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Whakarite Pātai Worksheet

Read the scenario and phrase bank. Answer in te reo Māori where asked. A pātai tuwhera invites an explanation or more than a one-word answer; a pātai kati can usually be answered briefly, often with āe or kāo.

Te horopaki | The scenario

Kei tētahi pō mātakitaki whetū a Hana rāua ko Keira. Kei te hiahia a Hana ki te uiui i a Mere mō tana ako i ngā whetū me ngā kōrero tuku iho a tōna whānau. Ka whakarite a Hana i ngā pātai kia mārama, kia whai take, kia whakaute hoki. Phrase bank: He aha…? (What…?) • He pēhea…? (How…?) • Nā te aha…? (Why…?) • Āhea…? (When…?) • Nōnahea…? (When…? past) • Ko wai…? (Who…?) • E hia…? (How many/how much…?) • Kei te…? / Kua…? (Is/has…?) • Ka taea…? (Can…?)

Mōhio ki ngā momo pātai | Recognise question types

Classify, analyse and improve the interview questions.

1.He aha te momo pātai nei: “He aha ngā whetū e tino rata ana koe, ā, he aha ai?” Kōwhiria te whakautu tika.

Pātai tuwhera
Pātai kati

2.He pātai tuwhera, he pātai kati rānei? “Kua ako koe ki te tautohu i a Matariki?” Tohua te momo me te whakamārama poto i tō kōwhiringa.

3.Whakatauritea ia tīmatanga pātai ki tōna tino whakamahinga. He tīmatanga ēnei mā Hana hei whakamahi i tana uiui.

He aha…?
Āhea…?
Ko wai…?
E hia…?

He tono mō te wā.
He tono mō te maha, mō te rahinga rānei.
He tono mō te tangata.
He tono whakamārama, kōrero rānei mō tētahi mea.

4.Pono, hē rānei? “Nā te aha koe i tīmata ai ki te mātakitaki whetū?” he pātai kati nā te mea ka taea te whakautu ki te “Āe” anake.

TrueFalse

5.Whakaotia te pātai kia tika ai te pātai mō te wā i ako ai a Mere: “ koe i ako ai ki te tautohu i ngā whetū?” Whakamahia te kupu pātai tika mai i te phrase bank.

Waihanga pātai whai take | Create purposeful questions

Hangaia he pātai e hāngai ana ki te horopaki, e whakaute ana hoki i te tangata e uiuitia ana.

6.Whakatikahia te pātai kati nei kia tuwhera ai, kia tonoa ai he whakamārama: “He pai ki a koe te mātakitaki whetū?” Tuhia he putanga hou ki te reo Māori.

7.Tuhia kia kotahi te pātai tuwhera ki te reo Māori hei tono i a Mere kia whakamārama mai i tētahi mea i akona e tōna whānau mō ngā whetū. Me tīmata ki “He aha…” rānei ki “He pēhea…”.

8.Tuhia kia kotahi te pātai kati ki te reo Māori hei tirotiro mēnā kua tae atu a Mere ki tētahi pō mātakitaki whetū i mua. Ka taea te whakautu poto ki te “Āe” me te “Kāo”.

9.Ka pātai a Hana: “He aha ngā kōrero tuku iho katoa a tō whānau mō ngā whetū?” He aha te take ka hiahia pea ia ki te whakaiti, ki te whakahou rānei i tēnei pātai kia whakaute ake ai? Tuhia tētahi putanga pai ake ki te reo Māori.

10.Whakamāramatia ki te reo Māori te rerekētanga o tētahi pātai tuwhera me tētahi pātai kati. Kōwhiria tētahi tauira mai i tēnei horopaki mō ia momo.