Question

Tommy looked at her with superior eyes. “Because it’s not our kind of school, . This is the old kind of school that they had hundreds and hundreds of years ago.” He added loftily, pronouncing the word carefully, “Centuries ago”.
1 What school is Tommy talking about?
2 Which word in the passage is the opposite of ‘inferior’?
3 What does word ‘centuries ago’ means?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Tommy is talking about the school that they had hundreds of years ago
2. superior
3. one century is 100 years, the word centuries ago means the kind of school they had was many years ago

Answer 2

Answer:

1. he is talking about his grandfather's grandfather

2. superior

3. 1 century =100 years centuries ago=many years than 100 years