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प्रश्न
Build a conversation of eight to ten sets of exchanges , with your grandmother, discussing the incidents that happened in your school that day.
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उत्तर
| Myself | Grandma, I am back home. |
| Grandma | Please go and wash your face, hands, and legs. |
| Myself | Why should I, grandma? |
| Grandma | I have prepared some sweets and pakora for you. |
| Myself | That’s really lovely grandma. |
| Grandma | What did you learn today? |
| Myself | I learned about bees. |
| Grandma | How do bees communicate among themselves? |
| Myself | Grandma, when a bee discovers honey, he performs a kind of dance that conveys the availability of honey, type of flower, and distance from the beehive to the farm. |
| Grandma | That’s excellent. I never knew it. |
| Myself | Give me sweets and pakora. |
| Grandma | Stay here, I will bring them for you. |
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