Huda’s family has food and water for a picnic, but something is missing. Follow their small problem and practise food, quantities and places.
01Read the Arabic story
نُزْهَةٌ بِلَا أَكْوَابٍ
اِسْمِي هُدَى. الْيَوْمَ أَذْهَبُ مَعَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي وَأَخِي إِلَى الْحَدِيقَةِ. الْجَوُّ جَمِيلٌ. أَحْمِلُ أَرْبَعَ تُفَّاحَاتٍ، وَيَحْمِلُ أَخِي زُجَاجَةَ مَاءٍ كَبِيرَةً. فِي حَقِيبَةِ أُمِّي خُبْزٌ وَجُبْنٌ. نَجْلِسُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ. أَضَعُ الطَّعَامَ عَلَى بِسَاطٍ أَزْرَقَ.
يَقُولُ أَخِي: «أَنَا عَطْشَانُ. أَيْنَ الْأَكْوَابُ؟» تَفْتَحُ أُمِّي الْحَقِيبَةَ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَجِدُ أَكْوَابًا. تَقُولُ: «الْأَكْوَابُ فِي الْمَطْبَخِ!» أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْمَاءِ. كَيْفَ نَشْرَبُهُ؟ يَبْتَسِمُ أَبِي وَيَقُولُ: «هُنَاكَ مَتْجَرٌ قَرِيبٌ».
يَذْهَبُ أَبِي إِلَى الْمَتْجَرِ. نَنْتَظِرُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ، وَنَأْكُلُ الْخُبْزَ وَالْجُبْنَ. يَرْجِعُ أَبِي مَعَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَكْوَابٍ. أَعُدُّهَا: وَاحِدٌ، اِثْنَانِ، ثَلَاثَةٌ، أَرْبَعَةٌ. الْأَكْوَابُ صَغِيرَةٌ وَنَظِيفَةٌ. تَضَعُ أُمِّي الْمَاءَ فِي الْأَكْوَابِ.
نَشْرَبُ الْمَاءَ، ثُمَّ نَأْكُلُ التُّفَّاحَ. يَقُولُ أَخِي: «شُكْرًا يَا أَبِي!» بَعْدَ الطَّعَامِ نَلْعَبُ بِالْكُرَةِ. فِي الْمَسَاءِ نَجْمَعُ أَشْيَاءَنَا وَنَتْرُكُ الْمَكَانَ نَظِيفًا.
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My name is Huda. Today I go to the park with my father, my mother and my brother. The weather is lovely. I carry four apples, and my brother carries a big bottle of water. There is bread and cheese in my mother’s bag. We sit under a big tree. I put the food on a blue mat.
My brother says, “I am thirsty. Where are the cups?” My mother opens the bag, but she does not find any cups. She says, “The cups are in the kitchen!” I look at the water. How can we drink it? My father smiles and says, “There is a shop nearby.”
My father goes to the shop. We wait for him under the tree and eat the bread and cheese. My father returns with four cups. I count them: one, two, three, four. The cups are small and clean. My mother pours the water into the cups.
We drink the water, then eat the apples. My brother says, “Thank you, Dad!” After the food, we play with the ball. In the evening, we collect our things and leave the place clean.
02Useful words from the story
| Arabic in the story | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| خُبْزٌ وَجُبْنٌ | bread and cheese |
| تُفَّاحَاتٍ | apples |
| زُجَاجَةَ مَاءٍ | a bottle of water |
| عَطْشَانُ | thirsty |
| مَتْجَرٌ قَرِيبٌ | a nearby shop |
| أَعُدُّهَا | I count them |
| نَجْمَعُ أَشْيَاءَنَا | we collect our things |
03Check your understanding
Choose one answer for each question. Look back at the Arabic story when you need a clue. Open the English support if you need help understanding a question.
What to remember
- Count the apples and cups separately: the forms of four differ with the nouns.
- Follow the problem from cups left in the kitchen to cups brought from the shop.
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خُبْزٌ وَجُبْنٌ
Review the bread, cheese and water that the family brings.
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Practise the counting words Huda uses for the cups.
Arabic Prepositions: In, On, Under and Next To
تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ
Use location words to follow where the family sits and puts the food.
