The Fun they had Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Q.1. In the chapter, The Fun They Had, Where did Tommy find the book?
(a) In his study room
(b) In the playground
(c) In his school
(d) In the attic

Correct Answer is Options (d)
Tommy told Margie that he had found the book in the attic of his house when she asked him where he got the book from.

Q.2. Which subject did Margie face problems in learning?
(a) Geography
(b) History
(c) Mathematics
(d) Science

Correct Answer is Options (a)
Margie had problems with learning Geography from her mechanical teacher.

Q.3. Whose father knew as much as a teacher?
(a) Blair
(b) Evelyn
(c) Margie
(d) Tommy

Correct Answer is Options (d)

Q.4. How much time was taken to repair Tommy’s teacher?
(a) 15 days
(b) 20 days
(c) 25 days
(d) One month

Correct Answer is Options (d)

Q.5. According to Tommy, the real book was
(a) Wrong
(b) Boring
(c) A waste
(d) Fiction

Correct Answer is Options (c)

Q.6. To which world does the story take the readers?

(a) Future world where computers will play a major role
(b) Past world
(c) Present World
(d) A future world where humans will play a major role

Correct Answer is Options (a)

Q.7 Who was the regular teacher who taught the lessons?
(a) Who teaches
(b) Human teacher
(c) Computer teacher
(d) Mechanical robot teacher who teaches Margie and Tommy

Correct Answer is Options (d)

Q.8. In the chapter, The Fun They Had, why were the two children surprised to know that once children were taught different subjects by human teachers?
(a) Because humans were mechanical teachers.
(b) Human teaching the children was an offensive crime.
(c) Because humans were not mechanical teachers.
(d) Human beings were not allowed to teach.

Correct Answer is Options (c)
The prose being set in future portrays the digital world where books no longer existed and people studied from mechanic screens. Therefore, there were no human teachers for centuries since the time books became extinct. Hence, they have never seen or heard of human teaching children in schools.

Q.9. In the chapter, The Fun They Had, which date has been mentioned in her diary by Margie?
(a) 15th May 2156
(b) 17th May 2158
(c) 17th May 2157
(d) 15th May 2157

Correct Answer is Options (c)
The day Tommy found a book, Margie recorded the date in her diary where she wrote 17 May 2157.

Q.10. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
(a) Geography
(b) Science
(c) Mathematics
(d) All of these

Correct Answer is Options (d)

Fill in the Blanks

Q1: Margie's grandfather once said that there was a time when all stories were printed on ____.

Ans: paper

Q2: Tommy found a ___ book in the attic.

Ans: real

Q3: Margie's mechanical teacher gave her test after test in ____.

Ans: geography

Q4: Margie had to write her homework and test papers in a punch code she learned when she was ____ years old.

Ans: six

Q5: The Inspector adjusted the geography sector to an average ____ level.

Ans: ten-year

True or False

Q1: Margie loved school.

Ans: False

Q2: Tommy found a million books in the attic.

Ans: False

Q3: Margie's mother never intervened in her education.

Ans: False

Q4: Margie hoped the Inspector would take away the mechanical teacher.

Ans: True

Q5: Margie was happy when the Inspector adjusted the geography sector.

Ans: False

Match the Following

Ans:

Margie's feelings about school- Hated School
Tommy's Age- Thirteen
Margie's Age- Eleven
Tommy's Discovery- A real book
The Inspector's action- Adjusted the geography sector