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Descriptive quiz

Descriptive quizzes are really useful learning activities. You could use one to describe your favourite healthy food or a famous sports person, for example:

Maori vocabulary

English translation

He aha tēnei? What’s this?
He nui. It’s big.
He kaimoana. It’s seafood.
He pango te mīti. The flesh is black.
He maha ngā tae (o te anga). There are lots of colours (in the shell).
Ka mau ki ngā toka (kei raro i te moana). It sticks to the rocks (under the sea).
Answer: A paua.

Maori vocabulary

English translation

Ko wai tēnei? Who is this?
He tāne (ia). (He’s) a male.
Nō Ingarangi (ia). (He’s) from England.
Toru tekau mā rima ōna tau. He’s thirty-five.
Kei te purei poiwhana (ia). (He) plays soccer.
He rongonui tana hoa wahine. He kaiwaiata ia. His wife is famous. She’s a singer.
Tokomaha ana tamariki. He has many children.
Answer: David Beckham.

You could extend this kind of descriptive task by getting your students to describe, for example, a picture of an unhealthy alien for their classmates to draw:

Maori vocabulary

English translation

Tekau ngā waewae. Ten legs.
Tino nui te puku. Very big tummy.
E ono ngā karu. Six eyes.
Kotahi te ihu. One nose.
He whero tana whiore. His tail is red.
E rua ngā upoko. Two heads.

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