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. |