Class 9 English The Fun They Had Long Answer Type Questions with Answer
Class 9 English The Fun They Had Long Answer Type Questions with Answer
Class 9 English The Fun They Had Long Answer Type Questions with Answer
Appreciating the Text
Answer the following questions in about 60 words :
Question 1. Describe the old type of books and compare them with the books Margie and Tommy had on their television screen.
Answer – Old type of books were books that were printed on paper. Words printed on them remained the same and they stood still. Turn the page over and you will find the same words printed there as you read before. After reading them, the books became useless as Tommy says. But the books Margie and Tommy had on their television screen could be moved. There could be millions of books or even more on the television screen.
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Question 2. Who were ‘old teachers’? Where and how did they teach students?
Answer – Old teachers were men. They were not computers. They had special buildings where they taught the students. These buildings were called schools. Children from the whole neighbourhood reached there and sat together in the schoolroom. The teacher taught them new things and gave them homework. The teacher asked them questions. The children learnt the same things. They helped each other with the homework and talked about it.
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Question 3. How was Margie taught? Give some examples too.
Answer – Margie’s school was in her house right next to her bedroom. She had the mechanical teacher that taught her. The mechanical teacher was a computer. The mechanical teacher gave her tests. There was a slot where she had to put her homework and test papers. Saturday and Sunday were off.
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Question 4. What did Margie think about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy?
Answer – The thinking of books on paper was quite new for Margie. Those old schools had been when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the children from whole neighbourhood came to school. There they laughed and shouted in the schoolyard. They studied the same things taught by men teachers. At the end of the day they went back home together. Children talked about what they had learnt and helped one another with the homework.
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Question 5. Write a Character Sketch of Tommy.
Answer – Tommy is a thirteen years old boy. He represents the students of future era when education will be totally mechanised. He plays an important role in the story because he is the one who finds the book in the attic of his house.
He is very curious about the book because the book is about the school of past. He starts to read the book as soon as he discovers it. He does not like the idea of old printed book.
Tommy is quite commanding by nature. He is also obedient by nature and responds to Margie’s mother call to attend the school.
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