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The - Living - Photograph (Questions and Answers)
The - Living - Photograph (Questions and Answers)
Exercise 1
Her sharp blue eyes look her own (5) ______________ in the eye.
Exercise 2
Complete the bridge map with the antonyms to the words given.
Exercise 3
Read the following statements and state whether they are “True” or “False”.
1. The persona recollects the memories of her grandmother as she looks at the photograph.
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2. The persona’s grandmother is still living with her.
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3. The grandmother seems to be a friendly and kind woman.
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4. The persona is three years old when her grandmother dies.
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5. The grandmother remains strong and healthy until her death.
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6. In the photograph, the grandmother will always be alive.
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Exercise 4
1. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
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2. Which line in the poem tells us the grandmother has become forgetful?
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3. The grandmother seems to be a friendly and kind woman.
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4. The persona is three years old when her grandmother dies.
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5. The grandmother remains strong and healthy until her death.
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6. Give one moral value one can learn from the poem.
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Exercise 5
Exercise 6
1. Sometimes an elderly member of the family is sent to a nursing home. Do you agree with this
practice? Provide your reason.
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2. If you were to take care of your grandmother for a day, what would you do to make her
experience an unforgettable one?
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Answers
Exercise 1
1. Shirt 5. Death
2. Skirt 6. True
3. Smile 7. Hunched
4. Holds 8. Soup
9. Awful 11. Three
10. Unthinkable 12. Living
Exercise 2
1. false
2. dull
3. remembered
4. Beautiful
Exercise 3
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
6. True
Exercise 4
Exercise 5 & 6
1. List two items ‘grandmother’ wears in the photo.
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b) _____________________________________________________________
2. What do you think the writer is referring to in the phrase ‘the awful place grandmothers go?
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3. Why do you think the writer’s ‘small grandmother’ is ‘tall’ in the photo?
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4. In the first stanza, what does the word there refer to?
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5. Which line tells you that the writer and her grandmother come from different ethnic
background?
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6. How old was the writer when the photo was taken?
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7. Why do you think the writer says that her grandmother is tall in the photo but later became
‘small’?
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8. Quote evidence from line 14 to line 16 that the photograph was taken a long time ago.
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10. How do these lines make you feel about photographs of people you love?
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Answers
1. a) pleated skirt
b) flat shoes/white broderie anglaise shirt
3. I think it is probably because the photo was taken when the writer’s grandmother was
younger. Her back was not rounded and hunched then, so she looked tall.
8. The persona says that the photograph was taken when he/she was three years old.
9. Wrinkled