Find explicit details and select relevant evidence
Read non-fiction and fiction closely, locate the requested fact, and preserve the limits and relationships in the text.
Section AO-R2 · Recognise explicit meaning, attitudes and ideas
Exam scope and assessment notes
This is an original StudyForA learning sequence, not Cambridge material. The lessons map the published reading and writing objectives, paper tasks, and the linked 2025 grammar/rhetoric appendix. Cambridge's public page does not link that appendix for the 2026–2031 cycles, so the exact current-year grammar and rhetorical list remains pending specialist verification against current support materials and specimen mark schemes. Arabic-language teaching needs review by an Arabic subject specialist. This is not a complete 130-guided-hour course or a timed full examination. Writing and reading explanations are self-review guidance, not Cambridge marks, grades, or examiner feedback. Cambridge lists this qualification for administrative zones 3 and 4 only. The 2025 syllabus is June only; the 2026–2028 and 2029–2031 syllabuses list June and November. Confirm your zone, exam year and centre entry with Cambridge.
Before you begin
Work on paper. Try each question before revealing help, and explain why your method works.
Quick readiness check
Which answer is supported by «تفتح القاعة بعد انتهاء الحصة»?
What you will learn
- Identify explicit people, places, times, causes and conditions.
- Select only details that answer the question.
- Support a concise response with the text rather than an assumption.
Track the question's target
Before rereading, name what the question asks for: a reason, change, time, person, contrast or condition. Scan for that idea and read the surrounding sentence so you do not detach a fact from its limit.
Arabic qualifiers can change an answer: «بعض» means some, «قد» marks possibility, «قبل» means before, and «على الرغم من» introduces a concession. Preserve them when they matter.
Use enough evidence, not a copied paragraph
Original notice: «تفتح المكتبة أبوابها للطلاب من الرابعة إلى السابعة مساءً. وتغلق يوم الخميس للصيانة.» The student hours and closure reason are separate details.
Answer in clear Arabic or English as the task permits. A short answer should state the supported fact and avoid an explanation that the passage never gives.
Sources for this lesson
Pause and explain
A question asks for two reasons. What is the best first step?
Worked example
From the notice, when can students use the library, and why is it closed on Thursday?
Show the worked solution
- Find the hours attached specifically to students.
- Find the separate closure sentence.
- Answer both parts without adding an unlisted reason.
Answer يستطيع الطلاب استخدام المكتبة من الرابعة إلى السابعة مساءً، وتغلق يوم الخميس للصيانة. The notice does not say that it closes for a holiday.
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Write your answer and reasoning first. Use a hint only if you are stuck. The model solution is for self-checking; your written work is not automatically marked.
Read: «بدأ النادي يوم السبت. وتُعقد الورشة مساء الاثنين في قاعة المدرسة، بينما تُقام الأنشطة الخارجية إذا سمح الطقس.» State the start day, workshop place and condition for outdoor activities.
Give me a hint
Find one clause for each requested detail; keep the weather condition.
Compare my reasoning
- Locate the start day.
- Find the workshop location.
- Preserve the condition introduced by إذا.
بدأ النادي يوم السبت. وتُعقد الورشة في قاعة المدرسة مساء الاثنين. وتُقام الأنشطة الخارجية إذا سمح الطقس.
Look for these in your work
- Reports all three facts
- Keeps Monday with the workshop
- Does not promise outdoor activity in all weather
A notice says: «تتوفر المنح لعدد محدود من المتقدمين الذين يستوفون الشروط». What two limits are stated?
Give me a hint
Look for a quantity limit and an eligibility condition.
Compare my reasoning
- Identify the limit on the number of grants.
- Identify the eligible applicants.
- Do not invent a number.
The grants are limited in number and are for applicants who meet the conditions; the notice does not give the count.
Look for these in your work
- Finds both limits
- Keeps the condition attached
- Avoids an invented figure
Write a two-sentence Arabic school notice with a day, time, place and one condition for joining a reading group.
Give me a hint
Make each practical detail explicit and keep the joining condition clear.
Compare my reasoning
- Choose a day and time.
- Name the meeting place.
- Add one realistic condition for joining.
Original example: «يلتقي نادي القراءة يوم الأربعاء الساعة الرابعة في مكتبة المدرسة. ويمكن للطلاب الانضمام بعد تسجيل أسمائهم لدى أمين المكتبة.»
Look for these in your work
- Includes all four details
- Uses clear time and location phrases
- Makes the condition easy to identify
Common mistakes
- Confusing a general opening time with the time offered to students
- Turning «قد» into certainty
- Adding a plausible but unstated cause
What can you explain now?
The text says «قد يتأخر الحافل عند الازدحام». What does «قد» preserve?
Compare with the explanation
The delay is possible under the stated condition
It does not say that every bus is always late.
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Make it stick
Explain in one sentence: identify explicit people, places, times, causes and conditions.
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