1.1 and 1.2 Properties of The Ism - Status PDF
1.1 and 1.2 Properties of The Ism - Status PDF
1.1 and 1.2 Properties of The Ism - Status PDF
We stated that the ism has 4 properties: status, number gender, and type. We will be discussing status
in this session.
Status is all about what a word is doing in the sentence. There are three kinds of Statuses:
1. Doer status is given to the Doer of the Fil and answers the question, who did the Fil? In the
sentence: He ate his lunch. He did the eating, and is considered the doer.
2. Detail Status refers to details of the Fil and answers additional questions related to the Fil like
who, what, where, when, why, and how. For example:
3. After of status words dont answer questions related to the Fil itself. Its easy to spot these
words in cases like: Messenger of Allah SWT . Sometimes, the word of isnt as obvious and the
words need to be rearranged so you can spot it. For example: his lunch can be rephrased to say:
lunch of his. The word after of is now clear.
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EXERCISES:
A. In the following sentences, circle the doer of the Fil , underline the details of the Fil , and box words
that are after of status (the words in bold are Fil , so they dont get any of these labels).
1. a. The kids played in the room with a bat.
B. Now, make questions out of the bold following words that reflect the words role in the sentence:
Kids: ____________________________
Bat: ____________________________
They: ___________________________
Mother: _________________________
At them: ________________________
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Their: ___________________________
Kids: _________________________________
Grown-ups: ____________________________
Lemonade: _____________________________
Teenagers: ____________________________
Money: _______________________________
Their: ________________________________
Loudly: ______________________________
He: _________________________________
Repeatedly: ___________________________
He: _________________________________
In traffic: _____________________________
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ANSWER KEY:
Section A:
Section B:
1. Kids: Who played? ; In the room: Where did they play? ; Bat: What did they play with?
They: Who broke the lamp? ; The lamp: What did they break?
2. Kids: Who opened a lemonade stand? ; Lemonade stand: What did they open? ; In the summer: When
was it opened?
Teenagers: Who stole? ; Money: What did the teenagers steal? ; Their: Money of whose?
He: Who hit?; Snooze button: What did he hit? ; Repeatedly: How did he hit it?