَمْتِعَةِ الزَّائِدَةِ.

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Preview · scan · prove

Reading: a traveller's plan

Read once for meaning, then return to the exact Arabic evidence before choosing an answer.

1Preview

Identify the text type and likely purpose.

2Scan

Locate names, numbers, repeated words and question cues.

3Prove

Choose only an answer supported by the text.

عِنْدَمَا أُخَطِّطُ لِرِحْلَةٍ، أَبْدَأُ بِالأَسَاسِيَّاتِ. أَحْجِزُ تَذْكِرَةَ الطَّائِرَةِ مُبَكِّرًا، وَأُجَدِّدُ جَوَازَ سَفَرِي، وَأَشْتَرِي تَأْمِينَ سَفَرٍ. فِي رِحْلَتِي الأَخِيرَةِ، كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ الفُنْدُقَ قَبْلَ شَهْرٍ، وَأَقَمْتُ فِي شَقَّةٍ مَفْرُوشَةٍ قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَ المَرْكَزِ. وَأَشَارَ المُنَظِّمُ إِلَى أَنَّهُ إِذَا سَجَّلْتُ الوُصُولَ إِلِكْتْرُونِيًّا، سَأُوَفِّرُ وَقْتًا فِي المَطَارِ. أَمَّا هٰذِهِ السَّنَةَ فَسَأَحْجِزُ رِحْلَةً إِلَى عُمَانَ، وَسَأُقِيمُ فِي نُزُلٍ جَبَلِيٍّ. وَلَوْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ قَبْلَ العُطْلَةِ الرَّسْمِيَّةِ، لَحَصَلْتُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ. لِذٰلِكَ أَنْصَحُ دَائِمًا بِالحَجْزِ المُبَكِّرِ.
1What does the traveller do first when planning?

2Where did the traveller stay last trip?

3What did the organiser indicate (Type 1)?

4What is this year's plan?

5What is the counterfactual about booking earlier (Type 2)?

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Model · rehearse · respond

Speaking: talk through your trip plan

Use the model to notice the structure, then answer a randomly selected prompt without reading a full script.

Prompt bank

  1. مَتَى حَجَزْتَ رِحْلَتَكَ، وَأَيْنَ سَتُقِيمُ؟
  2. مَاذَا سَيَحْدُثُ إِذَا سَجَّلْتَ الوُصُولَ إِلِكْتْرُونِيًّا؟
  3. لَوْ حَجَزْتَ فِي مَكَانٍ آخَرَ، مَاذَا كَانَ سَيَخْتَلِفُ؟

اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.

Model exchange

A

مَتَى حَجَزْتَ رِحْلَتَكَ، وَأَيْنَ سَتُقِيمُ؟

Past + future
B

كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ رِحْلَتِي قَبْلَ شَهْرَيْنِ، وَسَأُقِيمُ فِي رِيَاضٍ تَقْلِيدِيٍّ.

Past perfect + future يُقِيمُ فِي
A

وَلَوْ حَجَزْتَ فِي مَكَانٍ آخَرَ؟

Type 2
B

لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ حَدِيثٍ، لَفَقَدْتُ سِحْرَ المَدِينَةِ القَدِيمَةِ.

Type 2 counterfactual
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Plan · draft · improve

Guided writing workshop

Write a day-by-day itinerary of one hundred to one hundred and ten words for a trip to an Arab city. Open with a past perfect (كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ), use يُقِيمُ فِي, at least one Type 1 conditional, a reported recommendation, and one Type 2 counterfactual.

Success checklist

  • A past-perfect opening with يَحْجِزُ (كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ).
  • يُقِيمُ فِي before the accommodation.
  • A Type 1 conditional and a reported recommendation.
  • One Type 2 counterfactual.
1 · content2 · target grammar3 · check and improve
Reveal an achievable model

اليَوْمُ الأَوَّلُ: كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ رِحْلَتِي إِلَى الدَّارِ البَيْضَاءِ قَبْلَ شَهْرَيْنِ، وَكُنْتُ قَدْ جَدَّدْتُ جَوَازَ سَفَرِي. سَأَصِلُ إِلَى المَطَارِ صَبَاحًا، وَسَأُقِيمُ فِي رِيَاضٍ تَقْلِيدِيٍّ فِي المَدِينَةِ القَدِيمَةِ. وَأَشَارَ دَلِيلُ السَّفَرِ إِلَى أَنَّهُ إِذَا وَصَلْتُ مُبَكِّرًا، سَأَزُورُ السُّوقَ قَبْلَ الزِّحَامِ. اليَوْمُ الثَّانِي: سَأَحْجِزُ جَوْلَةً إِلَى الجِبَالِ، وَإِذَا كَانَ الطَّقْسُ جَيِّدًا، سَأَتَنَزَّهُ طَوَالَ اليَوْمِ. اليَوْمُ الثَّالِثُ: سَأُقِيمُ لَيْلَةً أَخِيرَةً قُرْبَ الشَّاطِئِ. وَلَوْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَجَزْتُ قَبْلَ العُطْلَةِ الرَّسْمِيَّةِ، لَحَصَلْتُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ. لِذٰلِكَ أَنْصَحُ بِالحَجْزِ المُبَكِّرِ دَائِمًا.

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Retrieve · judge · transfer

Complete the lesson checkpoint

The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.

Core

Write يَحْجِزُ and يُقِيمُ in the present, past and future.

Develop

Add a past perfect and a Type 1 conditional.

Stretch

Write a full itinerary day using four structures, including a Type 2 counterfactual.

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1Complete the future: ___ رِحْلَةً إِلَى عُمَانَ الصَّيْفَ القَادِمَ.

2Complete: أُقِيمُ ___ فُنْدُقٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الشَّاطِئِ.

3Complete the Type 1: إِذَا ___ مُبَكِّرًا، سَتَحْصُلُ عَلَى سِعْرٍ أَرْخَصَ.

4Complete the Type 2: لَوْ حَجَزْتُ فِي فُنْدُقٍ آخَرَ، ___ أَفْضَلَ.

5Complete the present: ___ تَذَاكِرِي مُبَكِّرًا دَائِمًا.

6Complete the future: ___ رِحْلَةً إِلَى مَرَّاكُشَ الصَّيْفَ القَادِمَ.

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