NCERT Solutions Kaveri Chapter 1 How I Taught My Grandmother to Read — Reflect and Respond

Complete the given word web.

Read the questions given below and share your 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? Why is it important to learn how to read and write?

Read the following passage. Match the highlighted words with their meanings given in the box below. The casting for the (i) protagonist of our school’s annual play was done after a lot of (ii) debate as many good actors had auditioned for the role. We had decided to present an (iii) episode from an inspirational story. It was a life story of a group of children who worked with the (iv) community to spread literacy. Every day, we reached school early to practise with (v) concentration. We waited (vi) eagerly for the final presentation. All of us played our roles in a very (vii) convincing manner as our theatre teacher had (viii) guided us well.