Question

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?

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?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) Tommy said these words.

(ii) 'It' refers to the television screen, on which you could read over a million books.

(iii) Tommy is comparing the television screen to the real books in earlier times in which words were printed on paper. He thought that after reading such books, one would have to throw them away. However, he would never have to throw away his telebooks.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1 Answer. (i) Tommy said these words. (ii) 'It' refers to the television screen, on which you could read over a million books. (iii) Tommy is comparing the television screen to the real books in earlier times in which words were printed on paper