APPENDIX B

SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINAION (WASSCE)

ARABIC: ITEM SPECIFICATION TABLE

TOPIC(S) TYPES OF THINKING TOTAL

OBJECTIVE: A B C D E

A. Comprehension: Five passages of 60 3 10 3 1 3 20

words each and four
questions on each passage

B. Translation: Arabic to English

(10 questions) English to 20
Arabic (10 questions)

C. Grammar:
Principal grammatical features of the Arabic
Language including:
(i) parts of speech
(ii) nouns, pronouns, singular, dual, 4 4 4 4 4 20
sound and broken plurals
(iii) Gender: masculine and feminine
(iv) Prepositions and construction
Phrases
(v) adjectives conjunctions, the
permutative and the emphatic
(vi) Verbs : the perfect, the imperfect,
and the imperative
(vii) particles governing imperfect verbs
(viii) Nominal and verbal sentences
(ix) Kana, inna and zanna and
their respective associates.
(x) Declension of nouns and verbs
(xi) Transitive and intransitive verbs,
the five verbs and the conjugation
of the verb.
(xii) Numbers from one to three
thousand (1 – 3,000)
(xiii) Active and passive voices
(xiv) The active participle, the passive
participle and the elative
(xv) Flexible and inflexible verbs.
 TOPIC(S) TYPES OF THINKING TOTAL

OBJECTIVE: A B C D E

(xvi) Adverbs and objects, the excepted

and the vocative
(xvii) The diminutive, nouns of instrument, and
nouns of place and time.

TOTAL 11 18 11 9 11 60

NOTE:

CODES FOR LEVELS OF THINKING

TO BE TESTED

A. Recall of knowledge

B. Comprehension

C. Application of facts and principles

D. Analysis

E. Synthesis
 SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION- ARABIC
ITEM SPECIFICATION TABLE
S/N TOPICS NO OF LEVELS OF THINKING
ITEMS A B C D E
1. Comprehension:

Three short Arabic passages of about

70 words each. These passages will 15 3 3 3 3 3
examine candidates’ level of
comprehension by giving 5 questions
under each passage for them to
answer.

2. Translation: -

Short sentences will be given in

Arabic, part of which will be 20 10 10 - -
underlined to be translated into
English and given in English to be
translated into Arabic.(10 from
Arabic into English and 10 from
English into Arabic)

3. Grammar:

- Nouns, pronouns, singular, dual,

sound and broken plurals as well
as relative and demonstrative
pronouns. 15 3 3 3 3 3
- Gender: masculine and feminine.
- Prepositions and construct phrases.
- Adjectives, conjunctions, the
permutative and the emphatic.
- Verbs: The perfect, the imperfect
and the imperative.
- Particles governing imperfect
verbs.
- Nominal and verbal sentences.
- Kana. Inna and Zanna and the
respective associates.
- Transitive and intransitive verbs,
the five verbs and conjugation of
verbs.
- Numbers (from one to one
 thousand.)
- Active and passive voices.
- The verbal noun, the active
participle, the passive participle,
the elative and special adjectival
forms.
- Objects, adverbs and vocative.
- The diminutive, nouns of
instruments, nouns of place and
time and the relative adjective.
Total 50 16 16 6 6 6

NOTE: Codes for Levels of Thinking to be Tested

A - Recall of knowledge of facts and concepts and grammar.
B - Comprehension, explanation and interpretation.
C - Application of facts and principles.
D - Analysis.
E - Evaluation of facts and principles.