Grammar

Our grammar lesson is asking what the time is and responding with the relevant answer. Let's do the mahi whānau!

Which of the following translates to 'quarter to six o'clock'?
  • Koata ki te whitu karaka
  • Koata ki te ono karaka
  • Koata pāhi i te ono karaka
 

Which of the following translates to 'it is thirteen minutes to seven o'clock'?
  • Kua tekau mā toru meneti ki te whitu karaka
  • Kua tekau mā whitu meneti ki te whitu karaka
  • Kua tekau mā toru meneti ki te toru karaka
 

Which of the following translates to 'twenty minutes past one o'clock'?
  • Rua tekau meneti ki te tahi karaka
  • Rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka
 

Which of the following translates to 'thirty five minutes past two o'clock'?
  • Tahi meneti ki te tahi karaka
  • Toru tekau meneti ki te rua karaka
  • Toru tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te rua karaka
 

How would you say 'quarter to twelve o'clock'?
  • Koata ki te whitu karaka
  • Koata ki te ono karaka
  • Koata ki i te tekau mā rua karaka
 

How would you say 'it is twenty one minutes to ten o'clock'?
  • Kua rua tekau mā tahi meneti ki te tekau karaka
  • Kua tekau karaka
  • Koata ki te tekau mā rua karaka
 

'Kua tekau mā whā meneti pāhi i te whā karaka' is the equivalent to which option below?
  • It's fifteen minutes past four o'clock
  • It's fourteen minutes past four o'clock
  • It's thirteen minutes past four o'clock
 

'Kua waru meneti ki te tahi karaka' is the equivalent to which option below?
  • It's eight minutes past one o'clock
  • It's eight minutes to one o'clock
 

'Whā tekau mā waru meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka' is the equivalent to which option below?
  • Fourty minutes past eight o'clock
  • Fourty eight minutes past nine o'clock
  • Fourty four minutes to nine o'clock
  • None of the above
 

Exercises

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