ISC 2026 Arabic Question Paper for Class 12

About this paper

This is the ISC Class 12 Arabic paper, code 1226-837, from the 2026 board examination. It carries 80 marks, has eight compulsory questions, and runs for three hours with fifteen minutes extra for reading. Question 1 asks for a definition and an example of a verbal sentence, the prohibitive verb, prepositions and the noun they govern, interrogative particles, and attached pronouns. Candidates also translate sentences and a passage describing a school into English, fill blanks, answer briefly in Arabic, give opposites and opposite genders, and translate a conversation between Arif and Nida in a coffee house into Arabic. Where a question below was set in Arabic, the wording is an English translation.

Exam

ISC Class 12

Subject

Arabic

Year

2026

Paper code

1226-837

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 five grammar items and give an example of each: the verbal sentence, the prohibitive verb, prepositions, interrogative particles and attached pronouns

• Question 2

  10 marks

  Translate ten Arabic sentences into English

• Question 3

  10 marks

  Translate an Arabic passage about a school 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 Arif and Nida into Arabic

Topics covered

• Verbal sentence
• Prohibitive verb
• Prepositions
• Interrogative particles
• Attached pronouns
• Translation into English
• Translation into Arabic
• Opposites
• Gender

Questions from this paper

1. Define a verbal sentence and give an example.
2. Define the prohibitive verb and give an example.
3. Translate into English: this knife is from Germany and that spoon is from England.
4. Translate into English: there are two festivals in the year, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
5. Translate into English: Musa, you are ill, so do not leave the house and do not go to school.
6. Translate into Arabic: Arif: Shall we sit here? Nida: Yes, it is a comfortable place.