EmSAT Arabic Language — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In EmSAT Arabic, what is the correct grammatical term for the subject of a verbal sentence (الجملة الفعلية)?
- المفعول به
- الفاعل (Correct answer)
- المبتدأ
- الخبر
Correct answer: الفاعل
In a verbal sentence (الجملة الفعلية), the doer of the action is called الفاعل (the subject/agent), which comes after the verb and is in the nominative case (مرفوع).
Question 2: What is the plural form (جمع) of the Arabic word 'كتاب' (book)?
- كتابات
- كُتُب (Correct answer)
- كاتبون
- مكتبات
Correct answer: كُتُب
The plural of كتاب is كُتُب, which is a broken plural (جمع تكسير). Arabic has both sound plurals and broken plurals that follow different patterns.
Question 3: Which rhetorical device (بلاغة) is used in the expression: 'البحر يبتسم' (the sea smiles)?
- التشبيه (simile)
- الاستعارة المكنية (implied metaphor) (Correct answer)
- الجناس (paronomasia)
- الطباق (antithesis)
Correct answer: الاستعارة المكنية (implied metaphor)
This is an implied metaphor (استعارة مكنية) where the sea is given a human quality (smiling). The human being is implied but not mentioned, only their attribute remains.
Question 4: What is the correct diacritical mark (تشكيل) for the word 'عَلِمَ' meaning 'he knew'?
- فتحة - كسرة - فتحة (Correct answer)
- فتحة - فتحة - فتحة
- ضمة - كسرة - فتحة
- كسرة - فتحة - ضمة
Correct answer: فتحة - كسرة - فتحة
عَلِمَ follows the pattern فَعِلَ (fa'ila) with fatha on the first letter, kasra on the middle letter, and fatha on the last letter, which is a common Arabic verb pattern.
Question 5: What type of sentence is: 'الطالب مجتهد' (The student is hardworking)?
- جملة فعلية (verbal sentence)
- جملة اسمية (nominal sentence) (Correct answer)
- جملة شرطية (conditional sentence)
- جملة استفهامية (interrogative sentence)
Correct answer: جملة اسمية (nominal sentence)
الطالب مجتهد is a nominal sentence (جملة اسمية) because it begins with a noun (اسم). It consists of المبتدأ (subject: الطالب) and الخبر (predicate: مجتهد).
Question 6: In Arabic grammar, what is إعراب (grammatical analysis) of the word 'المدرسةَ' in: 'ذهبتُ إلى المدرسةِ'?
- فاعل مرفوع (nominative subject)
- مفعول به منصوب (accusative object)
- اسم مجرور (genitive noun) (Correct answer)
- مبتدأ مرفوع (nominative subject of nominal sentence)
Correct answer: اسم مجرور (genitive noun)
المدرسةِ is اسم مجرور (genitive noun) because it comes after the preposition إلى. Nouns following prepositions take the genitive case (مجرور) in Arabic.
EmSAT Arabic Language
In EmSAT Arabic, what is the correct grammatical term for the subject of a verbal sentence (الجملة الفعلية)?