EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
30/07/2021 CLASS-9 SESSION2021-22(SLOT-1)
ENGLISH
Chapter-1
The Fun They Had
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watch :The Fun They Had
I.Answer the
following questions:-
Question 1.How old are Margie and Tommy?
Answer:Margie is
eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old.
Question 2.What did Margie write in her diary?
Answer:Margie wrote in
her diary. “Today, 17 May, 2157, Tommy found a real book.
Question 3.Had Margie ever seen a book before?
Answer:No, Margie had
never seen a book before.
Question 4.What do you think a telebook is?
Answer:A telebook is
displayed on the television screen and the text of a telebook is similar to a
book.
Question 5.Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any
classmates?
Answer:Margie’s school
was near her own bedroom. She did not have any classmate.
Question 6.What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
Answer:Margie learnt
Geography and Mathematics. Tommy learnt History and Mathematics.
II.Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30
words).
Question 1.What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
Answer:Margie and
Tommy had mechanical teachers. They were taught on computers and television
screens. They didn’t have a living person as a teacher who would teach the
pupils in a classroom.
Question 2.Why did Margie’s mother send for the County
Inspector?
Answer:Margie’s mother
sent for the County Inspector because the mechanical teacher was not
functioning efficiently. It had been giving her test after test in geography
and she had been doing worse and worse.
Question 3.What did he do?
Answer:He slowed down
the mechanical teacher’s speed upto an average ten-year level. The mechanical
teacher’s speed was controlled and adjusted according to the IQ level of
Margie.
II.Now use these adverbs to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
I. The report must be read carefullyso that performance can be improved.
II.
At the interview, Sameer answered our questions loftily shrugging
his shoulders.
III.
We all behave differentlywhen we are tired or hungry.
IV.
The teacher shook her head sorrowfullywhen Ravi lied to
her.
V.
I completely forgot about it.
VI.
When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled nonchalantly
VII.
and turned away.
VIII.
The President of the Company is awfully busy and will not
be able to meet you.
IX.
I finished my work quickly so that I could go out to
play.
III. Make adverbs from these adjectives.
I.
Angry — angrily
II.
Happy — happily
III.
Merry — merrily
IV.
Sleepy — sleepily
V.
Easy — easily
VI.
Noisy — noisily
VII.
Tidy — tidily
VIII.
Gloomy — gloomily
