al-Murshid A Guide to Modern Standard Arabic Grammar for the Intermediate Level

This grammar book is intended for intermediate learners of Modern Standard Arabic. It covers the main points that they need to master at this level to prepare them for the next level of proficiency. Each lesson in the book begins with a brief statement and explanation of a grammar rule followed by different types of exercises. The exercise section of the lessons begins with mechanical drills (some of which have illustrations) for practice of the grammar point of the lesson. At the end, there are writing exercises that enable learners to produce the language freely while still requiring them to use the lesson's grammar. The book is accompanied by a CD with PowerPoint presentations illustrating the grammar rules explained in the lessons, and interactive drills. This very practical textbook provides a fine, flexible tool for a grammar-based approach to teaching MSA.

Laila Al-Sawi is a senior instructor at the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo, and co-author of Kalaam Gamiil 1 & 2 (AUC Press, 2010, 2011).

Iman Saad is an Arabic language instructor at the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo.

The Sentence:


· Nominal Sentence 1


· Nominal Sentence 2


· Demonstratives


· Verbal Sentence


· Nominal & Verbal Sentences


· Verbal Noun


· Kana 1


· Kana 2


· Negation of the nominal sentence (Laysa)


· Kana and her sisters


· Inna and her sisters
Case inflicted & and non-inflicted nouns
Past tense verbs


· Sound verbs - past tense


· Doubled verbs - past tense


· Hollow verbs - past tense


· Final weak verbs - past tense
Present tense verbs


· Nominative sound verbs - present tense


· Nominative assimilated verbs - present tense


· Nominative hollow verbs - present tense


· Nominative final weak verbs - present tense


· Accusative verbs


· Jussive sound verbs - present tense


· Jussive doubled verbs - present tense


· Jussive hollow verbs - present tense


· Jussive final weak verbs - present tense
Imperative verbs
Passive verbs


· Sound verbs


· Weak present tense
Verb forms


· Form I & II


· Form I & IV


· Form II & V


· Form III & VI


· Form VII


· Form VIII


· Form IX


· Form X


· Review on verb forms
Derivative Nouns


· Active Participle and Passive Participle


· Noun of place
Comparatives & Superlatives
Accusative Nouns


· Cognate accusative


· Accusative of cause or purpose


· The Haal clause


· Accusative of specification
Dual Nouns
Plural Nouns
The Relative clause
The Conditional clause
Laa of absolute negation
Appendices


· Appendix I: some form I verbs and their verbal nouns


· Appendix II: Case inflicted nouns (in the book)


· Appendix III: verb types in Arabic


· Appendix IV: verb forms and their verbal nouns in MSA


· Appendix V: Some broken plurals and their forms


· Appendix VI: Dictionary of the words in the drills