ReadOasis Step 2

We all have something to say. A boy likes a girl, and so he says, “I like you!” A traveller gets lost, so he asks a stranger, “Can you show me the way?” A woman sees a man walk in front of a bus, and she shouts, “Watch out!” A little girl is hungry, and she says, “Daddy, when is dinner?” A child falls into a river and cries out, “Help me!”

Words help us survive. As children, we learn the words we need. Our parents and friends naturally use the most important words, and...