CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE FUN THEY HAD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does the speaker consider ‘waste’ in the line “what a waste”?
A
Typing homework in punch code
B
Paying for the price of a book
C
Electricity consumption by telebooks
D
Throwing away the book after reading it
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Explanation: Tommy called it as a waste because when he discovered it he started reading it and after that he find that the pages where not much interesting as the words were not moving as like on the mechanical teacher.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Explanation: Speaker is margie. the book of grandfather is referred as waste.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tommy thought that the old books were a waste because the words stood still and did not run. He also thought that they were a big waste because they could not be reused like the screen of their mechanical teacher.

Detailed explanation-4: -Passage: “Gee, ” said Tommy, “what a waste.

Detailed explanation-5: -(d) Why did Tommy find the book a “waste”? Answer: Unlike their telebooks, the words on the page stayed the same and did not change. He felt when one was through with the book, one would just throw it away.

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