Composition: letter writing, essay and dialogue
Composition: letter writing, essay and dialogue
This domain tests controlled writing in Arabic. You may be asked to write a short letter, a paragraph essay, or a dialogue on a familiar school or daily-life topic. The examiner looks for format, relevant content, correct sentence structure and appropriate connectors.
Core rules
- Letter: begin with تحية طيبة وبعد or السلام عليكم, state the purpose in the first two lines, add one or two details, close with والسلام or مع أطيب التحيات.
- Essay: use a short introduction, two or three body points, and a conclusion. Keep one idea per paragraph.
- Dialogue: write speaker labels clearly, use question and answer pairs, and keep the exchange polite and logical.
- Use connectors: أولاً, ثانياً, لذلك, 그러나 in Kannada? No: لكن, وفي الختام.
- Prefer short correct sentences over long risky ones. Check verb-subject agreement and case endings.
Worked example
Dialogue task: Write four lines between two students about the library. A: أين تذهب يا سامي؟ B: أذهب إلى المكتبة. A: ماذا تقرأ هناك؟ B: أقرأ كتاباً عن العلوم. Reasoning: Each line is a complete sentence; the question words أين and ماذا are answered directly; the verbs تذهب/أذهب and تقرأ/أقرأ match the speakers. The topic stays on the library.
Traps
- Writing an essay with no paragraph order.
- Forgetting the letter opening or closing.
- Using dialogue as a list of unrelated sentences.
- Mixing masculine and feminine address.
- Adding too many ideas and losing grammatical control.