ISC 2024 Arabic Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Arabic paper, code 1224-837, from the 2024 board examination. It carries 80 marks, runs for three hours with fifteen minutes extra for reading, and has eight compulsory questions on four pages. Candidates define grammar items and give examples, translate ten sentences and a passage about a teacher and his class into English, fill blanks, write short answers in Arabic, give opposites and opposite genders, and translate a conversation between a mother and her son Saeed into Arabic. Where a question below was set in Arabic, the wording is an English translation.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Arabic

Year

2024

Paper code

1224-837

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

8

Pages

4

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Question 1

  15 marks

  Define grammar items and give an example of each

• Question 2

  10 marks

  Translate ten Arabic sentences into English

• Question 3

  10 marks

  Translate an Arabic passage into English

• Question 4

  10 marks

  Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

• Question 5

  10 marks

  Short answers in Arabic

• Question 6

  10 marks

  Give the opposites of ten words

• Question 7

  5 marks

  Give the opposite gender of five words

• Question 8

  10 marks

  Translate a conversation between a mother and Saeed into Arabic

Topics covered

• Grammar definitions and examples
• Translation into English
• Translation into Arabic
• Fill in the blanks
• Short answers in Arabic
• Opposites
• Gender of nouns and adjectives

Questions from this paper

1. Translate into English: the older students are in the playground and the younger students are in the classroom.
2. Translate into English: do not sit here; this is Hisham's seat and he is absent today.
3. Translate into English: there are seven days in a week and twelve months in a year.
4. Translate into English: thank you, my brother; I am glad to meet you, and I will get off at the next station.
5. Give the opposites of the words for teachers, intelligent, night and short.
6. Translate into Arabic: Mother: When did you return from the school, O Saeed? Saeed: I returned half an hour ago.