Our beautiful language — let us grow in it and draw from its vast ocean of knowledge. We use quizzes as a simple, enjoyable teaching tool, and here are general Arabic grammar questions with answers from your site (Belaraby Apps).
The foundation of learning Arabic is its grammar, and Arabic grammar is the basis of correct reading and sound spelling — and, from there, of properly understanding meaning and interpretation.
General Arabic Grammar Questions with Answers
Use quizzes for kids as a fun, engaging way to learn Arabic grammar. With these illustrated grammar questions and answers, test your children’s knowledge and grow their store of this richly worded language. Come, through question and answer, let us get to know our beautiful Arabic language better!
You can also solve linguistic riddles
Q: What are the particles of nasb (the accusative particles) in Arabic?
- A: أن (an), لن (lan), كي (kay), حتى (hatta), the laam of purpose (lam al-talil), the faa of causation (fa al-sababiyya), the waaw of accompaniment (waw al-maiyya), the laam of denial (lam al-juhud), and إذن (idhan).
Q: What is the mark that puts a verb ending in a weak letter (mutall al-akhir) into the jussive?
- A: The jussive mark is the dropping of the weak letter.
Q: What is the imperative of the present-tense verb رأى (raa — to see)?
- A: رِ (ri).
Q: What is the name of the oldest book on Arabic grammar?
- A: “Kitab Sibawayh” (The Book of Sibawayh).
Q: What is the thing that is impossible to break?
⇐ To find the answer to this question, follow along here
Arabic Grammar Questions and Answers
Teach your child grammar and its rules through these Arabic grammar questions and answers.
Q: What are the parts of speech in Arabic?
- A: The noun (اسم — ism), the particle (حرف — harf), and the verb (فعل — fil).
Q: What are the types of verbs in Arabic?
- A: The Arabic verb is divided into past (ماضي — madi), present (مضارع — mudari), and imperative (أمر — amr).
Q: What is the imperative of the verb وقى (waqa — to protect)?
- A: The imperative is قِ (qi).
Q: What is the default state of nouns in Arabic?
- A: Declension (الإعراب — al-irab).
Q: What are the categories of numbers in Arabic grammar?
- A: Numbers in Arabic fall into four categories:
1- Single numbers (أعداد مفردة)
2- Compound numbers (أعداد مركبة)
3- The tens / “decade” words (ألفاظ العقود)
4- Coordinated numbers (أعداد معطوفة)
Q: What is the “shortened noun” (الاسم المقصور — al-ism al-maqsur)?
- A: It is a declinable noun ending in a fixed alif, such as ليلى (Layla), مصطفى (Mustafa), and so on.
⇐ Read also: Arabic Language Riddles for Kids — Brain-Teasing Riddles for Clever Children, with Answers
Multiple-Choice Arabic Language Questions
A distinctive set of multiple-choice Arabic questions for kids.
Q: The predicate of kaad and its sisters (كاد وأخواتها) must be a verb that is:
- past
- imperative
- present
Q: The Five Verbs (الأفعال الخمسة) are made nominative by:
- the waaw
- the retention of the noon (ثبوت النون)
- the damma
Q: In the sentence الصدق الصدق (“Truth, truth”), the type of emphasis (توكيد — tawkid) is:
- conceptual (معنوي)
- verbal/repetitive (لفظي)
- repetition
Q: When a present-tense verb is joined to the “nun of the feminine plural” (نون النسوة), it becomes:
- built on the sukun (مبني على السكون)
- nominative by retention of the noon
- nominative by the damma
Q: What is the oldest script in the Arabic language?
⇐ To find the answer, follow us here
Grammar Competition Questions
In these grammar competition questions, use the questions to make learning Arabic grammar rules easier.
Q: What is the plural of the word دلو (dalw — bucket)?
- A: دلاء (dilaa), دلي (diliyy), أدل (adlu).
Q: What is the plural of بطريق (bitriq — penguin/patrician)?
- A: The plural is بطارِق (batariq), بطاريق (batariq).
Q: How many “Five Nouns” (الأسماء الخمسة) are there?
- A: Five, and they are: أبوك (abuka — your father), أخوك (akhuka — your brother), حموك (hamuka — your father-in-law), فوك (fuka — your mouth), and ذو (dhu — meaning “possessor of”).
Q: What are the markers of a noun in Arabic?
- A: A noun has five markers, which are:
1- Nunation (التنوين — al-tanwin)
2- Definiteness with “al” (التعريف بـ ال)
3- Being called/addressed (النداء)
4- Being in the genitive (الجر)
5- Having something predicated about it (الإخبار عنه)
Q: Who was the orator famed since ancient times as the proverbial example of eloquence?
- A: Sahban ibn Wail.
⇐ Read also: Arabic Language Competition Questions with Their Answers
Clever Grammar Questions
Q: What is meant by the two sentences يا زيد كيف أنت وزملاؤك (“O Zayd, how are you and your colleagues?” — with زملاؤك in the nominative) and يا عمرو كيف أنت وزملائك (“O Amr, how are you, you and your colleagues?” — with زملائك in the genitive)?
- A: In the first sentence the waaw is a coordinating conjunction, so the meaning is “How are you, and how are your colleagues?”
In the second, the waaw is the waaw of accompaniment (waw al-maiyya), so the meaning is “How are you together with your colleagues?”
Q: How many meanings does the hamza (همزة) have, and what are they?
- A: It has four meanings:
1- An interrogative particle, built on the fatha with no grammatical position. It can attach to a noun, which is then parsed as a subject (mubtada); e.g., أأنت طالب؟ (“Are you a student?”), where the hamza is the interrogative particle and أنت is the subject.
It can also attach to a verb; e.g., أتفهم دروسَكَ؟ (“Do you understand your lessons?”), where the hamza is the interrogative particle and تفهم is a present-tense verb in the nominative, marked with an apparent damma.
2- A vocative particle, like “يا” (ya); as in the poet’s line: أفاطِم مَهْلًا بَعْضَ هذا التَّدلُّل (“O Fatima, gently — ease this coquetry”).
3- An imperative of the verb وأى (waa — meaning “to promise”). Since this verb is “doubly weak” (weak in its first and last letters, sound in the middle), both weak letters are dropped, leaving only the hamza, “إِ” (i) — just as we get “عِ” (i) from وعى (to be aware) and “فِ” (fi) from وفى (to fulfill). We say إِ بما تستطيع (“Promise what you can”).
4- The hamza of “equation” (همزة التسوية), when it comes after the word سواء (sawaa — “the same/equal”); e.g., سواء أكان الدرس مفهومًا أم غير مفهوم (“It makes no difference whether the lesson was understood or not understood”). The hamza here is called the hamza of equation because it falls after سواء, and its clause is coordinated with “أم” (am).
Q: How is the word تحية parsed in the example “تحية طيبة وبعد” (“A kind greeting, and to proceed…”)?
- A: تحية: predicate of an omitted subject, marked nominative with a damma.
⇐ Read also: Cultural Trivia for Kids about Arabic — Arabic Language Competition Ideas
Arabic Language Questions and Answers for the School Radio Show
Q: How many sounds are there in the Arabic language?
- A: Arabic contains thirty-four sounds, which vary from one dialect to another.
Q: What is the marker of the genitive case (الجر) in Arabic?
- A: The kasra ( ِ ).
Q: How many short vowels are there in Arabic, and what are they?
- A: The short vowels in Arabic are three, with the sukun added as a fourth, because it changes the pronunciation and meaning of speech — especially when the silent letter falls at the beginning or middle of a word.
They are: the accusative vowel, marked by the fatha; the nominative vowel, marked by the damma; the genitive vowel, marked by the kasra; and the sukun, marked by the sukun.
⇐ Read to your child: The Story of “The Vowel Man” — A Story about the Short Vowels for Kids
Q: What does the word الفرصاد (al-firsad) mean?
We have brought you these general Arabic grammar questions with answers. Share with us in a comment how many questions you answered and how many you learned for the first time, in celebration of World Arabic Language Day.
Enrich your linguistic and cultural store with our beautiful language.
We hope, dear followers, that you will share your comments and suggestions — your opinion matters to us, and we always strive to offer everything useful and new.
Don’t forget to follow the official Belaraby Apps page on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
We offer everything beneficial with all our love — so please keep us in your prayers.
⇐ Read also: The Loveliest Cards about the Arabic Language — Beautiful Designs for World Arabic Language Day
Illustrated Arabic Language Stories for Kids
Read your child an illustrated story about the beauty of the Arabic language, along with facts about some of the world’s most important languages.
⇐ Read it now from here
The Hekayat Belaraby (Arabic Stories) app brings you a series of illustrated stories for teaching the Arabic language and the love of reading, planting a love of Arabic in our children from an early age and helping to teach them the basics of correct reading and sound spelling.
Don’t miss these illustrated children’s stories about teaching Arabic to kids — they motivate little ones to learn the language in a simple way. Here are the loveliest educational illustrated stories about Arabic to use as teaching aids.
Read them, written and illustrated, in the Hekayat Belaraby app — perfect as kindergarten teaching aids for World Arabic Language Day activities.
For more illustrated stories for children, read to your child and teach them to love reading with more than 500 illustrated Arabic stories for kids and new, purposeful children’s tales in the Hekayat Belaraby app
Download the Hekayat Belaraby app here:
