D5Lesson 7 of 12◇ Core language

Holidays and Travel — Past and Future

الإِجازات والسَّفَر — الماضي والمُستَقبَل

Hobbies, Sport & Leisure · Personal and social life

10-minute rescue route
  1. Learn six key items.
  2. Read the grammar shortcut.
  3. Complete one quick check.
Keep it manageable. One completed section is useful revision. You can return later for the rest.
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What you need to do

Focus on these outcomes rather than trying to memorise everything at once.

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Key language

Tap each card to reveal the meaning.

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Quick vocabulary check

Choose one answer. Mistakes are part of revision.

1. كان مِن أَجمَل

2. سافَر إلى

3. زار

4. أَقام في

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Grammar shortcut

Read it once, then explain the rule or strategy in your own words.

2028 verbs in past tense: حجَز (booked — Form I past of يحجُز), أقام (stayed — Form IV past of يُقيم). Form VIII past: استمتع بـ (enjoyed), اكتشَف (discovered) — Form VIII past is slightly different from Form I in that the ا prefix disappears: يستمتع → استمتع (dropped initial hamza on alif in past). Dual-tense structure: past narrative (5–6 verbs) + future plans (2–3 sentences with سـ/سوف). كان من أجمل + definite noun: كان من أجمل الأماكن التي زُرتُها (it was one of the most beautiful places I have visited).
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Four skills practice

Short tasks for listening, reading, speaking and writing. Choose the skill you find hardest.

🎧 Listening

🎧 Audio coming soon

Listen for one key detail. Note the single most important fact in each line — a number, a name or an activity. Until the audio is ready, prepare by covering the English, reading each item below aloud twice, then saying the meaning from memory.

  1. سافَر إلى travelled to — past
  2. زار visited — past
  3. أَقام في stayed in — past، new 2028 alt.
  4. حجَز booked — past، new 2028
  5. رَكِب rode/took — past
  6. نزَل في stayed at — past

Exam link: in Paper 1 you hear each recording twice — use the first listening for the general idea and the second for detail.

📖 Reading

Scan the four items below and write the English meaning of each one without looking back at the Key language section. Then write one sentence in Arabic about Holidays and Travel that uses two of them.

  • استَمتَع بـ
  • اكتَشَف
  • شاهَد
  • تذَكَّر
Check your answers
  • استَمتَع بـ — enjoyed — past، Form VIII
  • اكتَشَف — discovered — past، Form VIII
  • شاهَد — saw — past
  • تذَكَّر — remembered — past

🗣️ Speaking

Answer aloud in full Arabic sentences. Record yourself if you can, then listen back for clear pronunciation.

  1. Talk about Holidays and Travel for thirty seconds without stopping.
  2. Give one opinion and one reason for it.
  3. Ask a partner one question on this topic — then answer it yourself.

Exam link: Paper 3 is a role play and two topic conversations, with ten minutes of supervised preparation beforehand.

✍️ Writing

Task: Write 60–80 words about Holidays and Travel. Use the language from this lesson, give one opinion with a reason, and check your agreement before you finish.

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Revision sprint

Three short stages based on the revision plan above.

1 · Review

Main 1 15 min

Holiday past tense verbs + 2028 forms Present 10 holiday past tense verbs. Highlight the two 2028 verbs in their past forms: حجَز (booked — I booked: حجَزتُ), أقام (stayed — I stayed: أقَمتُ — note: Form IV past أَقَم, the present يُقيم is Form IV so past is أَقَم + suffixes). You…

2 · Practise

Main 2 22 min

Dual-tense holiday account (90–100 words) you write a holiday account: Past part (5–6 sentences): where they went, how they booked (حجَزتُ), how long they stayed (أقَمتُ), what they saw/did, one highlight (كان من أجمل..). Future part (2–3 sentences): what they will do differently /…

3 · Apply

Main 3 8 min

Travel advice role play Pairs: Student A has just returned from an Arab country. Student B is planning to go. A gives advice using modal structures (يجب أَن تزور، ينبغي أَن تحجُز مبكِّراً، من الأفضَل أَن تُقيم في..). B asks questions in Arabic. This retrieves D3 modal advice structures…

✓

Finish and reflect

Use the boxes as a final self-check.

What you should be able to show

Holiday account (check 2028 verb past forms, dual-tense structure). Role play observation (يحجُز/يُقيم in spoken production). Vivid sentence quality.

Optional follow-up

Write a holiday recommendation (70–80 words) for any Arab country — using past tense to describe what visitors have experienced there (حجَزوا، أقاموا، زاروا)، modal advice for future visitors، and at least one كان من أجمل sentence.

Confidence check

How secure do you feel after this lesson?