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 dog barks at the cat outside.

A.He pōpoki ʻaoa ka ʻīlio ma waho.

B.ʻAoa ka ʻīlio i ka pōpoki i waho.

C.He ʻīlio ʻaoa ka pōpoki ma waho.

D.ʻAoa ka pōpoki i ka ʻīlio i waho.

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. The car goes to the airport.

A.Holo ke kaʻa i ke kahua mokulele.

B.Lele ke kaʻa i ke kahua mokulele.

C.Holo kaʻa ka mokulele i ke kahua.

D.Holo ke kahua mokulele i ke kaʻa.

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

A.Ua nānā au i kēlā mokupuni ma mua.

B.ʻIke au i kēlā mokupuni ma nehinei.

C.Ua nānā au i kēlā mokulele i nehinei.

D.Ua ʻike au i kēlā mokulele i nehinei.

5. The father goes to work.

A.ʻAi ka makua i ka hana.

B.Nahu ka makua i ka hana.

C.Holo ka makua i ka hana.

D.Kipa ka makua i ka hana.

6. The girl is smiling at you.

A.Minoʻaka ke kaikamahine iā ʻoe.

B.ʻO kaikamahine minoʻaka iā ʻoe.

C.He minoʻaka kaikamahine ʻoe.

D.Minoʻaka ʻoe i ke kaikamahine.

7. The people paddle the canoe.

A.Ka poʻe hoe i ka waʻa.

B.Hoe ka poʻe i ka waʻa.

C.He waʻa hoe i ka poʻe.

D.Hāpai ka poʻe i ka waʻa.

8. The ice cube is cold.

A.Huʻihuʻi ka poke hau.

B.ʻO ka poke hau anuanu.

C.ʻO ka poke hau huʻihuʻi.

D.Anunau ka poke hau.

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