Spot the Mistake in Arabic

Each Arabic sentence has one word that doesn’t fit: an adjective in the wrong gender, a verb that doesn’t match its subject, a plural that should be singular. Find it, then see the corrected sentence and the rule behind it.

How Spot the Mistake helps you learn

Dialect

Level

How to play

Pick a dialect and a level, then start a round of ten sentences.
Read the sentence, with its English meaning underneath, and tap the word that’s wrong.
The correction appears over the wrong word, with the corrected sentence and a short explanation.
At the end, review every corrected sentence and play any of them aloud.

Common questions

What kinds of mistakes are in the sentences?

The ones learners make most: an adjective that doesn’t agree with its noun, a verb in the wrong person, a singular where a plural belongs, and a possessive ending that points to the wrong person. Each one clashes with another word in the same sentence, so you can prove it.

Does the grammar change by dialect?

Some of it does. Verb prefixes and demonstratives differ between Egyptian, Levantine, Darija and Fusha, so the sentences and corrections follow the dialect you pick.

What level is Spot the Mistake for?

Any level. Beginner rounds use short everyday sentences; advanced rounds use longer sentences where the mismatch is further from the word it depends on.

More games

Room Hunt Step into a 3D kitchen, bathroom or restaurant and learn what everything is called. Scenarios Take a taxi, see a doctor, check in for a flight and order a coffee, in Arabic. Word Scramble Put the letters back in order and watch them join into a word. Odd One Out Four Arabic words, one doesn’t belong. Spot it, then learn why. Sentence Scramble Put the words of an Arabic sentence back in the right order. Memory Pairs Turn over cards and match each Arabic word to its meaning, or to its sound. Speed Round An Arabic word and a meaning: right or wrong? As many as you can in a minute. Listen & Spell Hear an Arabic word and pick how it’s spelled. س or ص? ت or ط? Letter Hunt Recognise every Arabic letter at the start, middle and end of a word, and by its sound. Dialect Match Is it Egyptian, Levantine, Moroccan or Fusha? Read it or hear it, and guess. Fill the Gap One word is missing from each Arabic sentence. Pick the one that fits. Shadowing Hear a native speaker, say it the same way, and see how close you got. Verb Blitz A verb, a person and a tense: pick the right form, in your dialect. Daily Root One Arabic root a day. Build the words that grow from it, in three tries each. Vocabulary Quiz Fresh sentences at your level, as multiple choice, listening or speaking rounds.