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Māori Greetings Practice Worksheet

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🌟 WALT: We Are Learning To correctly use basic Māori greetings in conversation

📚 Part 1: Matching Greetings to Contexts

1. Match each Māori greeting to the correct situation by drawing a line:
Kia ora
Tēnā koe
Tēnā kōrua
Tēnā koutou
Mōrena
Haere rā
Greeting two people formally
Saying goodbye
Good morning greeting
Casual hello to anyone
Formal greeting to one person
Greeting three or more people
2. Choose the best greeting for each situation:

a) You meet your teacher in the morning:

Kia ora

Mōrena

Haere rā

b) You're leaving school and saying goodbye to your friends:

Tēnā koutou

Haere rā

Mōrena

✏️ Part 2: Fill in the Blanks

3. Complete these conversations using the correct Māori greetings:

Conversation 1:

Student A: "_____________ Ms Smith!" (Good morning)

Ms Smith: "Mōrena! Kei te pēhea koe?"

Student A: "Kei te pai, thank you!"

Conversation 2:

You see two friends together: "_____________ you two!"

Friends: "Kia ora! How are you?"

Conversation 3:

At the end of class with your whole group: "_____________ everyone!"

Class: "Haere rā!"

4. Write a short dialogue between you and a classmate using at least three different Māori greetings:

🎭 Part 3: Role-Play Practice & Extension

5. Pronunciation Practice: Write the greeting that sounds like each of these:

a) "Key-ah or-ah": ________________

b) "Ten-ah koh-eh": ________________

c) "More-eh-nah": ________________

d) "Hi-reh rah": ________________

6. Cultural Understanding: Why are greetings important in Māori culture? Tick all that apply:

They show respect (mana)

They help build relationships (whanaungatanga)

They show hospitality (manaakitanga)

They are just polite words

7. Extension Activity: Create a simple self-introduction in Māori following a greeting:

Sentence stem: Start with a greeting, then add "Ko _______ tōku ingoa" (My name is _______)

8. Advanced Challenge: How would you ask "How are you?" in Māori and give a positive response?

Question: _________________________

Answer: ___________________________

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