20 real-life choices

Need, Want or It Depends?

Make a call for each situation. Then explain the fact that matters most. Some answers can change with context, so your reasoning matters more than guessing the “teacher answer.”

#Item / ScenarioNeedWantDependsWhat fact makes your answer make sense?
1Prescription asthma inhaler□□□
2School textbooks for the upcoming term□□□
3A ₹3,000 branded tracksuit with a designer logo□□□
4Home broadband connection during online school□□□
5An in-game skin for a multiplayer phone game□□□
6Monthly bus pass to commute to school□□□
7A second slice of chocolate cake at a bakery□□□
8Sturdy replacement shoes after your old ones tore□□□
9Smartphone for an 11-year-old child□□□
10Drinking water bottle on a hot summer afternoon□□□
11Noise-cancelling wireless gaming headphones□□□
12A bicycle for a student living 5 km from school□□□
13A gift for your grandmother's 70th birthday□□□
14Movie tickets on a Saturday evening with cousins□□□
15Notebooks and ballpoint pens for class notes□□□
16Premium streaming video subscription□□□
17Dental check-up for a painful tooth cavity□□□
18An autographed poster of a celebrity cricketer□□□
19A plain raincoat during the monsoon season□□□
20Buying chips every day from the school canteen□□□

Reflection: Context & Decision Making

Pick one situation where you chose Depends. What one fact would turn it into a clear Need? What one fact would turn it into a clear Want?