Jane Wightwick - Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Verb Tenses, Premium Second Edition

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The richness of Arabic is based on its system of word roots, and nowhere is this more evident than in the verb system. Arabic tenses can be characterized as narrow but very deep. For while Arabic has only two basic tenses (past and present/future), the verb system encompasses a huge variety of types and variations within these tenses. Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Verb Tenses (2nd edition) is perfect for all beginning and intermediate students who have a solid grasp of the Arabic script or for more advanced students who are in need of a good review workbook.

It promotes the confident use of Arabic verbs through clear explanations and examples with online audio followed by extensive practice exercises. It is an invaluable aid for all learners who want to advance more quickly and is particularly useful for independent study. The book is divided into six main parts: Part I: Roots, nonverbal sentences, and pronouns. It may seem odd to start a book about verb tenses without any verbs or tenses! However, provides a very important grounding in the basics of Arabic word roots and pronouns, together with nonverbal sentences that express the equivalent of the English verbs to be and to have. You will find the subsequent parts of the book fall into place much more easily after completing this introductory part. Part II: Past tense. The second part covers the complete conjugation in the past (or perfect) tense of all verbs types, both regular and irregular, together with sections on word order and use of the dual. Part IV: Forms of the verb. The fourth part deals with the eight significant derived forms of the verbthe very important and commonly-used variations to the verbal root that modify the meaning of verbs. Part IV: Forms of the verb. The fourth part deals with the eight significant derived forms of the verbthe very important and commonly-used variations to the verbal root that modify the meaning of verbs.

Both the past and present tenses of the derived forms are covered. Part V: Moods of the verb and verbal nouns. The fifth part concentrates on the moods of the verbthe subjunctive, the jussive and the imperative. Also included in this part are the important verbal nouns that are formed from verbs and often used in place of a second verb. Part VI: Other aspects of verbs. The sixth part looks at unusual and very irregular verbs, compound tenses, and the conditional and passive verbs. Each part provides concise but complete explanations and ample exercises. An answer key is also provided.

This will be especially useful to learners who are studying independently. In addition, all the Arabic example sentences are accessible as audio recordings via the McGraw-Hill Education Language Lab, available at mhlanguagelab.com and in the app store. There is a pause for you to repeat each sentence, and you can access the relevant page in the book to see the English meaning and further explanation. This will help you to perfect your pronunciation and to learn how the Arabic verbs sound, as well as how they work on paper. Every effort has been made to limit the range of additional vocabulary, and to organize material in such a way that key words are naturally absorbed. In this way, your understanding of the learning points and exercises will not be hampered by the inclusion of large amounts of unfamiliar vocabulary.