Q1: How old are Margie and Tommy?
Ans: Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen-year-old.
Q2: What did Margie write in her diary?
Ans. Margie wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!”.
Q3: Had Margie ever seen a book before?
Ans. No, Margie had never seen a book before.
Q4: What things about the book did she find strange?
Ans. She found it strange that the book had yellow and wrinkled pages. She also found it odd that the words on a page always remained the same as the first time they were read. Besides, the idea that someone would write a book about schools was itself strange for Margie.
Q5: What do you think a telebook is?
Ans. A telebook is displayed on the television screen and the text of a telebook is similar to a book.
Q6: Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?
Ans. Margie’s school was in her home itself, right next to her bedroom. No, she did not have any classmates.
Q1: “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?
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(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.
Q2: “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?
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(i) They refer to the students who studied in the old kind of schools centuries before the time the story is set in.
(ii) Here, 'regular' refers to the mechanical teachers that Tommy and Margie had.
(iii) The mechanical teacher is contrasted with the teacher of the earlier times, who was a human being.
Q1: What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
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Q2: Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?
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Q3: What did he do?
Ans. The County Inspector smiled at Margie , gave Margie an apple and started working on the mechanical teacher. He took it apart and then checked it.
Q4: Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector do to help her?
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Q5: What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?
Ans. Once, The history sector of Tommy’s teacher had blanked out completely.
Q6: Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?
Ans. Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school. This was because her mother believed that learning at regular hours helped little girls learn better. Her mechanical teacher was also on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday.
Q7: How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?
Ans. Tommy described an old kind of school as a special building where all kids studied together. There were hundreds of students studying and playing together. They used to shout and laugh together in an open yard.
Q8: How does he describe the old kind of teachers?
Ans. Tommy said that the old kind of teachers were men, who taught the students inside a special building. The teachers taught the children in groups and gave them homework and asked them questions.
Q1: What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?
Ans. The main features of the mechanical teachers that Margie and Tommy have are as follows:
Q2: Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?
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Q3: Do you agree with Margie that schools today are more fun than the school in the story? Give reasons for your answer.
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Q1: Find the sentences in the lesson which have the adverbs given in the box below.
Awfully, sorrowfully, completely, loftily, carefully, differently, quickly, nonchalantly
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Q2: Now use these adverbs to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
(i) The report must be read _____________ so that performance can be improved.
(ii) At the interview, Sameer answered our questions _____________ , shrugging his shoulders.
(iii) We all behave ________________ when we are tired or hungry.
(iv) The teacher shook her head ____________ when Ravi lied to her.
(v) I __________ forgot about it.
(vi) When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled ___________ and turned away.
(vii) The President of the Company is _____________ busy and will not be able to meet you.
(viii) I finished my work __________________ so that I could go out to play.
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(i) The report must be read carefully so that performance can be improved.
(ii) At the interview, Sameer answered our questions loftily, shrugging his shoulders.
(iii) We all behave differently when we are tired or hungry.
(iv) The teacher shook her head sorrowfully when Ravi lied to her.
(v) I completely forgot about it.
(vi) When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled nonchalantly and turned away.
(vii) The President of the Company is awfully busy and will not be able to meet you.
(viii) I finished my work quickly so that I could go out to play.
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