The Passive Past Tense

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• Which description identifies a passive past verb?
• Sort the verb forms as active or passive.
• Which is the basic pattern of the passive past?
• Match each grammatical term with its function.
• Change: The boy drank the water — into the passive Arabic sentence.
• In شُرِبَ الْمَاءُ, which word is نائب الفاعل?
• The نائب الفاعل remains accusative after the active sentence is made passive.
• Sort the passive forms by grammatical person.
• Match each passive form with its person, gender and number.
• Which form means: the women were helped?
• A past sentence without an explicit noun doer must always be passive.
• Why is نَصَرُوا active?
• Arrange: Mahmood was considered a scholar.
• In حُسِبَ مَحْمُودٌ عَالِمًا, why does عَالِمًا keep fatḥah?
• Sort the passives by what follows the verb.
• Which analysis fits طُبِعَ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ?
• Change the sentence to passive: Ibrahim helped the believers.
• Which passive correctly converts أَمَرَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الْبَنَاتِ بِالصَّلَاةِ?
• Arrange the passive: Fasting was prescribed for them.
• What is the passive of ذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ in this lesson?
• Match each active sentence with the grammatical change in its passive.
• Which Arabic means: The two of them (masculine) were called?
• Which Arabic expresses: They (feminine plural) were taken away?
• Arrange the Arabic for: I was commanded to pray.
• The guard opened the door: فَتَحَ الْحَارِسُ الْبَابَ. Which passive is correct?
• In قُتِلَ الْكَافِرُونَ, the singular passive verb is correct before the explicit plural نائب الفاعل.