Question

“ Sure, they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”

Who does ‘they’ refer to?
What does ‘regular’ mean here?
What is it contrasted with?

[The fun they had]​

Answer 1

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• ‘They’ refer to the people of the old times.
• Here, regular refers to the mechanical teacher then they had.
• It is contrasted with a normal teacher of earlier times, who was a living human being.

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Answer 2

Answer

1. Here 'they' referred to earlier times people or their ancestors.

2. Here 'regular' mean normal or usual kind means teacher of their ancestors was not regular or usual as their mechanical teacher.

3. It is contrasted with mechanical teacher.

Explanation:

In the story 'The fun they had' Tommy and Margie were talking about their ancestors of the old times when the children go to school and enjoy there while they were taught at home bu their mechanical teacher; which was so boring and ugly and was regular in teaching and giving tests, homework, etc.

Some New words meaning in chapter:

• awfully : unpleasantly

• plenty : enough

• patted : touched gently

• blanked : emptied

• loftily : highly

• hurt : offend

• dispute : quarrel

• screamed : laughed loudly

• nonchalantly : casually

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