Grammar help

 The grammar sections of this blog are a work in progress - very slow progress! Please keep an eye on the blog and I hope to make more time for updating these areas in the course of the school year 2011-12. If you have any specific grammar questions, please do leave a comment and I will try to address that area first.

GCSE Grammar
* Use of hamza, ta’marbuta, alif madda, and other standard orthographic devices

Nouns
* the three cases: nominative, accusative, genitive
* definite and indefinite
* masculine and feminine
* singular, dual and plural
* common broken plurals
* genitive with prepositions
* except for = illa + accusative


Pronouns
* personal pronouns
* demonstrative pronouns
* relative pronouns
* interrogative pronouns

Sentence structures
* Nominal sentences (using the verb 'to be' in English, but where there is no verb in Arabic in the present tense)
* idaafa / possesive structure
* Verbs: present indicative
* Verbs: past tense
* Negative sentences
* Pronoun suffixes

* The verbs kaana and her sisters 
* Using inna and her sisters
* Imperative (giving commands)
* Present subjunctive
* Comparing the 3 moods of the present tense: indicative, subjunctive and jussive
* hollow verbs, eg. kaana, qaala, Taara
* weak verbs, eg. masha, rama, qala
* doubled verbs, eg. shadda, ‘adda
* hamzated verbs, eg. ra’a.




Describing things
* adjectives agreeing with nouns
* comparative and superlative
* adverbs of manner, time, frequency etc.


AS
* Passive sentences
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