How I Taught My Grandmother to Read
Class 9 · English · 33 Questions
Complete the given word web. Why is it important to learn how to read and write?
Which language(s) do your grandparents or elderly relatives speak?
How do they spend their time? How do you spend time with them?
What is your favourite experience with them?
What is something that the elderly in your family cannot do easily but enjoy watching you do?
Read the following passage. Match the highlighted words with their meanings given in the box below.
Do you think the narrator expected to see her grandmother in tears when she returned to the village? If yes, why? If no, why not?
How might the narrator help her grandmother to fulfil her desire to learn to read and write?
The grandmother wanted to learn the Kannada alphabet to gain independence.
The grandmother asked someone in the village to read Kashi Yatre to her while the narrator was away.
The narrator was the grandmother's first teacher and taught her how to read Kannada.
The grandmother believed that there was no age limit for learning.
The grandmother touched the narrator's feet as a mark of respect for her as a teacher.
The narrator was disappointed with the progress her grandmother made in learning to read.
Why do you think the grandmother felt embarrassed to ask someone else to read to her while the narrator was away?
Why does the narrator initially laugh at her grandmother's determination to learn at the age of sixty-two?
What significance does the story of Kashi Yatre have in both the grandmother's life and the story?
What does the grandmother's desire to learn the Kannada alphabet reflect about her?
What lessons can we infer from the grandmother's action of touching the narrator's feet?
What does the following line tell us about the broader theme of the story? 'For a good cause if you are determined, you can overcome any obstacle.'