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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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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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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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