1. I te reo Māori, *kāore* au i te haere ki te kura i tēnei rā. (Negation for present tense)
2. *Kāore* ia i te kai i te kai reka. (Use the correct present negative form)
3. *Kāore* mātou i te mahi i te whare. (Negation in present tense for ”we”)
4. *Kāore* koe i te purei i te whutupōro. (Negative sentence present tense ”you”)
5. *Kāore* rātou i te pānui i te pukapuka. (Present negative plural ”they”)
6. *Kāore* ia i te mahi i te rā nei. (Present negative singular)
7. *Kāore* au i te whakarongo ki te waiata. (Negation, ”I am not listening”)
8. *Kāore* mātou i te haere ki te tāone. (Negation of ”we are not going”)
9. *Kāore* koe i te kōrero i te reo Pākehā i tēnei wā. (Present negative for ”you”)
10. *Kāore* rātou i te tākaro i te kēmu. (Present negative ”they are not playing”)

1. *Kāore anō* au kia kai i te parāoa. (Negation of completed action, ”I have not eaten”)
2. *Kāore anō* ia kia tae ki te marae. (Perfect negative ”he/she has not arrived”)
3. *Kāore anō* mātou kia kite i te kiriata. (Perfect negative for ”we have not seen”)
4. *Kāore anō* koe kia kōrero ki a ia. (Perfect negative ”you have not spoken”)
5. *Kāore anō* rātou kia whakamātautau i te mahi. (Perfect negative ”they have not tried”)
6. *Kāore anō* au kia kite i te manu hou. (Perfect negative singular ”I have not seen”)
7. *Kāore anō* ia kia tae ki te whare wānanga. (Perfect negative ”he/she has not arrived”)
8. *Kāore anō* mātou kia hoko i te kai. (Perfect negative plural ”we have not bought”)
9. *Kāore anō* koe kia pānui i te pukapuka hou. (Perfect negative ”you have not read”)
10. *Kāore anō* rātou kia tīmata i te mahi. (Perfect negative ”they have not started”)