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  • You are running late for school and your cold eggs and toast are on a plate on the kitchen table. You still have to get your shoes on. How can you ask your parents for help?
    Do we have any granola bars for breakfast? Oh, no I don't have time to eat breakfast because I'm running late.
  • You were absent last Thursday and Friday from school due to a cold. You need to find out what you missed in class and when the test will be. Who should you talk to and how can you get that information?
    Ask a teacher or classmate. What did we do last week? Do you know what I missed?
  • At the lunch table some kids were talking about a party Friday night. You had not heard about a party by would like to know about it and maybe get invited. How can you ask about the party?
    What's going on Friday night? What are you doing on Friday?
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