Class-9 | Chapter-1 | The fun They Had.



The Fun They Had 

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The Fun They Had Short Question and Answer 


Q.1. How old are Margie and Tommy?

Ans:- Margie is eleven (11) and Tommy is thirteen (13) years old.

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

Ans:- Margie writes in her diary that “Today Tommy found a real book”.

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

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



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

Ans:- Margie found strange that the word printed on the book was still, the word did not move as they move on the computer screen she also found it strange that the words on a page always remind the same as the first time they were read.

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

Ans:- A telebook is displayed on the telebook screen with similar text like a book.


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

Ans:- Margie’s School was in her home itself, right next to her bedroom.
No, She did not have any classmates.

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

Ans:- Geography, history, and Arithmetic.  



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II. Answer the following with reference to the story.



Q.1. "I wouldn't through it away"

i) Who says these words?

Ans:- Tommy.

ii) What does "it" refer to?

Ans:- It refers to the television screen.

iii) What is it being compared with the speaker?

Ans:- The speaker is comparing the television screen to the real book of earlier.

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Q.2. "Sure they teacher, but it wasn't a regular teacher. It was a man."

i) Who does "they" refer to?

Ans:- They refer to the student who student in the old kind of school.

ii) What does "regular" mean here?

Ans:- Here regular refers to the mechanical teacher.

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iii) What is it contrasted with?

Ans:- The mechanical teacher is contrasted with the earlier teacher, who was a human being.


The Fun They Had Long Question and Answer 


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

Ans:- Margie and Tommy had a mechanical teacher. They were largely black and ugly and had a large black screen on which all the lessons were shown and questions were asked. This mechanical teacher had a fixed time in which the students had to put their homework and examination. They write their answer in punch code the mechanical teacher calculates the marks immediately.

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Q.2. Why did Margie's mother send for the County Inspector?

Ans:- Margie had been given many tests in geography by the mechanical teacher but there was no improvement in her performance marks went worse and worse. It is for this reason her mother sent for the County Inspector to find out the reason, because of which this was happening.

Q.3. What did he do?

Ans:- The county Inspector gave Margie an apple and started working on the mechanical teacher. Margie had hoped the inspector would not know how to put the mechanical teacher together again, but he managed to reassemble it he slowed down the geography sector of the mechanical teacher because it was geared a little too quick for an average ten years old.

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

Ans:- Margie was doing badly in geography because the geography sector of the mechanical teacher had been geared a little quick. The county Inspector rightly told her that she could not be blamed for her poor performance. "The county Inspector slowed down the geography sector of the mechanical teacher to an average of ten years. He also told that Margie's overall progress pattern was satisfactory.

Q.5 What had once happened to Tommy's teacher?

Ans:- Once the history sector of Tommy's teacher had blanked out completely.

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

Ans:- Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school.
This was because her mother believed that learning at regular hours helped the student learn better. Her mechanical teacher was also on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday.

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

Ans:- Tommy describes the old kind of school as a special building. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came here to learning, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard. they sitting together and going together at the end of the day. They learn the same thing so they could help one another with the homework and talk about it.

Q.8. How does he describe the old kind of teacher?

Ans:- Tommy descrives the old kind of teacher was men, who thought the students inside a special building. The teachers taught the students in groups and gave them homework and asked them questions.



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 schoolroom that Margie and Tommy have in the story?

Ans:- Both Margie and Tommy have mechanical teachers in Computer Screen. The mechanical teacher is kept in a room of the house and they can learn various individually by turning the button. They do never go to school for learning. They have no separate classrooms like schools to sit together with other children.

                                 They don’t require textbooks & exercise books like school children because their teacher has many telebooks. Their examination system is also quite different. They have to do homework in a different way too. Margie has to write her homework out in a punch code and the mechanical teacher calculated the marks in no time. In fact, the system, of Margie’s education is technologically advanced far from printed books.

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

Ans:- Margie hated school because of her mechanical teacher, who used to teach her in her room. She had to sit in that room alone to complete her homework or assignments. Margie hated the slot most, where she had to put her homework and test papers. The mechanical teacher gave her rest after test in Geography and she had been doing worse. So she hated it more than ever.

                                     She together that the old schools must have been fun because the students used to sit together in the classroom. They used to laugh and shout in the schoolyard in marry making. She longed for company because she fell alienated.

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

Ans:- It is on denying the fact that today’s school is more fun than the school in the story. The school described in the story has none but a mechanical teacher devoid of emotions and sentiments. The mechanical teacher can never understand the child’s psychology. It merely guides children in accordance with their adjusted modes. But today’s schools give emphasis on the overall development of a child by adopting various skills and methods. The schools pay attention to the formation of the personality of children, by imparting training in leadership, games & sports, politics and science. They are also given instruction to adapt to new surroundings & etc. The schools save children from the feelings of depression, alienation and segregation.


Additional Questions and Answers


Q.1. Who was Mrs. Jones?

Ans:- Mrs. Jones was Margie’s mother.

Q.2. What was the problem with the mechanical teacher?

Ans:- The mechanical teacher geared the Geography sector a little too quick.

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Q.3. What did the county inspector do?

Ans:- The county inspector showed the Geography sector up to an average of ten years level.

Q.4. Who had a teacher?

Ans:- The people who lived centuries ago had a teacher.

Q.5. What was the work of the teacher according to Tommy?

Ans:- According to Tommy, the teacher told things and gave the children homework. He also asked them questions.

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Q.6. How did the kids enjoy their school days?

Ans:- The kids used to enjoy their school days by laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the classroom.

Q.7. What did Margie think?

Ans:- Margie thought about the old school when her grandfather was a little child.

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Q.8. What did Margie do with a sigh?

Ans:- Margie put her homework into the slot of her mechanical teacher with a sigh.

Q.9. When did Margie write her diary?

Ans:- Margie wrote her diary on 17th May 2157 at night.







The fun they had Summary



Summary




                   Here the writer has tried to present a futuristic image of the world before the readers. The writer has presented before us the time of 2157. The writer even mentions a date from the diary of Margie. He has presented his idea with the help of two children Margie and Tommy.

                Tommy has found a real book that belonged to her grandfather's grandfather. Margie's grandfather had also once told her that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. In fact, the writer has tried to make us believe that in the future there will be no printed books and no schools. There will be schools that will teach the students online with the help of screens. At that time, the teacher will not be a human being but a mechanical one who will be flashing on the screen.

                  Margie and Tommy were sitting reading a book. Tommy had found it in his attic. Margie hates her mechanical teacher a lot. In fact her teacher is not a living being. Rather, he is an image that flashes on her screen in her study room. He gives her some instruction and she has to obey them. The teacher checks any problem in no time and tells her the result. Margie hates her geography teacher a lot. Her failure in geography had invited an inspector who tries to trace out the problem. He was a round little man with a red face. He found that nothing was wrong with the girl rather the screen was too fast for the girl. But Margie was disappointed at this because she was expecting the removal of the teacher.                      


Summary of the fun they had 



             When Tommy told him that the book was about schools, Margie got confused. She was unable to understand as what one could say about schools. She hated her school and her mechanical teacher a lot. Tommy told her that in the old days a person used to be a teacher who would teach all the students in a special building named school. Margie was surprised to hear that. They had not finished even half of the book when Margie's mother called her.

                       After that Margie went to her schoolroom which was next to her bedroom. There she found her mechanical teacher waiting for her. The mechanical teacher was going to teach her a lesson on arithmetic. It was about the addition of proper fractions. Margie had no interest in it. Margie was still thinking about the old schools where all the children of the neighborhood will come together tinder single roof to study. She was thinking about the fun that they had at the school





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