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Rerehāngū
Passive Sentences
This resource supports learners to understand and form passive sentence structures using Rerehāngū patterns.
Ākonga learn passive endings and how meaning shifts when passive voice is used.
Identify passive markers such as -tia, -hia, -kia, -mia and apply them correctly
Convert active sentences into passive forms to change sentence focus
Understand how verbs shift and how passive changes emphasis
Apply passive structures through tasks like news headlines, mystery case reports, “what happened here?” clues, and formal-style rewriting
By the end of this resource, learners can form passive sentences confidently using Rerehāngū structures.
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