List of top English Questions on The Portrait of a lady

Have you known someone like the author’s grandmother? Do you feel the same sense of loss with regard to someone whom you have loved and lost?
Mention the three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.
Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.
Mention three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.
Mention the odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.
Mention the way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.
The author’s grandmother was a religious person. What are the different ways in which we come to know this?
Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?
Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.
Describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother. Did their feelings for each other change?
Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?
The word ‘hobble’ means to walk with difficulty because the legs and feet are in bad condition. Tick the words in the box below that also refer to a manner of walking. haggle shuffle stride ride waddle wriggle paddle swagger trudge slog
Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’.
1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit
2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.
Given below are four different senses of the word ‘tell’. Match the meanings to the uses listed above.
1. make something known to someone in spoken or written words
2. count while reciting
3. be sure
4. give information to somebody
Notice the following uses of the word ‘tell’ in the text.
1. Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary.
2. I would tell her English words and little things of Western science and learning.
3. At her age one could never tell.
4. She told us that her end was near.
How would you say ‘a dilapidated drum’ in your language?