Exercise Fourteen
Choose the correct word
Whiriwhirihia te kupu tika
Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).
Ka karanga atu te koroua pukukino
(The grumpy old man yelled at the children and they ran away.)
He
(What is that? That is a fishing rod.)
Nā Hāriata ngā waiata
(Charlotte wrote these songs in the book.)
Me hari koe
(You should bring your swimming togs and your fishing rod to the beach.)
I kōrero te tāne “He
(The man said “Those women are very beautiful!”)
Ā te 25 o
(On the 25 of December, Santa Claus will come to the house of every child.)
Mā
(They will travel by bus to the basketball competition.)
(There is your pen and your book!)
Ka kai rātou i te heihei pirau, ka māuiui
(They all ate the bad chicken and were sick shortly after.)
Kua tāpuketia
(Perhaps the treasure is buried under the cross.)