Class 9 English Chapter 1 The Fun They Had

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Class 9 English Chapter 1 The Fun They Had

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The Fun They Had

Chapter – 1

BEEHIVE (PROSE)

TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

Thinking about the text:

Activity:

Calculate how many years and months ahead from now Margie’s diary entry is:

Ans. Now it is January 2024. Therefore, Margie’s diary entry is 133 years and 11 months ahead from now.

I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each:

Q.1. How old are Margie and Tommy?

Ans. Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old.

Q.2. What did Margie write in her diary?

Ans. Margie wrote in her diary “Today Tommy found a real book”.

Q.3. Has Margie ever seen a book before?

Ans. No, Margie had never seen a book before.

Q.4. What things about the book did she find strange?

Ans. Margie was surprised to see the yellow and crinkly pages. There were words. But when they turned back to the page before it had the same words. 

Q.5. What do you think a telebook is?

Or

What is a telebook?

Ans. A telebook is a book which appears on the screen of a television or computer.

Q.6. Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?

Ans. Margie’s school had a computer in her house. No, she did n’t have any classmates.

Q.7. What subject did Margie and Tommy learn?

Ans. Margie learnt geography and arithmetic and Tommy learnt history.

II. Answer the following with reference to the story.

Q.1. “I wouldn’t throw it away.”

(i) Who says these words?

Ans. These words are said by Tommy.

(ii) What does ‘it’ refer to?

Ans. ‘It’ here refers to the television. 

(iii) What is it being compared with by the speaker?

Ans.Television screen is being compared with the book by the speake.

Q.2. Sure they had a teacher, but it was not a regular teacher. It was a man.

(i) Who does ‘they’ refer to?

Ans. Here ‘They’ refers to the boys and girls. 

(ii) What does ‘regular’ mean here?

Ans. ‘Regular’ here means normal of the usual kind.

(iii) What is it contrasted with?

Ans. ‘It’ is contrasted with the mechanical  teacher.

(III) Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph. (about 30 words)

Q.1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

Ans. Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers. He taught them different subjects. He worked on the television screen. He gave a test and calculated the marks. He asked questions and gave them homework. It was to teach them at fixed hours.

Q.2. Why did Margie’s mother send it to the County Inspector?

Ans. Margie was not doing well at geography. Marhie’s mother called for the country inspector for help. After observing he informed Margie’s overall progress was quite satisfactory.

Q.3. What did he do?

Ans. The country Inspector was a little round man. He was called to test Margie’s progress in geography. After careful examination he said that Margie was quite all right. It was not her fault. The geography sector was a little too quick. He had solved it to suit a ten year kid. 

Q.4. Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the county Inspector do to help her?

Ans. Margie was doing badly at geography. It was not her fault. It was because the geography sector was a little too quick. He slowed it to an average ten years level. 

5. What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?

Ans. Once Tommy’s teacher was away for about one month. There was a History sector in the computer. By chance it had blanked out completely. So, Tommy did n’t do his work in history.

Q.6. Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?

Ans. Margie had regular days and hours for school. The time was quite fixed except for Saturday and sunday. It was because Mrs. Jones had a whim that the little girl learned betler than they learned at regular hours. 

Q.7. How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?

Ans. Regarding the old kind of school, Tommy describes that it was housed in a building. There the boys and the girls sat together. They studied together. They laughed and shouted in the school yard. At the end of the day they left for their houses collectively.

Q.8. How does Tommy describe the old kind of teachers?

Ans. Tommy describes that they were men in the real sense. They taught all the kids together. The teacher had to adjust to fit the mind of every student. Each kid had to be taught differently. 

V. Answer each of these questions in two or three paragraphs: (100-150 words)

Q.1. What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?

Ans. Margie and Tommy were getting education at home. They have reached the state where they have computers as their teachers. The old system of education with a building and men teachers are not present. It was the mechanical teacher who taught everything. 

The school rooms of Margie and Tommy were next to their room. The Mechanical teacher was always intime. The lessons were taken up regularly. The teacher could evaluate the assignment in no time. There was a slot in which homework was inserted regularly. They could tell how a child was performing but couldn’t never tell why the child was performing badly.

Q.2. Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?

Ans. Margie always hated school. The mechanical teacher was giving her test after test in geography and she was doing worse and worse. She was displeased with it, so she hated school.

Margie thought that the old kind of school that was there during the time of her grandfather’s grandfather was better than the one of her time. In old school kids of the entire neighbourhood gathered together and read in the same classroom. They came to the school courtyard laughing and shout-ing. Because they were taught the same thing by the human teacher they could help one another with the homework and talk about it. For these things of the old school Margie thought that the old school must have been fun.

Q.3. Do you agree with Margie that schools today are more fun than the school in the story? Give reasons for your answer.

Ans. Yes, I think that the schools today are more fun than the schools in the story. The following are the reasons that will justify why and how schools of today are more fun than the schools in the story.

The first reason is that schools today are held in buildings or buildings. Students gather and learn lessons together. Students of the same age are taught the same things. In the schools of today students meet each other and enjoy the company of fellow students. They are given the same homework and they can talk about it and help each other. Besides, in today’s schools lessons are taught by human teachers. Students may talk to the teacher and get answers to questions given in speech and words.

On the other hand, schools described in the story look strange. The classrooms are in the houses of the students. The mechanical teachers operated through punch code reflecting the lessons and questions and answers in the screen on its body. It cannot talk like a human teacher. Besides, the students are to learn alone in a small room and they miss the company of their fellow students. For these reasons schools of today are more fun than the schools in the story.

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