Sentence Starters Chapters 5-8

Question 1

Tokohia koutou e hoki ana ki te kāinga?

Answer 1

How many of you went home?

Question 2

He tere rawa te oma a Rewi

Answer 2

Rewi is/was running too fast

Question 3

Haere ai a Tamahae ki te miraka kau ia ata, ia ata

Answer 3

Tamahae goes to milk the cow every morning

Question 4

Ā

Answer 4

At, on (future time)

Question 5

Nō

Answer 5

At, on (past time)

Question 6

Nōnahea

Answer 6

When did…?

Question 7

He aha koe i haere ai?

Answer 7

Why did you go?

Question 8

Nā te aha koe i ngenge ai?

Answer 8

Why are you tired?

Question 9

Ehara tērā i te tangata

Answer 9

That is/was not a man

Question 10

Tērā e pohēhētia ko koe te kāpene

Answer 10

Anyone would think you are/were the captain

Question 11

Tērā e pōhēhētia ko te raumati tēnei, I pēnei rawa ai te wera o te rangi

Answer 11

Anyone would think it was/is summer, the day is so hot

Question 12

He aha i pēnei rawa ai te tere o tō haere?

Answer 12

Why are/were you going so fast?

Question 13

Ko te tau tēnei e rere ai ngā rōkete ki te marama

Answer 13

This is the year when the rockets will fly to the moon

Question 14

Ko te rā tēnei i haere ai mātau ki te mātakitaki whutupaoro

Answer 14

This is the day when we will go to watch rugby

Question 15

He hū ō ētahi

Answer 15

Some have boots

Question 16

Kāore he hū ō etahi

Answer 16

Some have no boots

Question 17

Kātahi anō ka tae mai ngā manuhiri

Answer 17

The visitors have just arrived (all together)

Question 18

Tokoono mātau e hoki ana

Answer 18

6 of us went back

Question 19

Kei kōna a Rewi?

Answer 19

Is Rewi there?

Question 20

Kāore a Rewi i konei

Answer 20

Rewi is not here

Question 21

Anei ahau

Answer 21

Here I am

Question 22

Kei hea taku kete?

Answer 22

Where is my kit?

Question 23

Anā, kei muri i a koe

Answer 23

There it is behind you

Question 24

Arā, te tarikihana, kei te kēti

Answer 24

Over there is the tractor at the gate

Question 25

Kua taetae mai ngā manuhiri

Answer 25

The visitors are arriving (one at a time)

Question 26

Hoko ai a Hata i āna purapura i te toa

Answer 26

Hata buys his seeds from the shop

Question 27

Kua kurua a Rewi ki te rīwai

Answer 27

Rewi has been hit by a potato

Question 28

Ā te mutunga o te hui, ka hoki tātau

Answer 28

When the meeting is over, we will go back

Question 29

Nō te taenga ki te marae, ka tū te pahi

Answer 29

When they reached the marae, the bus stopped

Question 30

Nō tō mātau kitenga i a rātau, ka kata mātau

Answer 30

When we saw them, we laughed

Question 31

Ā hea koe hoki atu ai?

Answer 31

When will you go back?

Question 32

Ā te toru o Ākuhata

Answer 32

On the third of August

Question 33

Nōnahea koe i tae mai ai?

Answer 33

When did you arrive?

Question 34

Nō te ata o te Paraire

Answer 34

On Friday morning

Question 35

Nō te ata o te Paraire au i tae mai ai

Answer 35

I arrived on Friday morning

Question 36

He aha koe i kore ai e haere?

Answer 36

Why did you not go?

Question 37

Nā te purei whutupaoro au i ngenge ai

Answer 37

I’m tired because of playing rugby

Question 38

He tangata tērā

Answer 38

That is/was a man

Question 39

He taniwha kē

Answer 39

It is/was a monster

Question 40

Tērā e pōhēhētia kei te hararei a Rewi, i pērā rawa ai o tōna moe roa

Answer 40

Anyone would think Rewi was on holiday, he is sleeping so long

Question 41

Tērā e pōhēhētia ko te uaua tēnei, i pērā rawa ai te hina o ngā kapua

Answer 41

Anyone would think it was raining, the clouds are so grey

Question 42

He whāwhai nōku ki te hoki ki te kāinga

Answer 42

It is because I am/was in a hurry to get home

Question 43

Ko te rā tēnei i purei ai ngā tīma toa

Answer 43

This is the day when the champion teams played

Question 44

He kākahu pai ō Timi mō te haere ki te tāone

Answer 44

Timi has good clothes for going to town

Question 45

Ki tō whakaaro, ka wini i a wai?

Answer 45

Who do you think will win?

Question 46

Ki tōku whakaaro, ka wini i a Te Kaha

Answer 46

I think it will be won by Te Kaha

Question 47

Ki a au nei, ko Te Kaha te tīma toa o Niu Tīreni

Answer 47

In my opinion, Te Kaha is the champion team of NZ

Question 48

Ēngari ki a au nei, ka pīti a Te Kao

Answer 48

But in my opinion, Te Kao will be beaten

Question 49

Aua hoki! Ka mate pea tātau i a ratau

Answer 49

Who knows! Maybe we will be defeated by them

Question 50

Titiro ki a Te Hamana, te kāpene o Te Kaha

Answer 50

Look at Te Hamana, the captain of Te Kaha

Question 51

Ko Hata tērā, te Pāpā o Mārama

Answer 51

Over there is Hata, the father of Mārama

Question 52

Pēnei tonu a Rewi he tuna

Answer 52

Rewi thought it was an eel

Question 53

He rākau kē

Answer 53

But it was a stick

Question 54

Pēnei tonu ngā tamariki kua mahue rātau i te pahi

Answer 54

The children thought they were left behind by the bus

Question 55

He reka kē atu te mīti ki te tuna

Answer 55

Meat is sweeter to eels (eels prefer meat)

Question 56

He reka kē atu te mīti i te tuna

Answer 56

Meat is tastier than eels

Question 57

He tere kē atu te motokā i te paihikara

Answer 57

Cars are faster than bikes

Question 58

Ki tā Hata, ko ngā pō pōuri ngā pō pai

Answer 58

According to Hata, dark nights are the best

Question 59

Ki tā te tangata rā, ka ua āpōpō

Answer 59

According to that man, it will rain tomorrow

Question 60

Ki tā te pukapuka nei, he kaha ngā Māori o mua ki te whakatō kai

Answer 60

According to this book, Māori back in the day were good(strong) at preparing food

Question 61

He pai noa iho mō te tamariki

Answer 61

It’s quite all right for children

Question 62

He mahana noa iho te wai mō te tamariki

Answer 62

The water is quite warm enough for the children

Question 63

He makariri rawa mō te kaukau

Answer 63

It’s too cold for swimming

Question 64

He uaua rawa tēnei mahi mā te tamariki, ēngari he pai noa iho mā te pakeke

Answer 64

This work is too difficult for the children, but it’s quite all right for the adults

Question 65

He pōturi rawa te kurī nā mō te whakangau poaka

Answer 65

That dog is too slow for hunting pigs

Question 66

Ka mutu te kai a Rewi, ka haere ia ki waho

Answer 66

When Rewi had finished eating, he went outside

Question 67

Kia tae atu rātau ki te awa, ka whakatūria e rātau te tēneti

Answer 67

When they reached the river, they put up the tent

Question 68

Tukua kia oma

Answer 68

Let it escape

Question 69

Kaua e tukua kia oma

Answer 69

Don’t let it escape

Question 70

Tukua au kia kōrero

Answer 70

Let me speak

Question 71

Kaua e tukua ngā tamariki kia kaukau i konā

Answer 71

Don’t let the children swim there

Question 72

Tae rawa atu ia, kua mutu kē te kēmu

Answer 72

By the time he finally arrived the game was over

Question 73

Tae rawa mai koe, kua haere kē ia

Answer 73

By the time you get here, she will have gone

Question 74

Tae rawa atu rātau, kua kati kē ngā kēti

Answer 74

By the time they arrived, the gates were closed

Question 75

Hoki rawa mai ahau, kua puta kē ngā whetū

Answer 75

By the time I get back, the stars will have appeared

Question 76

He tino ātaahua ngā whetū ki te titiro ake

Answer 76

The stars are/were very pretty to look up at

Question 77

Tino mārama te tiaho iho o ngā whetū

Answer 77

The stars are/were shining down very brightly