Sentence Comprehension Quiz #1

This quiz is for students who know some basic Pepeke sentence patterns.

Your goal is to read the English prompt for each question and then decide which of the given answers best matches the prompt.

The patterns included are the following:

• “something is somewhere or somewhen” (Pepeke Henua)
• “something is in a particular state or condition” (Pepeke Painu ʻAʻano)
• “something is doing something” (Pepeke Painu Hamani/Hehele)

We hope you enjoy this fairly easy quiz which is the first in a set of “sentence comprehension” quizzes.

Select the best Hawaiian amswer matching the English prompt.

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1. The car goes to the airport.

A.Holo ke kaʻa i ke kahua mokulele.

B.Holo kaʻa ka mokulele i ke kahua.

C.Holo ke kahua mokulele i ke kaʻa.

D.Lele ke kaʻa i ke kahua mokulele.

2. The baby is with her grandmother.

A.Aia ka keiki me kona kupunawahine.

B.Aia ke kamaiki me kona kupunawahine.

C.Aia ka luahine ma ke kamaiki.

D.Aia ke kupunawahine me kona makua.

3. I saw that airplane yesterday (pointing at it).

A.Ua ʻike au i kēlā mokulele i nehinei.

B.Ua nānā au i kēlā mokupuni ma mua.

C.Ua nānā au i kēlā mokulele i nehinei.

D.ʻIke au i kēlā mokupuni ma nehinei.

4. The dog barks at the cat outside.

A.He ʻīlio ʻaoa ka pōpoki ma waho.

B.ʻAoa ka pōpoki i ka ʻīlio i waho.

C.He pōpoki ʻaoa ka ʻīlio ma waho.

D.ʻAoa ka ʻīlio i ka pōpoki i waho.

5. The father goes to work.

A.Kipa ka makua i ka hana.

B.ʻAi ka makua i ka hana.

C.Holo ka makua i ka hana.

D.Nahu ka makua i ka hana.

6. The people paddle the canoe.

A.Hoe ka poʻe i ka waʻa.

B.Ka poʻe hoe i ka waʻa.

C.He waʻa hoe i ka poʻe.

D.Hāpai ka poʻe i ka waʻa.

7. The girl is smiling at you.

A.Minoʻaka ʻoe i ke kaikamahine.

B.He minoʻaka kaikamahine ʻoe.

C.Minoʻaka ke kaikamahine iā ʻoe.

D.ʻO kaikamahine minoʻaka iā ʻoe.

8. The ice cube is cold.

A.ʻO ka poke hau anuanu.

B.Huʻihuʻi ka poke hau.

C.Anunau ka poke hau.

D.ʻO ka poke hau huʻihuʻi.

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