🌸 “How I Taught My Grandmother to Read”
📘🌟 WORKSHEET 🌟📘
Class: _______ Name: _______ Date: _______
🟡 Section A – Very Short Answer (1 mark each)
1. Who is the author of the story?
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2. Where did the narrator live?
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3. What was the name of the novel?
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4. Who wrote Kashi Yatre?
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5. What was the grandmother’s name?
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🟢 Section B – Fill in the Blanks (1 mark each)
6. The grandmother was ______ years old.
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7. The narrator went to a ______.
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8. The grandmother decided to learn the ______ alphabet.
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9. The festival set as a deadline was ______.
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10. The grandmother wanted to become ______.
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🔵 Section C – True / False (1 mark each)
11. The grandmother could read well.
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12. The narrator stayed away for a week.
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13. The grandmother was not interested in stories.
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14. The narrator taught her grandmother.
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15. The grandmother gave up learning.
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🟣 Section D – Match the Following (1 mark each)
| Column A | Column B |
| 16. Triveni | a) Festival |
| 17. Dassara | b) Grandmother |
| 18. Krishtakka | c) Writer |
| 19. Avva | d) Kannada word for mother |
| 20. Kashi Yatre | e) Novel |
👉 Answers:
16-___ 17-___ 18-___ 19-___ 20-___
🟠 Section E – Short Answer (2 marks each)
21. Why did the grandmother feel helpless?
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22. Why did she decide to learn reading?
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23. Who became her teacher?
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24. How did she learn to read?
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25. What did she do after learning to read?
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🔴 Section F – Long Answer (4 marks each)
26. Describe the learning journey of the grandmother.
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27. What message does the story give about education?
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🟤 Section G – Vocabulary
28. Ardent = __________
29. Savouring = __________
30. Independent = __________
🌟 BONUS SECTION (Thinking Skills)
31. Do you think learning has an age limit? Why?
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🎯✨ ANSWER KEY (Teacher Use)
- Sudha Murty
- Village in Karnataka
- Kashi Yatre
- Triveni
- Krishtakka
- 62
- Wedding
- Kannada
- Dassara
- Independent
- False
- True
- False
- True
- False
16-c, 17-a, 18-b, 19-d, 20-e
- She could not read
- To become independent
- Granddaughter
- By practice and hard work
- She read the book herself
- eager
- enjoying fully
- self-reliant
🌸✨ FINAL NOTE
👉 “Learning has no age limit.”