The Future Perfect Progressive or Future Perfect Continuous tense is not directly represented in traditional Māori grammar. The concept of expressing actions that will have been happening over a time in the future can generally be conveyed by using phrases that mark the future time period and ongoing aspect of the action. This exercise is aimed at helping students understand how to construct sentences in Māori grammar that convey a future perfect progressive sense.
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with correct cues
1. *Kua* (Will) whakarite ahau i te kai mo te hui i muri i te hākari. \
2. E *haere* (Going) ana koe ki te whare whakairo i muri i te karakia? \
3. E *takatu* (Preparing) ana rātou i te whare kai mō te hui a te raumati. \
4. Ka *korero* (Speak) au ki a koe i muri i te hui. \
5. *Kua whakaaro* (Will thought) ahau ki tō whakaaro. \
6. *E kore* (Won’t) e whakakore koe i te hākari. \
7. Ka *tiro* (Look) ahau i te whare whakairo i muri i te karakia. \
8. *E haere* (Going) ana rātou ki te whare kai mō te hui a te raumati. \
9. *E whakarongo* (Listening) ana koe ki te karakia. \
10. *Kua whakapau* (Will spent) kaha koe i te hākari.\
11. E *takatu* (Preparing) ana ahau i te kai mo te hui i muri i te hākari. \
12. Ka *korero* (Speak) koe ki a koe i muri i te hui. \
13. *Kua whakaaro* (Will thought) rātou ki tō whakaaro. \
14. *E kore* (Won’t) e whakakore ahau i te hākari. \
15. E *tiro* (Look) ana koe i te whare whakairo i muri i te karakia.
Exercise 2: Complete the sentence using cues
1. E *aro atu* (Look forward) ana rātou ki te haere ki te tupu ake i te tau 2021.\
2. E *whakatairanga* (Promoting) ana koe i ou whakaaro i te wikitoria. \
3. E *whakarereke* (Change) ana koe i tō whakaaro. \
4. *E whakamahi* (Using) ana koe i te reo Māori i runga i te marae.\
5. *He whai whakaaro* (Will consider) koe i te mahi a te Māori.\
6. He *haere* (Going) ana koe ki te whare whakairo i muri i te karakia? \
7. E *korero* (Speak) ana ahau ki a koe i muri i te hui. \
8. *Ka whakaaro* (Will think) koe ki tō whakaaro. \
9. E *tiro* (Look) ana koe i te whare. \
10. E *whakarite* (Arrange) ana koe i te hākari a te raumati.\
11. *Kua mahi* (Will work) koe i te mahi a te Māori.\
12. E *haere* (Going) ana koe ki te marae i te po.\
13. *E whakakore* (Refuse) ahau i te reo Māori.\
14. E *arohaina* (Love) koe i te reo Māori.\
15. *Kua mahi* (Will do) koe i te mahi a te Māori.\
