Syrian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 3, Semester 2 — Page 17

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الفَهْمُ القِرَائِيُّ.

Reading Comprehension.

١. أُكْمِلُ الفَرَاغَاتِ الآتِيَةَ بِكَلِمَاتٍ مِنَ النَّصِّ: جَمْعُ كَلِمَةِ (القُصَاصَةِ) مُرَادِفُ كَلِمَةِ (أَكْمَلَ) مُفْرَدُ كَلِمَةِ (أَحْلَامِهِ).

1. Fill in the blanks with words from the text: the plural of "quṣāṣah," a synonym for "akmala," and the singular of "aḥlāmihi."

٢. أُرَتِّبُ الأَحْدَاثَ الآتِيَةَ وَفْقَ تَسَلْسُلِ وُرُودِهَا فِي النَّصِّ: تَعْبِيرُ صَدِيقِ العَائِلَةِ عَنْ سَعَادَتِهِ بِزِيَارَةِ أُسْرَةِ تَمِيمٍ.

2. Order the following events as they appear in the text: The family friend expressing his happiness at visiting Tamim's family.

تَذَكُّرُ تَمِيمٍ لِلَحَظَاتِ الِاحْتِفَالِ بِعِيدِ مِيلَادِ وَالِدِهِ.

Tamim remembering his father's birthday celebration.

تَعْبِيرُ الأُمِّ عَنْ تَشَوُّقِهَا لِرُؤْيَةِ تَمِيمٍ فِي يَوْمِهِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ المَدْرَسَةِ.

The mother expressing her excitement to see Tamim on his first day of school.

تَعْبِيرُ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ أُمْنِيَّتِهِ بِاسْتِمْرَارِ السَّعَادَةِ لِأُسْرَتِهِ.

Tamim expressing his wish for his family's continued happiness.

٣. أَضَعُ خَطًّا تَحْتَ السَّبَبِ، وَدَائِرَةً حَوْلَ النَّتِيجَةِ فِيمَا يَأْتِي: تَذَكَّرَ السَّفِينَةَ الَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا جَدُّهُ لَهُ فِي العِيدِ كَيْ يُشَجِّعَهُ عَلَى تَحْقِيقِ حُلْمِهِ.

3. Underline the cause and circle the result in the following sentence: He remembered the ship his grandfather gave him on the holiday to encourage him to pursue his dream.

٤. أَصِلُ كُلَّ تَرْكِيبٍ بِمَعْنَاهُ المُنَاسِبِ: عِبَارَةٌ تَفِيضُ أَمَلًا.

4. Match each phrase to its appropriate meaning: A phrase overflowing with hope.

صَفَحَاتٌ تَحْتَضِنُ ذِكْرَيَاتِ أُسْرَتِهِ.

Pages that hold his family's memories.

صَفَحَاتٌ تَجْمَعُ الأَحْدَاثَ الأُسَرِيَّةَ.

Pages that collect family events.

يَكْتُبُ ذِكْرَيَاتِ أُسْرَتِهِ.

He writes his family's memories.

كَلِمَاتٌ كُلُّهَا أَمَلٌ.

Words full of hope.

٥. أُكْمِلُ مَا يَأْتِي: مِنْ صِفَاتِ تَمِيمٍ الَّتِي ظَهَرَتْ فِي النَّصِّ:

5. Complete the following: Traits of Tamim that appeared in the text:

٦. أَسْتَخْرِجُ مِنَ النَّصِّ عِبَارَةً تَدُلُّ عَلَى مَحَبَّةِ وَالِدَيْ تَمِيمٍ لَهُ، وَعِبَارَةً أُخْرَى تَدُلُّ عَلَى مَحَبَّتِهِ لَهُمَا.

6. Find a phrase in the text that shows the love of Tamim's parents for him, and another that shows his love for them.

٧. أُعِيدُ صِيَاغَةَ العِبَارَةِ الآتِيَةَ بِأُسْلُوبِي الخَاصِّ: عَهْدٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَكُونَ سِرَّ ابْتِسَامَةِ أُسْرَتِي.

7. Rewrite the following sentence in your own words: I promise to be the reason for my family's smiles.

Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 55 nouns)

• أَكْمَلَ — to complete
• رَتَّبَ — to arrange
• تَذَكَّرَ — to remember
• وَضَعَ — to place
• قَدَّمَ — to present
• شَجَّعَ — to encourage
• وَصَلَ — to connect
• فَاضَ — to overflow
• احْتَضَنَ — to embrace
• جَمَعَ — to collect
• كَتَبَ — to write
• ظَهَرَ — to appear
• اسْتَخْرَجَ — to extract
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• أَعَادَ — to repeat
• كَانَ — to be
• فَهْم — understanding
• قِرَائِيّ — reading
• فَرَاغ — blank
• كَلِمَة — a word (grammatical term)
• نَصّ — text
• جَمْع — plural
• قُصَاصَة — clipping
• مُرَادِف — synonym
• مُفْرَد — singular
• حُلْم — dream
• حَدَث — event
• تَسَلْسُل — sequence
• وُرُود — occurrence
• تَعْبِير — expression
• صَدِيق — friend
• عَائِلَة — family
• سَعَادَة — happiness
• زِيَارَة — visit
• أُسْرَة — family
• لَحْظَة — moment
• احْتِفَال — celebration
• عِيد — Eid (holiday)
• مِيلَاد — birth; nativity
• وَالِد — father
• أُمّ — mother
• تَشَوُّق — longing
• رُؤْيَة — seeing
• يَوْم — day
• أَوَّل — first
• مَدْرَسَة — school
• أُمْنِيَّة — wish; desire
• اسْتِمْرَار — continuation
• خَطّ — line
• سَبَب — reason
• دَائِرَة — circle
• نَتِيجَة — result
• سَفِينَة — as a ship (adverbial accusative)
• جَدّ — grandfather
• تَحْقِيق — realization
• تَرْكِيب — structure
• مَعْنَى — meaning
• مُنَاسِب — appropriate
• عِبَارَة — phrase
• أَمَل — hope
• صَفْحَة — page
• ذِكْرَى — memory
• أُسَرِيّ — familial
• صِفَة — characteristic
• مَحَبَّة — love
• صِيَاغَة — phrasing
• أُسْلُوب — style
• خَاصّ — private
• عَهْد — pledge
• سِرّ — secret
• ابْتِسَامَة — smile