biAl-Kitaab Arabic Language Program

Answer Key for

Alit Bad
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Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds
Kristen Brustad Mahmoud Al-Bataljk! II -19.0_u) Abbas Al-Tonsi L ..69_1J1 L>J14.c.

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Third Edition

Answer Key

Drill 1. Differentiating the th sounds
Answers: three: thumb, teeth, throb, think, through, thought, theft, depth that: they, there, thus, although, brother, together, weather, bother, then, rather

:11 Unit Two LA .6J._-_.9.11
Drill 1. Hearing frontal and deep alif
1.D 7.D 2. F 8.F 3. D 9. F 4.D 5.F 11. F 6.F 12. D

io. D

Drill 2. Dictation
1.

L!

2.

L..$1.3

3. U I..!

4.

1..) Li

5. L.../ 1.) • •

6. C.31.3

Drill 3. Word recognition
1 . C.J1..$ . 2. C.-) Li 3. LA.). 4.

lf....4.3

5. C.A..)12.1.

6 C.A..4:3

Drill 4. Dictation
1.

ye,'

2.

C...)3.3

3 ' L-) 33

4.

C3y11;

Answer Key

Drill 5. Dictation
1. 2. 3. 1.1%-3 4. L31.!

Drill 6. Distinguishing between long and short vowels
1. b
2. a 3. a 4. b 5. a 6. b

Drill 7. Identifying long and short vowels
1.

L

2.S 8. S

3. 9.

L L

4.

S

5.

L

6.S 12.

7. S

10. L

11. S

L

Drill 8. FatHa dictation
I

CL.LL,f3

2. C2.)L:6

3. C-431..)

4. C...)0

5.L

i

6. C2_4:11:3

Drill 10. Short vowel dictation

.9 S.

.9 2.

.9 i

9

3.

4. L..)32.3

5. ‘2_42 2.:3

6. C.)9-,.j

Drill 11. Dictation
9

3. 7. Lib

4. 8.

Answer Key

Drill 13. Letter connection
2.

41.,.S.

3. t-? L!
9

4 L..4..4..$ 10.

. „.

5. Lit..! 11 L.7..,...,... )

6 .J 3

8. 1..$33

.

.LP-.1) .

C.,_,.,3

Unit Three ZJWI ii.J.,- .911 Drill 1. Dictation
1. L..J12• •

2.

ei

3.

49?

-9 4 L...,..,..P-

5

L...a.''

62-

Drill 2. Dictation
1. C.33.2s 2. t.....3 :-"; 4. C..4.Pc:i 5. L..,-3..! 6.L13

Drill 3. Recognizing z, t, and t
1. e 7. t 2. z. 8. t 3. 9. 4. t 10. 5. z, 11. t 6. 12.

Drill 4. Letter connection

1. C.,4L35.

2. L..)1.2r..2• • , 6. L...)3.94 .

3 Y 4 t-; 7. L72-3.t..$

9 4. C. .36. .
8

L-33.-?'"

.

CLA",..;,.;

Drill 5. Dictation

1 l:.4...;s..;

2.

ti.!

3. L.2;...3

4.

e...,-

5.

LL.,-L)
.

6.

c..., *6-

Answer Key

Drill 7. Dictation
1. ..:
..9..9-

2. k.7.23.,.3 .

3. yl3.:?-

4. ‘.4).

Drill 8. Dictation
1. L._.)i-i 2. 41:4r.; 3. , .0 0 -

k..3..9-.:-?"

4'

Drill 10. Letter connection

Drill 11. Dictation
1. L.....4..?-13 2.(:"..4..) .

3.

.3..t)

4 k.....4...,9--)

.

5.

90L.-L97_2--)
.

6.

_.",. ;3 -

Drill 1. Recognizing hamza
1. Yes
7.
2. 8.

No No

3. 9.

Yes Yes

4.

No

5. Yes ii. Yes

6.

No Yes

Yes

10. No

12.

Drill 2. Dictation
-4

1. st.f).

2. L..11

3. ‘.:1)Lil

4. L.,..-1

--i: 6 . C...,3 I

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Drill 3. Distinguishing initial hamza, 3, and
1. I
2. 3 3.

j

4. S

5. 3

6. 1

Drill 7. Distinguishing between kf.4) and S
1.0
7. l 2.J 3. S 9. S 4.

S

5.

6

6.J 12.

8.

6

10. S

11.j

Drill 8. Reviewing the difference between u and S
.E J .r

S .r
J.7

J.1

S .A

6 .v

6.o

Drill 9. Letter connection

Drill 10. Dictation
L...11.1S .3 .\•

NINENNINNI 7

Answer Key

Drill 13. Dialing the telephone
1. 01-355-6791 5. 678-924-3090
9. 2. 6.

05-923-761 416-290-0874

3.

703-856-9421

4.

70-724-3695

7. 044-694-8015

8. 010-768-1705

944-304-667

10. 20-2-766-9143

Drill 1. Identifying shadda
1. Yes
7.

2. Yes

3. No 9. No

4. No

5. Yes ii. No

6. Yes 12. Yes

No

8. Yes

10. Yes

Drill 2. Identifying shadda and long vowels
1.1

_ 4 .0

w

.E

_ .r

so

I .r

_ .1
3 .V

to

03
-.11

4.4 _ .) •

Drill 3. Dictation
,-,. - :-. 3)-?'-' .7 ,‘.....o 3 . 0

L.'1:94 .r

v.--; J3..) . 1.'

it:;-;- . s

Drill 4. Dictation
..9 o . L...4.4.4.4.2ci •

.1

- -LYJ I,911-9

063_74 .1"

0.4., 3Lw .r

L7.31,),A, .ti

Answer Key

Drill 5. Dictation r-.4."':)-' .1 - -: ..Rc..4.7., .o :. :. - t Ly.,...w....,- ,
. ,

,L$.3.2z421 r

Drill 7. Distinguishing between ud and 00
1. j.4.0 2.

JO

3. j0

4. J.0

5.

JO

6.

7. j.4.1

8. ut,

9.

JO

10. ut,

11. Ly.1

12.

JO

Drill 8. Identifying p and u‘s
0.4 .0

L.)=' .€

LP •r
JO
.A 00 .v

0.4

.`

Drill 10. Dictation

t

s;,22-.;.

.1

L.51 ...0 .0

s

zs -

z.l..!...,2) r

LPL? •r

j...$ 1-4,0

Drill 11. Contrasting J and L t,
J.1 3.o
L.)2' . E
0. 0

.r

0='' •r

3 .‘ 3 .A
0:, .v

V.%) . ∎ r

3.

u , .1.

u2, .°

Drill 12. Recognizing J and 0:2
3 .o 3 .r
L.)2' •r 02' - \

3 .v

3 .1

isiosri 9 1ess

INNINs11s1•1s1

Answer Key

Drill 14. Letter connection
3 1).t. .724 .0

Drill 15. Dictation
L.31,2; 0 . . *" ;.1354.0 A 1,%?
.g

.r
.A

Drill 1. Listening for 8
i. 7.

Yes No

2.

No

3. 9.

Yes Yes

4.

No

5. Yes

6.

Yes

8. No

Drill 2. Recognizing
1.b
6.
2. 7.

a b 3.

b

4. 9.

a b 5.

a

a

8. b

io. a

Drill 3. Identifying Jo
1. No
7. 2.

Yes

3. 9.

No No

4.

Yes

5. Yes

6.

Yes

Yes

8. No

10. Yes

10

Answer Key

Drill 4. Identifying C.) and ,6
,6
6. JO 2. JO 7. 3.

C.)

4.1

5.

,L)

C.)

8. C.)

9. C.)

Drill 6. Dictation
L7r.P.567., .1 t_o L.

0

J

3

.E

r

61 .r

jib .)

Drill 7. Recognizing 4'2
1. 6.

b a

2. 7.

a b

3.

b

4.

a

5.

b

8. b

9. b

lo. a

Drill 8. Distinguishing kf..) , J , uc , and ,6 .
1.
6.

4?)
6

2. 7. S

4.J

5.

u2,

8. (..)2,

9.0

10.

Drill 10. Identifying k:.%) , J , and
6.0
L.) .E

.r
L.) .A

J.r
J.v

•∎
.1

Answer Key

Drill 11. Dictation

L71a;" .A ''

C.)5.43 .V

.1

.o

Drill 14. Identifying t 6. c, 2. 7. t

0.

and t
3. a,
8.

4.s 9. s-

5.

t

t

Drill 16. Distinguishing between s and t

t .0

s

.€ s .A

.v

Drill 17. Dictation r • • .V
.1

S 333,., .0

Drill 18. Distinguishing between
1.

E and t
9. t

t

2. t 7.t

3. t 8. t

6.t

121

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Drill 20. Identifying

E and t t .0

.r
.A

.v

Drill 21. Letter connection

Jai .r
•

•

0
.

tip

Drill 22. Word recognition
1.v
-9

2.1)3

3. 8.

E

s.

.)

) .; °

6.

Drill 23. Dictation
°
.V

113 1 3

Answer Key

Drill 1. Dictation .o

s low .r
.A

Drill 2. Hearing L.,§
1.

No
Yes

2. Yes
7.

3.
8.

Yes

4. No 9. No

5.

Yes

6.

Yes

No

Drill 3. Dictation
359

°). .o

31.9:3 .5

r

Drill 4. Distinguishing between C§ and
1.J 7. U 2. 8.

Ls/
5.

39 3

3. 9.

39 3

4.

3

6. 3

11. 3

12. L9

Drill 6. Identifying L9 and di 3.0 3 Lti A
.r
.A

3 v 3\

14

Answer Key

Drill 7. Dictation
.1 3615.0 61515

.r

LaS • r -

.)

Drill 8. Dictation
L.313A

.0

J

.E

J3.23 .r
.A
t L 1
.)

3% •

.v

J-

Drill 9. Word recognition
.0 •i

s

.\ •

s•

Drill 10. Sound recognition

.\ •
E
L)
.\

r

Drill 11. Dictation
.r
LA3a..z.:0

.r
.o

. L 463i
.E

ja9._

15

Answer Key

Drill 1. Dictation o .r

3,9-o—c..o

o

-

1

L>44 1.0 A 2 . 3

c

0 z,.t.- .v

t.412, .1

Drill 2. Dictation j5.40..o0 .0

.r
.A

.1 •

Drill 3. Distinguishing between -a. and t
2. _S:b 8. 3. Z 9. —1:b 4. —Atto 10. —46 5. Z 11. Z 6. 12.

_Z

Drill 5. Distinguishing between -a:. and t
1a.1 Z.11" Z.0 —12) .11

.r

—tb

_S:b .1

Drill 6. Dictation
j.s?L.6 .1

L

f Sly

9 5

5:
-9

o

st•-43-w3-1

.r

c '49

c).." 5.\

16

Answer Key

Drill 8. Word recognition yiLs .1 Cii_s 0 yo 815-40 .E ji ii •

L.) .1-1 r L.L.4.29 9 .

ti-. '
J-2-.4.4 .A

i 13 .r
LIS la3 V

3 . \r

ss

Drill 9. Letter connection
L..31)., .0 .) • A .

4) 41) .\0
.r •

Drill 1. Reading JI aloud

.r L_La.11 v

Drill 2. Recognizing .J)

1. Yes
7.

2.

Yes

3. 9.

No No

4.

No

5. Yes ii. 6. 12.

No Yes

Yes

8. Yes

10. Yes

Yes

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Answer Key

Drill 3. Word recognition fN..41.o .€
L.

r fWall .A
e.t...el.fl v f3..001

.1

1.\ •

,:..ILL.11

A

Drill 4. Listening for
1. Yes
5. No 2. Yes 6. Yes

JI and word boundaries in phrases
3. No 7. Yes 4. Yes
8.

Yes

Drill 6. Dictation o ji..SZ;1 .€
J

9.1 0

‘!.11.r
.A 4) .

.r
.V

i1., •

A;11.J1

A

BSI 4JI

j1331. s r

61.1J1.\\

Drill 7. Identifying 6:).0.4s and aidas .
6..)-113
j

_a_11

.o

Drill 9. Names of Arab countries j .13.:?J1 y13. 11 .r

,63.2L.5133 o Y.Aji 43 LYj ,93° •E ,-33

Eb."Li.11 J•42.4 2

18

Answer Key

C.)311
13.19.4.4) . s r

ciLoail
31

A

.v

:c!

3

.s

ailI "

If., I

s•

1). ;11 tiJ9. .J I , o
L ...74?) 3.!1 C..)/ J41 .1n

;S .\€ •JI
a...4balil .sv

31,

31).211 . s r

ap-3:01 Jim:4 s

slsuAC)-41 r•

Drill 16. Using the Arabic English glossary
-

.o
.\ •

' 366-4

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