Arabic
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Number Number
Paper
Morning (Time: 2 hours 15 minutes)
9AA0/03
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Arabic
PAPER 3: Listening, reading and writing in Arabic
listening equipment CD/MP3.
Dictionaries are not allowed in this examination.
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
• Answer
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer
all questions.
the questions in the spaces provided
• Candidates
– there may be more space than you need.
are recommended to start with Section A: Listening comprehension
• We
and work through each question as presented in the question paper.
recommend you spend 45 minutes on Section A: Listening Comprehension
• You must not use a dictionary.
and 1 hour 30 minutes on Section B: Listening, Reading and Writing.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 60.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Read
•• Try
each question carefully before you start to answer it.
to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
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, SECTION A: LISTENING
Answer ALL questions.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
We recommend you spend no more than 45 minutes on this section.
Multiple-choice questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind
about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
Open-response questions do not require full sentences and you may respond using single
words or phrases. You may use words from the listening passages but you must not transcribe
whole sections.
You are going to listen to five passages in Section A. The duration of each passage
is approximately:
Passage 1 = 1 minute 30 seconds
Passage 2 = 1 minute 48 seconds
Passage 3a = 1 minute 36 seconds
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Passage 3b = 1 minute 53 seconds
Passage 4 = 3 minutes 01 second
You will be in charge of the recording and you may listen to each passage as often
as you wish, and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
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surname names
Number Number
Paper
Morning (Time: 2 hours 15 minutes)
9AA0/03
🟐 🟐
Arabic
PAPER 3: Listening, reading and writing in Arabic
listening equipment CD/MP3.
Dictionaries are not allowed in this examination.
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
• Answer
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer
all questions.
the questions in the spaces provided
• Candidates
– there may be more space than you need.
are recommended to start with Section A: Listening comprehension
• We
and work through each question as presented in the question paper.
recommend you spend 45 minutes on Section A: Listening Comprehension
• You must not use a dictionary.
and 1 hour 30 minutes on Section B: Listening, Reading and Writing.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 60.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Read
•• Try
each question carefully before you start to answer it.
to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
P80721A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
Arabic
,DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
■■■
■
BLANK PAGE
2
, SECTION A: LISTENING
Answer ALL questions.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
We recommend you spend no more than 45 minutes on this section.
Multiple-choice questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind
about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
Open-response questions do not require full sentences and you may respond using single
words or phrases. You may use words from the listening passages but you must not transcribe
whole sections.
You are going to listen to five passages in Section A. The duration of each passage
is approximately:
Passage 1 = 1 minute 30 seconds
Passage 2 = 1 minute 48 seconds
Passage 3a = 1 minute 36 seconds
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Passage 3b = 1 minute 53 seconds
Passage 4 = 3 minutes 01 second
You will be in charge of the recording and you may listen to each passage as often
as you wish, and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
3
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