In Text Solutions for How I Tought My Garndmother to Read in Class 9 Subject English
Reflect and Respond
II. Read the questions given below and share your answer with your classmates and teacher.
1. Which language(s) do your grandparents or elderily relatives speak?
Answer: My grandparents speak Punjabi and Hindi. (any other as per your opinion or region)
2. How do they spend their time? How do you spend time with them?
Answer: They spend time reading newspapers, watching TV, and praying. I talk to them and help them with mobile phones. (any other reletive point).
3. What is your favourite experience with them?
Answer: My favourite experience is listening to their childhood stories. (any other reletive point).
4. What is something that the elderly in your family cannot do easily but they enjoy watching you do?
Answer: They cannot use smartphones easily but enjoy watching me use them. (any other reletive point).
Read the following passage. Match the highlighted words with their meaning given in the box below:
Answer:
Vocabulary (Matching)
(i) protagonist → 7. main character
(ii) debate → 4. discussion
(iii) episode → 5. part of a story
(iv) community → 3. people living in one particular area
(v) concentration → 6. focus
(vi) eagerly → 1. excitedly
(vii) convincing → 2. believable
(viii) guided → 1. directed
Check Your Understanding
Complete the cause and effect table given below based on part I of the story. Share your answer with classmates and teacher.
Answer: Cause–Effect Table
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1. Morning papers arrived late; weekly magazines one day late. | Everyone waited eagerly for the bus carrying papers and magazines. |
| 2. Grandmother never went to school. | She could not read herself. |
| 3. She was deeply interested in the story. | She discussed it with her friends. |
| 4. Narrator went to a wedding for a week. | Grandmother missed the story and cried. |
| 5. Grandmother never went to school. | She regretted not being educated. |
| 6. Grandmother regretted not going to school. | She decided to learn the Kannada alphabet. |