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Māori-English Word Sort

Losa, Ruben and Tane are helping on a dairy farm. Sort the Māori and English words by meaning and word class. Māori words are written with macrons where needed. Use the word cards and the sentence clues to help you.

Word cards

Nouns: awa — river; whare — house; manu — bird; hoa — friend; kura — school; kai — food. Verbs: oma — run; waiata — sing; pānui — read; tuhi — write; kauhoe — swim; āwhina — help. Adjectives: iti — small; nui — big; mātao — cold; wera — hot; koa — happy; kaha — strong. Adverbs: āta — carefully; tere — quickly; ngāwari — gently.

1.Match each Māori word to its English meaning.
  • awa
  • manu
  • kai
  • whare
  • house
  • food
  • river
  • bird
2.Tane spots a bird beside the cows. Which Māori word names the bird?
  • manu
  • oma
  • iti
  • āta
3.Write the Māori verb that matches each action: run, sing, read and swim.
4.The water in the trough feels cold. Which Māori adjective means cold?
  • mātao
  • hoa
  • tuhi
  • tere
5.Complete the sentence with the Māori word for help: “Ruben will Losa carry the feed.”
6.In the sentence “Tane reads carefully”, pānui means read and āta means carefully. Which word is the adverb?
  • pānui
  • āta
  • Tane
  • reads
7.Put each Māori word into the correct class: whare, oma, nui, tere. Choose from noun, verb, adjective and adverb.
8.The Māori word koa means happy, so it is an adjective in “The happy calf is small.”
TrueFalse
9.Losa carries a pail gently. Which Māori adverb from the word cards best matches gently?
  • ngāwari
  • kaha
  • kura
  • waiata
10.Write one short sentence about the dairy farm using one Māori noun and its English meaning. Underline the noun and label it noun.

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