Bilal makes a study plan for his Arabic test. When he discovers that writing sentences takes more practice, he changes how he uses his study time.
01Read the Arabic story
خُطَّةٌ لِاخْتِبَارِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ
فِي يَوْمِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ، أَخْبَرَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الطُّلَّابَ أَنَّ اخْتِبَارَ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ سَيَكُونُ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ. عَادَ بِلَالٌ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَكَتَبَ خُطَّةً لِلْمُرَاجَعَةِ. خَصَّصَ سَاعَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ: عِشْرِينَ دَقِيقَةً لِلْكَلِمَاتِ، وَعِشْرِينَ لِلْقِرَاءَةِ، وَعِشْرِينَ لِلْكِتَابَةِ. وَضَعَ الْخُطَّةَ بِجَانِبِ كِتَابِهِ وَبَدَأَ يَدْرُسُ.
فِي الْمَسَاءِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَجَدَ بِلَالٌ أَنَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ مُعْظَمَ الْكَلِمَاتِ. قَرَأَ النَّصَّ وَفَهِمَ مَعْنَاهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ وَاجَهَ صُعُوبَةً فِي تَرْتِيبِ الْكَلِمَاتِ لِكِتَابَةِ جُمَلٍ. قَالَ لِنَفْسِهِ: «أَحْتَاجُ إِلَى وَقْتٍ أَطْوَلَ لِهَذَا التَّمْرِينِ». وَضَعَ خَطًّا تَحْتَ التَّمَارِينِ الصَّعْبَةِ وَفَتَحَ دَفْتَرَ الْمُلَاحَظَاتِ.
غَيَّرَ بِلَالٌ خُطَّتَهُ. جَعَلَ مُرَاجَعَةَ الْكَلِمَاتِ عَشْرَ دَقَائِقَ، وَأَبْقَى الْقِرَاءَةَ عِشْرِينَ دَقِيقَةً، وَخَصَّصَ نِصْفَ سَاعَةٍ لِلْكِتَابَةِ. فَبَقِيَ مَجْمُوعُ وَقْتِهِ سَاعَةً كَمَا كَانَ. قَرَأَ مِثَالًا: «يَذْهَبُ أَخِي إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ». ثُمَّ غَطَّى الْمِثَالَ وَكَتَبَ جُمْلَةً جَدِيدَةً عَنْ أُخْتِهِ. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، قَارَنَ جُمْلَتَهُ بِالْمِثَالِ وَصَحَّحَ خَطَأً صَغِيرًا.
فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، كَتَبَ بِلَالٌ ثَلَاثَ جُمَلٍ أُخْرَى وَعَرَضَهَا عَلَى زَمِيلِهِ. قَالَ زَمِيلُهُ: «هَذِهِ الْجُمَلُ وَاضِحَةٌ. هَلْ نُرَاجِعُ مَعًا؟» تَدَرَّبَا عَلَى تَمَارِينَ جَدِيدَةٍ، ثُمَّ رَاجَعَ بِلَالٌ أَخْطَاءَهُ. يَوْمَ الِاخْتِبَارِ، أَجَابَ عَنْ مُعْظَمِ الْأَسْئِلَةِ بِهُدُوءٍ. وَاحْتَفَظَ بِخُطَّتِهِ لِيُعَدِّلَهَا عِنْدَ الْحَاجَةِ.
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On Wednesday, the teacher told the students that the Arabic test would be on Saturday. Bilal returned home and wrote a revision plan. He set aside an hour every evening: twenty minutes for vocabulary, twenty for reading and twenty for writing. He put the plan beside his book and started studying.
On the first evening, Bilal found that he remembered most of the words. He read the text and understood its meaning, but he had difficulty arranging words to write sentences. He said to himself, “I need more time for this exercise.” He underlined the difficult exercises and opened his notebook.
Bilal changed his plan. He made vocabulary revision ten minutes, kept reading at twenty minutes and set aside half an hour for writing. His total study time therefore stayed at one hour. He read an example: “My brother goes to school.” Then he covered the example and wrote a new sentence about his sister. After that, he compared his sentence with the example and corrected a small mistake.
The next day, Bilal wrote three more sentences and showed them to his classmate. His classmate said, “These sentences are clear. Shall we revise together?” They practised new exercises, then Bilal reviewed his mistakes. On the day of the test, he answered most of the questions calmly. He kept his plan so he could adjust it when needed.
02Useful words from the story
| Arabic in the story | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| خُطَّةً لِلْمُرَاجَعَةِ | a revision plan |
| خَصَّصَ | set aside; allocated |
| يَتَذَكَّرُ | remembers |
| صُعُوبَةً | difficulty |
| تَرْتِيبِ الْكَلِمَاتِ | arranging the words |
| غَطَّى | covered |
| قَارَنَ | compared |
| صَحَّحَ | corrected |
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
- Bilal keeps the same total study time but gives more of it to the writing exercises he finds difficult.
- Follow the verbs for reading, covering, writing and comparing to understand his practice routine.
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غَيَّرَ بِلَالٌ خُطَّتَهُ
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