Application: A spare key

Practise a spare key, then follow up with a clarification or confirmation.

Practise a spare key, then follow up with a clarification or confirmation.

Name the task, person and time when organising household activities. Use Shall I to offer help, Shall we to propose a shared action, and Could you for a polite request.

The first two examples come from the linked conversation. The third adds a follow-up. Notice the movement from opening request to response and clarification.

Practical examples

Do we have another key for the front door?

هل لدينا مفتاح إضافي للباب الأمامي؟

Explore the expression in context

There is a spare in the drawer beside the telephone.

يوجد مفتاح احتياطي في الدرج بجانب الهاتف.

Explore the expression in context

Where would you like me to leave the spare key afterwards?

أين تود أن أترك المفتاح الاحتياطي بعد ذلك؟

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: Do we have another key for the front door?
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: أين تود أن أترك المفتاح الاحتياطي بعد ذلك؟