Arabic Alphabet Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which symbol is thāʾ, the letter with three dots above a bāʾ-family shape?
ث (thāʾ, three dots above)
ش (shīn, three dots above a sīn-family shape)
ت (tāʾ, two dots above)
ن (nūn, one dot above)
2. What is the standard name of the letter ح?
Khāʾ
Hāʾ
Jīm
Ḥāʾ
3. Which symbol is sīn?
س (sīn, no dots)
ش (shīn, three dots above)
ص (ṣād, the emphatic ṣ letter)
ز (zāy, one dot above)
4. Which letter comes immediately before ي (yāʾ) at the end of the standard alphabet?
ه (hāʾ)
و (wāw)
ن (nūn)
ا (alif)
5. Which letter comes immediately after د (dāl) in alphabetical order?
ر (rāʾ)
ز (zāy)
ذ (dhāl)
د (dāl)
6. Continue this alphabetical sequence: ب، ت، ث، __
ن (nūn)
ح (ḥāʾ)
ج (jīm)
خ (khāʾ)
7. The word نور (nūr, “light”) begins with which letter?
ر (rāʾ)
و (wāw)
ن (nūn)
م (mīm)
8. A teacher pronounces the /m/ sound at the start of ماء (māʾ, “water”). Which letter makes that initial sound?
ه (hāʾ)
ن (nūn)
ل (lām)
م (mīm)
9. The Arabic word كتاب (kitāb, “book”) begins with which letter?
ك (kāf)
ت (tāʾ)
ق (qāf)
ب (bāʾ)
10. Which letter comes first in the standard Arabic alphabet?
ب (bāʾ)
ا (alif)
ل (lām)
ء (hamza)
11. Which letter represents the common /f/ sound in Modern Standard Arabic?
ق (qāf)
ث (thāʾ)
خ (khāʾ)
ف (fāʾ)
12. A learner writes ل (lām) followed directly by ا (alif). Which common combined form should appear?
ال — alif followed by lām
لا — the lām-alif combined form
لو — lām followed by wāw
لل — two consecutive lām letters
13. When comparing س (sīn) and ش (shīn), what visual difference identifies shīn?
Sīn has three dots above it, while shīn has none.
Shīn has three dots above it, while sīn has none.
Shīn has one dot below it, while sīn has none.
Shīn has a completely different base shape from sīn.
14. Which symbol is the letter bāʾ?
ت (tāʾ, two dots above)
ي (yāʾ, two dots below in its standalone form)
ن (nūn, one dot above)
ب (bāʾ, one dot below)
15. Which pair shares the same basic shape, with one letter having a single dot below and the other a single dot above?
ج (jīm, dot below) and خ (khāʾ, dot above)
ص (ṣād, no dot) and ض (ḍād, dot above)
ع (ʿayn, no dot) and غ (ghayn, dot above)
ب (bāʾ, one dot below) and ت (tāʾ, two dots above)
16. Which of these letters does not connect to the letter that follows it in a normally joined Arabic word?
س (sīn)
ب (bāʾ)
ا (alif)
ع (ʿayn)