Life at School and College
Talk about life at school in Urdu. Learn the words for exams and the places around a school, like an exam, a grade and a laboratory, each shown in the Urdu script read right to left.
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Life at school in Urdu
This module builds your Urdu vocabulary for life at school: exams and results, and the places around a school. Remember that Urdu is written in the Arabic script and read from right to left. A full sentence looks like this: مجھے اسکول پسند ہے, meaning I like school. Meet each word paired with its English meaning, then practise until you know them.
Words for exams
Start with four words about exams and results. Each Urdu word is shown with its English meaning.
Exams, or places?
It helps to sort the words into exams and results, and the places around a school.
Match each exam word
- امتحان
- کامیاب ہونا
- درجہ
- اسکول کی رپورٹ
- An exam
- To pass
- A grade
- A school report
The Urdu word for to pass
Which Urdu phrase means to pass an exam?
- کامیاب ہونا
- امتحان
- درجہ
- اسکول کی رپورٹ
Rooms around school
A school is more than lessons. A لیبارٹری is where you do experiments, and a کھیل کا میدان is where you play outside. You walk between rooms along a راہداری, and a وقفہ gives you a rest.
Match each school place
- لیبارٹری
- کھیل کا میدان
- راہداری
- وقفہ
- A laboratory
- A playground
- A corridor
- A break
Which two are about exams?
Select the TWO words that are about exams and results.
- امتحان
- درجہ
- لیبارٹری
- کھیل کا میدان
Exam day
Put these steps of exam day in order.
- Sit the exam: امتحان
- Get your grade: درجہ
- Read your school report: اسکول کی رپورٹ
Fill each gap with a word
An exam is _____. A grade is _____. A laboratory is _____. A playground is _____. A break is _____.
School words in Urdu
Tap the TWO statements that are TRUE.
- امتحان means an exam.
- لیبارٹری means a laboratory.
- درجہ means a playground.
- وقفہ means a grade.
What do you choose?
For each situation, choose the correct Urdu word.
- You want to do a science experiment. Where do you go?
- You want to play outside. Where do you go?
- You sit a test in class. Which word?
Your turn: write in Urdu
Write the Urdu for two things to do with exams and two places in a school, then use the pattern below. Write in Urdu script, right to left, because this module teaches the script itself, so that is what counts.
- Name two things to do with exams and results
- Name two places in a school
- Write a whole Urdu sentence that means I like school, like the one in the introduction
- Try one more, for example a sentence about an exam