Exercise Sixteen
Reading comprehension
Pānuitia ngā kōrerorero e whai ake nei, kātahi ka whiriwhiri ai i te whakautu tika.
Read the following dialogue, than choose the correct answer.
Kua tae mai a Mikaere rāua ko Hinewai ki te whare o Aroha. Kāore a Aroha i te mōhio ki te hoa o Mikaere.
Mikaere and Hinewai have arrived at Aroha’s house. Aroha doesn’t know Mikaere’s friend.
Mikaere: Tēnā koe e hoa! Kei te pēhea koe?
Aroha: Tēnā kōrua. Ka nui te pai! Ko wai tō hoa?
Mikaere: Ko Hinewai tēnei.
Aroha: Kia ora, Hinewai. Nō hea koe, e hine?
Hinewai: Tēnā koe, Aroha. Nō Ōtepoti ahau.
Aroha: Nō Kai Tahu koe?
Hinewai: Āe. Nō Kai Tahu taku whaea. Ko Roimata tana ingoa. Nō Ingarangi taku pāpā.
Ko Matiu tana ingoa.
Aroha: Tokohia ō tuākana?
Hinewai: Tokorua aku tuākana. Ko Mākere rāua ko Raiha ō rāua ingoa. Kotahi taku
tungāne. Ko Rewi tana ingoa.
Aroha: Tokohia ō tēina?
Hinewai: Kotahi. Ko Mereana tana ingoa.
Aroha: Kei hea tō kāinga ināianei?
Hinewai: Kei Tāmaki-makau-rau taku kāinga ināianei.
Mikaere: Tokohia ō hoa kei tō whare?
Hinewai: Tokorua aku hoa. He wāhine rāua.
Ka puta mai he kurī.
Hinewai: Kia ora, e hoa! Ko wai te ingoa o tō kurī?
Mikaere: Ko Haki tana ingoa.
Hinewai: E hia ō kurī?
Mikaere: E toru, ko Poto rāua ko Tio ana hoa.
Aroha: Haere atu, e Haki! Kei te hiakai kōrua?
Mikaere: Āe. Kei te hiakai ahau.
Aroha: Pēhea koe, Hinewai?
Hinewai: Āe. Kei te tino hiakai ahau.
Aroha: Tēnā, haere mai ki te kai.
Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).
Nō hea a Hinewai?
Kei hea te kāinga o Hinewai ināianei?
Tokohia ngā tuākana o Hinewai?
Tokohia ngā tungāne o Hinewai?
E hia ngā kurī a Mikaere?
Kei te pēhea a Hinewai?
Ko wai te whaea o Hinewai?
Nō hea te pāpā o Hinewai?