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You are watching your brother play video games. He has just made it to the highest level, which he has never played before. How would he indirectly ask you to help him?
“Wow! This is hard. Too bad I don’t have a second player to help me figure this out.”
Your teacher is trying to reach a book on the highest shelf of her bookshelf. She isn’t quite tall enough to reach it. How could she directly ask for help?
Someone taller than me needs to grab this book.
Your younger sister is working on her math homework. You already know how to do the problem she is working on. She gets frustrated when she can’t figure it out. How might she indirectly ask you for help?
“This is too hard! I don't think I can do this without help.”
You go to visit your grandmother this weekend. She just bought 2 dozen flowers for her garden. She is planning on planting them all this afternoon. How might she indirectly ask for help?
“There are so many flowers! I don’t know if I can plant them all myself.”
Bella went out for ice cream with her friends after school. She wanted to get a banana split, but didn’t think she could eat it all by herself. How would she directly ask her friends to split it with her?
One of you need to split this with me.
Your sister is playing her music loudly while you are trying to do your homework. How might you tell her to turn it down indirectly.
"Could you please turn that down?" or "It's so hard to focus on my homework when music is playing"
Your at a friends house and are really thirsty. How would you directly ask for a glass of water?
Give me a glass of water.
Your friends car broke down and it needs to be fixed. How might you indirectly tell them to go to a mechanic?
"Why don't you get a mechanic to look at the car?" or "Maybe you need to take it to a mechanic"
Your tooth has been bothering you for days. How might your mother indirectly tell you to see the dentist?
"I think you might want to go to the dentist"
You forgot the code to you locker. How might you indirectly ask the front desk staff for the code?
Could you please tell me the code to my locker?
You spill water on your computer and it's broken. How would you directly ask for it to be fixed?
Fix my computer.
Send me the information.