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Ten Essential Words

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Ten Essential Words

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🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To use ten essential Māori words in context

Success Criteria: I can match words to their meanings and use them in simple sentences.

📚 Part 1: Word Meanings

1. What does "kai" mean?

Water

Food/Eat

House

Go

2. Which word means "house"?

Toa

Ika

Whare

Wai

3. What does "haere" mean?

Drink

Buy/Sell

Fish

Go

4. Which words relate to food? (Check all that apply)

Kai

Ika

Inu

Whare

✏️ Part 2: Complete the Sentences

5. Fill in the blanks using the ten essential words:

Let's __________ to the beach today.

I need some __________ because I'm thirsty.

We're having grilled __________ for dinner.

She went to the __________ to buy groceries.

6. Write your own sentence using the word "kai":
7. Write your own sentence using the word "whare":

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