Ncert class 9 THE FUN THEY HAD
Issac Asimov
1. ‘Today Tommy found a real book.’
a. Who is the speaker? How do you think is Tommy related to the speaker?
b. What is the mood of the speaker when she refers to the real book?
c. Why was the thought of a real book weird to the speaker?
d. How was the real book different from the book that they had used?
2. ‘They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month…’
a. Who were they? Where had they taken Tommy’s teacher?
b. Why was the teacher taken away?
c. Enlisting two differences between Tommy’s teacher and your teachers, justify whom would you prefer?
3. “A man isn’t smart enough Sure he is. My father knows as much as my teacher”
a. Who said this to whom?
b. Why did the speaker think that “My father knows as much as my teacher”?
4. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen. She said, “Where did you find it?” “In my house.” He pointed without looking, because he was busy reading. “In the attic.”
(a) Margie was ………. years old.
(b) Tommy had seen more telebooks than Margie. (True/False)
(c) Tommy didn’t look up to answer Margie’s question because ………….
(d) ………. is the word in the above lines which means the same as ‘the space or room at the top of a building?’
5. Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector.
(a) Margie had been performing badly especially in …………..
(b) The teachers at Margie’s school were ……………..
(c) With the passage of time Margie started liking her school. (True/False)
(d) The word in the passage which is opposite of the word ‘gladly’ is
6. All the kids from the whole neighbourhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They learned the same things, so they could help one another with the homework and talk about it.
(a) Margie seems to be engrossed in the thoughts of ………….
(b) Margie has actually travelled into the future. (True/False)
(c) All children used to have a good time in, the …………..
(d) Find a word from the extract that is similar in meaning ‘to give assistance to’.
Answers
Explanation:p
1.a. Margie is the speaker. Tommie is Margie's brother who had found a real book in the world of ebooks instead of textbooks.
b.The speaker is surprised by seeing a real book . Her mood is full of excitement for reading the book .
c. The thought of real book to the speaker is very weird as she have never ever in her life law a real book in which letters where printed. She has always saw ebooks instead of ebooks.
d. The real book had yellow wrinkled pages in which letters were printed and they have to turn the pages to read the book . It was totally different from the d book as
the book have various books in it in which they have to put their homework in a selective slot .
2. a. and b.(same answer)They were county inspectors who had taken Tommy's teacher away for nearly a month .Tommy's teacher have taken away for a month to repair the damages that have occurred in it.
c. Tommy's teacher were technical but our teachers are human . Tommy's teacher teach on computer ,his teacher was attached in his room . He didn't go to school with other students to study. Whereas our teachers have a specific building were all the students go to study . We enjoy with our classmates , and study together do homeworks together and also help each other. I would prefer that my school is best than Margie and Tommy because it is very fun to study together and e learnings are sometimes hectic.
3. a. 'a man isn't smart enough ' Margie told this to tommy.
b. the speaker told that his grandfather know as much as teacher as because his grandfather was in ancient times were real books were used instead of e books.
4.a. 11
b.true
c.he was busy in reading book.
d.attic
5.a. geography
b.mechanical teacher
c.false
d.sorrowfulky
6. a.old school
b.true
c.past