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Read the given extracts and answer the following questions in about one or two lines.
‘‘She nodded but did not reply. I did not understand and forget about it. In the night, after dinner, we were sleeping in the open terrace of the house. It was a summer night and there was a full moon.’’
(1) Who are ‘she’ and ‘I’ in the above extract ?
(2) What did ‘I’ forget about ?
(3) What was ‘she’ upset about ?
Ans. (1) ‘She’ is the grandmother and ‘I’ is the author.
(2) The author forgot about the grandmother’s crying.
(3) She was upset because she was not able to read.
‘‘I am touching the feet of a teacher, not my granddaughter.’’
(1) Who speaks the above line ?
(2) Why does the speaker touch the feet of the person much younger than her ?
(3) On whom did the speaker depend to read the magazines. ?
Ans. (1) The speaker is the narrator’s grandmother.
(2) The speaker touched the feet of the person much younger than her because she has taught her to read confidently and independently.
(3) The speaker depended on her granddaughter to read the magazine.
“For a good cause if you are determined, you can overcome any obstacle. I will work harder than anybody but I will do it. For learning there is no age bar.”
(1) What is the good cause the speaker is talking about ?
(2) What does hard work refer to ?
(3) What was the cause of this determination ?
Ans. (1) The good cause is to become literate and independent so that the grandmother is not dependent on any one to read out the story.
(2) Hard work refers to putting in a lot of efforts to learn to read and write.
(3) The cause of this determination was her helplessness in being able to read her favourite story.
“There was also a young orphan girl who falls in love but there was no money for the wedding. In the end, the old lady gives away all her savings without going to Kashi.”
(1) Who is the young orphan girl mentioned in the extract ?
(2) Why does the old lady give away all her savings without going to Kashi ?
(3) Find out a phrasal verb from the extract.
Ans. (1) The young orphan girl is the character in the novel, ‘Kashi Yatre’.
(2) The old lady gave away the money to the girl for her marriage.
(3) ‘Gives away.’
“My grandmother, Krishtaka, never went to school, so she could not read. Every Wednesday, the magazine would come and I would read next episode of this story to her. ”
(1) What magazine is referred to here ?
(2) Which story is referred to here ?
(3) Why did Krishtaka take interest in the story ?
Ans. (1) The magazine, is a weekly called ‘Karma Veera’.
(2) The story referred here is the story of an old woman in ‘Kashi Yatre’.
(3) Krishtaka took interest in the story because she identified herself with the protagonist of the story.
“Later, she could repeat the entire test by heart.”
(1) Who is the person referred to here as ‘she’ ?
(2) To what does the word ‘text’ refer here ?
(3) What does the speaker intend to do ?
Ans. (1) She is Sudha Murthy’s grandmother.
(2) The ‘text’ refers to the story of the episode.
(3) The speaker intends to tell that the grandmother was greatly fascinated with the episodes of the novel.
“We have always touched the feet of God, elders and teachers. We consider that as a mark of respect. It is a great tradition but today the reverse has happened. ”
(1) To which traditional Indian custom is the speaker referring to in the above ?
(2) What does the speaker consider as a mark of respect in the context of the story?
(3) What has happened now to this great Indian tradition ?
Ans. (1) The speaker is referring to the reverence to God, elders and teachers.
(2) The speaker considers a mark of respect to the gesture of the elderly student bowing at the feet of the young guru.
(3) We have now forgotten this great Indian tradition.
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How I taught my grandmother to read
Read the given extracts and answer the following questions in about one or two lines.
‘‘She nodded but did not reply. I did not understand and forget about it. At the night, after dinner, we were sleeping on the open terrace of the house. It was a summer night and there was a full moon.’’
(1) Who are ‘she’ and ‘I’ in the above extract?
(2) What did ‘I’ forget about?
(3) What was ‘she’ upset about?
Ans. (1) ‘She’ is the grandmother and ‘I’ is the author.
(2) The author forgot about the grandmother’s crying.
(3) She was upset because she was not able to read.
‘‘I am touching the feet of a teacher, not my granddaughter.’’
(1) Who speaks the above line?
(2) Why does the speaker touch the feet of a person much younger than her?
(3) On whom did the speaker depend to read the magazines. ?
Ans. (1) The speaker is the narrator’s grandmother.
(2) The speaker touched the feet of a person much younger than her because she has taught her to read confidently and independently.
(3) The speaker depended on her granddaughter to read the magazine.
“For a good cause, if you are determined, you can overcome any obstacle. I will work harder than anybody but I will do it. For learning, there is no age bar.”
(1) What is the good cause the speaker is talking about?
(2) What does hard work refer to?
(3) What was the cause of this determination?
Ans. (1) The good cause is to become literate and independent so that the grandmother is not dependent on anyone to read out the story.
(2) Hard work refers to putting in a lot of effort to learn to read and write.
(3) The cause of this determination was her helplessness in being able to read her favourite story.
“There was also a young orphan girl who falls in love but there was no money for the wedding. In the end, the old lady gives away all her savings without going to Kashi.”
(1) Who is the young orphan girl mentioned in the extract?
(2) Why does the old lady give away all her savings without going to Kashi?
(3) Find out a phrasal verb from the extract.
Ans. (1) The young orphan girl is the character in the novel, ‘Kashi Yatre’.
(2) The old lady gave away the money to the girl for her marriage.
(3) ‘Gives away.’
“My grandmother, Krishtaka, never went to school, so she could not read. Every Wednesday, the magazine would come and I would read the next episode of this story to her. ”
(1) What magazine is referred to here?
(2) Which story is referred to here?
(3) Why did Krishtaka take interest in the story?
Ans. (1) The magazine, is a weekly called ‘Karma Veera’.
(2) The story referred to here is the story of an old woman in ‘Kashi Yatre’.
(3) Krishtaka took interest in the story because she identified herself with the protagonist of the story.
“Later, she could repeat the entire test by heart.”
(1) Who is the person referred to here as ‘she’?
(2) To what does the word ‘text’ refer here?
(3) What does the speaker intend to do?
Ans. (1) She is Sudha Murthy’s grandmother.
(2) The ‘text’ refers to the story of the episode.
(3) The speaker intends to tell that the grandmother was greatly fascinated with the episodes of the novel.
“We have always touched the feet of God, elders and teachers. We consider that as a mark of respect. It is a great tradition but today the reverse has happened. ”
(1) To which traditional Indian custom is the speaker referring in the above?
(2) What does the speaker consider as a mark of respect in the context of the story?
(3) What has happened now to this great Indian tradition?
Ans. (1) The speaker is referring to the reverence for God, elders and teachers.
(2) The speaker considers a mark of respect to the gesture of the elderly student bowing at the feet of the young guru.
(3) We have now forgotten this great Indian tradition.
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