CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE FUN THEY HAD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘They’ in the title ‘The Fun They Had’ refers to:
A
Margie and Tommy
B
The classmates of Margie
C
The students of the past
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer – They refer to the students who studied in the old kind of schools centuries before the time the story is set in.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The title “The Fun They Had” is appropriate. The children of the future are taught separately and individually at home by a mechanical teacher. They find an old book from which they learn that how the schools of past were different. All the children go to a common school laughing and enjoying.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Fun They Had – Title Tommy and Margie find an old book and learn how the schools were different in the past from their time and how much fun the children studying in those school had. It also gives us a glimpse of future education.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation of the above Passage: The author ends the story with the title of the chapter ‘The Fun They Had’. (The fun the students had when they went to real schools). Margie is just thinking about the kids of the past who went to school and enjoyed studies.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: Margie’s school was a virtual school in her house. She didn’t have classmates the way present day children have. At present children go to physical schools where they interact with real teachers and real classmates.

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