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12 examples

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I have three assignments due tomorrow: help me start

Tomorrow I need to submit [assignments with deadlines]. I have [available time] tonight and must stop at [time]. Here is what is already done and what is still unclear: [list]. Help me estimate the remaining work, choose a realistic order and break the first assignment into a 15-minute starting task. Include a break and a final submission check. If it cannot all fit, help me draft an honest question to my teacher rather than promise an impossible plan.

Make it yours: Include fixed commitments and realistic estimates, not just subject names.

A useful follow-up

The first task took 30 minutes longer. Show what to reprioritise and which deadline I need to discuss.

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Check my French homework without doing it for me

Here are the French exercise instructions, my answers and the grammar rules from class: [text]. I am at [level]. Mark which answers need another look but do not immediately replace them. For the first mistake, explain the relevant rule and ask me to try again. Separate grammar errors from vocabulary I have not learned. After I revise, give two new short practice sentences testing the same rule.

Make it yours: Include your answers and the instructions so feedback matches the exercise.

A useful follow-up

Ask me to explain why my corrected answer is right, then test the rule in a different sentence.

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Turn my teacher's essay comments into a revision checklist

Read my essay draft, rubric and teacher comments. Turn the comments into a prioritised checklist showing the affected paragraph, what I should change and why. Separate missing evidence from unclear explanation and grammar. Quote only the relevant supplied comment; do not guess what an unclear mark means. Ask me a question to help improve the weakest paragraph myself. Do not rewrite the whole essay for submission.

Make it yours: Remove your name and include the feedback alongside the draft.

A useful follow-up

Here is my revised paragraph. Check whether it addresses the teacher's comment and point out what still needs my attention.

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Help me prepare five questions to ask my teacher

I am stuck on this assignment: [instructions]. Here is my attempt and where I got confused: [attempt]. Help me separate what I can try now from what needs the teacher's clarification. Write up to five specific questions, each mentioning the relevant instruction or step. Avoid asking the teacher to explain the whole course or pretending I have done work I have not done.

Make it yours: Show the exact sentence or problem step that is confusing you.

A useful follow-up

The teacher answered [answer]. Help me choose the next small step and check that I understood the clarification.

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Why did I get this percentage calculation wrong?

I am learning percentage change at [level]. Here is the homework question, our class method and my working: [work]. Locate the first unsupported step, check which number I used as the base and ask me one question. Give a hint rather than the final answer and wait. After I repair it, ask me to explain why the base value matters.

Make it yours: Include your attempt, not only the question.

A useful follow-up

Give me a similar increase-or-decrease problem with different numbers and no solution yet.

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What exactly do I need to hand in for this school project?

Explain this uploaded project assignment and rubric in plain language for [level]. Make a checklist of what I must hand in, deadlines, file requirements and assessment criteria. Flag ambiguous instructions rather than inventing rules. Help me draft three specific clarification questions for my teacher. Do not produce the project itself.

Make it yours: Remove names and school identifiers.

A useful follow-up

Turn the confirmed requirements into a checklist I can use before submission.

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Help me outline my book review from my own reading notes

My book review assignment is [instructions], my book is [title and author], and these are my own notes and tentative view: [notes]. Ask me what I want to argue, then help organise my points into a review outline with evidence from supplied extracts. Separate plot summary from my evaluation. Do not invent quotations, page numbers or submission-ready paragraphs.

Make it yours: State the course's permitted AI use and include the assignment criteria.

A useful follow-up

Which judgement in my outline needs a concrete example from the book?

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Practise asking directions in Spanish for my speaking homework

Role-play someone giving directions in Spanish at [level]. I need to reach [place] from [starting point]. Use this vocabulary from class: [list]. Ask one question at a time and wait for my reply. After my answer, correct one important error briefly. Include asking someone to repeat a direction and checking I understood, without giving me a complete script to memorise.

Make it yours: Say whether you will use voice mode or type your answers.

A useful follow-up

Try a new route and revisit the mistake I repeated.

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Quiz me on the water cycle from my geography notes

Use only my uploaded geography notes about the water cycle at [level]. Ask questions about the stages, why they happen and what changes in the given examples. Ask one at a time, wait for my answer and explain any gap with a note reference. Flag unclear diagrams instead of adding unsupported facts. After five questions tell me which page to study next based on my answers.

Make it yours: Include the scope of the test and time available.

A useful follow-up

Ask a new application question about the stage I found hardest.

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Explain electric circuits using an analogy, then check I understand

I do not understand current and voltage in my school circuit lesson at [level]. Here are our class definitions: [notes]. Use a familiar analogy, then explain exactly where it differs from an electric circuit. Ask me to predict a simple paper circuit example and wait for my reasoning. Keep this to conceptual learning; do not suggest building or testing mains electrical circuits.

Make it yours: Say what you already understand and include the circuit diagram if relevant.

A useful follow-up

Now explain the same idea without the analogy and ask me to distinguish current from voltage.

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Fit homework around football practice and my weekend job

Help plan my school week using these assignments and deadlines [list], football practice [times], weekend job [times] and other fixed commitments [times]. My available study blocks are [times] and estimated task lengths [estimates]. Leave breaks and catch-up time. Identify deadlines that cannot fit instead of filling every minute. Give me a first 15-minute task to start today.

Make it yours: Include sleep and travel as fixed constraints.

A useful follow-up

Replan after [task] took twice as long without removing all breaks.

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Does this article really support the claim in my essay?

Compare this sentence from my school essay [sentence] with this supplied article extract [extract, title, date and link]. Identify what is supported, overstated or absent, including population and period. Suggest how I could narrow the claim in my own words and tell me which details to check in the original. Do not fabricate a reference or assume the whole article agrees with one excerpt.

Make it yours: Provide the real source rather than a citation generated by AI.

A useful follow-up

Ask me to explain the evidence before suggesting a revision.

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