Question

Read the extract and answer the questions given below:-

Margie even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17 May 2157, she

wrote, ‘Today Tommy found a real book! It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather

once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time

when all stories were printed on paper. They turned the pages, which were yellow and

crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way

they were supposed to – on a screen, you know. And then when they turned back to the

page before, it had the same words on it that it had when they read it the first time.

1. What did Margie write in her diary?

2. Had Margie ever seen a book before?

3. They turned the pages. Who does ‘They’ refer to?

4. What was funny about the book?

5. What was the condition of the book and why?​

Answer 1

Answer: 1.Today Tommy found a real book!.it was a very old book

2.No, never

3.Margie and Tommy

4. To read words that were still without moving away

5.It was  a very old book.because Margie's grand father was a boy when printed books were there

Explanation:

Answer 2

1) Margie wrote about the old book of grandfather which Tommy has found.

2)Margie had never seen a book before .

3)They are referred to Margie and tommy.

4)The thing funny was that the words were still and weren’t moving how it moved on the computer screens.

5)The books pages were not in so good condition. It was yellow in color..The condition was bad as it was a very old book.



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