Play this game with a friend. Pick up what you want from any basket. Add or before it. Now say the sentences below, using these things – Neena Can I have ______, please? Rahul Yes, here you are.

Question

Play this game with a friend. Pick up what you want from any basket.

Add or before it.

Now say the sentences below, using these things –

Neena	Can I have ______, please?
Rahul	Yes, here you are.
Jeevika	Can I have ______, too.
Nikhil	No, sorry. You can’t have that.

Make more sentences using words from the baskets.

Answer in Brief

Solution

a rug, a pillow, a bedsheet
an alarm clock, a wall clock, a wrist watch
an apple, an orange, a banana, an ice-cream
a bow, an arrow, a ball, a bat, a doll
a waistcoat, a long coat, a raincoat, an umbrella

Can you give me a bat?
Would you like an ice-cream?
Would you like a banana?
Can I have a longcoat, please?
Can I have a wrist watch, please?
Would you like an apple?
Would you please give me a doll?

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