Arabic Quiz
1. Arabic is the official language in how many countries?
a. 12
b. 16
c. 21
d. 26
2. Which of these place names is not originally an Arabic word?
a. Gibraltar
b. Madrid
c. Algarve
d. Sudan
3. How many letters are there in the Arabic alphabet?
a. 24
b. 26
c. 27½
d. 40
4. Which of these statements is false?
a. Arabic is written from right to left.
b. Arabic has no capital letters.
c. Arabic has no punctuation.
d. Arabic doesn’t have the letters ‘p’ or ‘v’
5. Which of these words didn’t originally come from Arabic?
a. alcohol
b. angle
c. cotton
d. magazine
Arabic Quiz - answers
1. Arabic is the official language in how many countries?
a. 12
b. 16
c. 21
d. 26
homework – find out which ones!
2. Which of these place names is not originally an Arabic word?
a. Gibraltar
b. Madrid
c. Algarve
d. Sudan
3. How many letters are there in the Arabic alphabet?
a. 24
b. 26
c. 27½
d. 40
trick question! Officially, there are 26 letters, but in fact there are another 3 half
letters. There are 2 hybrid letters (‫ )ى & ة‬and then there’s hamza (‫ )ء‬which always
gets neglected in alphabet songs for kids!
4. Which of these statements is false?
a. Arabic is written from right to left.
b. Arabic has no capital letters.
c. Arabic has no punctuation.
d. Arabic doesn’t have the letters ‘p’ or ‘v’
5. Which of these words didn’t originally come from Arabic?
a. alcohol
b. angle
c. cotton
d. magazine