Notice these expressions in the text. Injer their meaning from the copfexty | ——\-AYeN ar Lo - er yee 5 © the thought w: Imost revolting’ ¢ & veritable bedlam of chirrupings © anexpanse of pure while,set 1 of voto aa - ahd) suid YD the sagging skins of (he dilapidated $a turning-point te oping a ° epted her seclusion vith " . a Sein ae gp ort fot) 2 signal Ey xf} Ry om 4 gfandmother, was an old My grandmother, like everybody's for the twenty years woman, She had been old and wrink! that I had known her. People said that she had onee been young and pretty and had even had a hus pand, but that was, hard to believe. My grandfather's portrait hung above { a big turbanvand: | telp' in the drawing room. He wore loose-fitting clothes. His long, white Ean covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least}? hundred years old He did not look the sort of person who would have a wile or i children. He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of | joy grandehlldren. As for my grandmother being young and pretty, | ‘¢ thought was almost revolting. She olten told us of ( ames she used to play as a child. That seemed quite Sa SI | ind on her part and we treated it lily the, | of she used to tell us. ATR ‘ She had always been short and fat and st face was a 6riss-cross of wrinkles running froitr everywhere to everywhere. No, we were certain she had always bee as we had l za es J >canneu wit Valnsceen 4 juld nok have yon { ahie ¢ i fnown her, Old, nese ald iin’ supe JOP rye io, Obie older, and had alayed al tie wa Ce ys UY feautiful lil never have been pretty: Jontt ie, ylnite, iia nie Nesneh cy ibe olen telling ne al house Hy meni gea er a Bo bln die @ f the beads of her ronniy, Nyecr alg’ , a Fed se i nih en J¥ salle prayer, Yer, shew Mette Og pure white werentty expunne jin, an excpanse-OFP SF randscape in the mont 4A Npreathing peace a FA) My prandinother and |v with her when they went to live i the efly and We together, She tuned to yake we UP I the mornin ready for school. She watd ber morning, prayer ina 0 sing 40rd ‘while she bathed and dressed me tn the Rope tha Would listen and get to know Mt by hearts J listened because ved her volee bul never bothered to learn St. ‘Then she would foh she had already washed and Ae iy tiny carthen Ink-pot and a red hem all ina bundle and hand it to me. After a breakfast ver thick, stale chapalll vith a Hille butter and sugar spread on it, we went to school. She carried several stalé ghapattis with her for the village dogs. “aly My grandmother always went to school with me because the school was attached to the temp priest taught us the alphabet and the morning prayer, While the children sat in raws on either side of the verandah singing the alphabet or the apis y grandmother sat inside reading the . When we had both finished, we would wall back lage dogs would meet ust the temple 1, They followed us to o wit Pee fF oie, for the chapalite we three ta ies ens ‘When my parents were comfortably settled in the elty. they sent for us, Thal was a turning polnt in our friendship, Although school with me. 1 used to Bee no longer eae 0 bus, There, were no dogs tnt ee eae ne p paw In the soup of our city bou: a took to feeding \s eyed " 4a . : time she continued to ee SAT eae olnicr euieaur Wr ne continued to wale ni UP and get me ready for school. came back she would ask me what the teacher had ¢ what the teacher He oe >carneu wit VainSce re yutn Sricnids, Ay paren !LESSON — 1 THE PORTRAIT OF LADY By: KHUSHWANT SINGH Guided by — Sunil Kumar — PGT — ENGLISH DATED - 22:06!2021 Que.1 What was revolting about the grandmother? areca Ans. It was revolting and incredible’ about the grandmother that once she was young and pretty and also had a husband - The author believed that she had been always as old as she appeared . She could have only grandsons and granddaughters . Que. 2 How did the grandmother appear ? Ans. She was 80 years old. She was short and fat and her back had a ee bent ). Her face was a criss cross of wrinkles . She kept a rosary in her hand and used to chant the prayers . Her lips always used to sing prayers and "eee (bhajans) Wage fect face was an expanse ( stretch )o ‘Serenity ( peace ) a t (satisfaction) aie eae How did she help her grandson every morning? Que. 3 Ans. She aroused him early in the morning . She helped him to be ae She used give her a breakfast of stale chapatti ready for the school . The with a little butter and sugar. Then used to go school . grandmother used to read seri the temple which was ed come back together. i ‘o the school . Then both us adjacent OCANNEU WIL Ualloce