THE FUN THEY HAD

Class 9 'BEEHIVE' english textbook lesson no.1 question answers .

(i) Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each .

1. How old are Margie and Tommy ? 

Ans : Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old.

2. What did Margie write in her diary ? 

Ans : Margie wrote in her diary "Today Tommy found a real book !" 

3. Had Margie ever seen a book before ? 

Ans : No,Margie had never seen a book before.

4. What things about the book did she find strange ? 

Ans : The things about the book that she found strange were : 

a. The pages of the book were yellow and crinkly .

b. The words stood still instead of moving.

c. When they turned back to the previous page,it still had the same words on it that it had when they first read it.

5.What do you think a telebook is ? 

Ans : I think the telebook must be a book that gets displayed on the screen of the television.

6. Where was Margie's school ? Did she have any classmates ?

Ans : Margie's school was next to her bedroom.No,she did not have any classmates.

7. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn ? 

Ans : Margie and Tommy learnt Geography,History and Arithmetic.

(ii) Answer the following with reference to the story.

1. "I wouldn't throw it away."

i. Who says these words ? 

ii. What does 'it' refer to ? 

iii. What is it being compared with by the speaker ? 

Ans : i. Tommy says these words.

ii. 'it' refers to the books.

iii. The paperback book is being compared with the telebooks by the speaker.

2. "Sure they had a teacher,but it wasn't a regular teacher.It was a man." 

i. Who does 'they' refer to ? 

ii. What does 'regular' mean here ? 

iii. What is it contrasted with?

Ans : i. 'They' refers to the students centuries ago.

ii. 'Regular' means the usual for the peole in 2157.Here,regular teacher means the mechanical teacher.

iii. The mechanical teacher is contrasted with humans as teachers of earlier times.

(iii) Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).

1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have ? 

Ans : Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers.The mechanical teachers had big screens on which all the lessons were shown and questions were asked.The children were taught through computer and television screens.They did not have humans as teachers.

2. Why did Margie's mother send for the Country Inspector ? 

Ans : Margie's mother sent for the country inspector because the mechanical teacher of margie was not functioning properly.It kept giving margie Geography tests and margie was performing worse every time.Margie's mother was concerned and thus sent for the country inspector.

3. What did he do ? 

Ans : The country inspector smiled at margie and gave her an apple.He took the mechanical teacher apart from her.Then he fixed and mechanical teacher.He told margie's mother that the Geography sector of the mechanical teacher was geared a little too quick and that he has slowed it up to an average ten-year level.

4. Why was margie doing badly in Geography ? What did the country inspector do to help her ? 

Ans : Margie was doing badly i Geography because the questions that were displayed on the screen of the mechanical teacher were too quick for her age.

         The country inspector slowed its speed to an average ten-year level so that margie would be able to perform satisfactorily.

5. What had once happened to Tommy's teacher ? 

Ans : Tommy's teacher had to be taken away altogether for a month as the history sector had blanked out completely.

6. Did margie have regular days and hours for school ? If so,why ? 

Ans : Yes,margie had regular days an hours for school because margie's mother belived that little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours.

7. How does Tommy describe the old kind of school ? 

Ans : Tommy says that the old kind of school had special buildings.All the kids went to that building for studying.

8. How does he describe the old kind of teachers ? 

Ans : He tells margie that the old kind of teachers were humans instead of machines.The human teacher would educate the boys and girls and give them homework and ask questions.

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