she read books for/to her

[diamondcutter]

Jessica visited her grandma on May Day. Her grandma likes reading so she read books for her. She had a great time with her grandma.

Source: the listening test from the English test paper, senior high school entrance exams, Henan province, China, 2021.

In the second sentence, I think the preposition “for” should be changed to “to” because it was not that Jessica did her grandma’s work (reading books) for her but it was that Jessica read books for her grandma to listen to.

What do you say?

 

[Tarheel]

She read books to her. Yes.

(Her grandma wasn't doing the reading. Therefore, I'm not sure why they said her grandma likes reading.)

 

[emsr2d2]

It depends on what the writer means.

She read books to her = She read books aloud, in the presence of her grandmother, and her grandmother listened to her reading them.
She read books for her = Instead of her grandmother reading books, she read them. They don't even need to be together for this to happen.

 

[Tarheel]

In the second sentence, I think the preposition “for” should be changed to “to” because it was not that Jessica did her grandma’s work (reading books) for her but it was that Jessica read books for her grandma to listen to.

It was because of that paragraph that I responded the way I did in post #2.

 

[emsr2d2]

It was because of that paragraph that I responded the way I did in post #2.

I just wanted to make it clear what "for" would mean there.