Question

2. "Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn't a regular teacher. I () Who does they' refer to? (14) What does 'regular' mean here? (MI) What is it contrasted with?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) They refer to the students who studied in the old kind of schools centuries before the time the story is set in. (ii) Here, the 'regular' teacher refers to the mechanical teacher who teaches Tommy and Margie. ... The children in the story were taught by mechanical teachers.