CLASS 9
THE FUN THEY HAD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The old book is nonfiction.
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The old book is harder to read.
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The old book is printed on paper.
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The old book changes each time it is read.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Tommy found a real book in the attic of his house. The book was at least two hundred years old so pages had turned yellow and crinkly. It was a different from the books Margie and Tommy were used to because they had teiebooks to read from while the book Tommy found was printed on paper.
Detailed explanation-2: -The book that Tommy found was an old, real book which belonged to his grandfather’s grandfather. It had crinkly, yellow pages whereas, Tommy’s books were telebooks by mechanical teachers i.e., computers. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-3: -Margie was so excited to know that Tommy had found a ‘real’ book which was unlike the on-screen books the two were used to reading, that she recorded the discovery in her diary. As she turned the yellow and crinkly pages of the book with Tommy, she found it awfully funny to read it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tommy describes the old kind of teachers as living human beings who did not live in the house. Instead, they taught the students in a special building. They taught the children in groups and gave them homework.
Detailed explanation-5: -Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers. These teachers were basically large black screens on which the lessons were shown and questions were asked. These teachers were adjusted according to the age and potential of the student concerned. They had a slot in which the students had to put their homework and test papers.