UNIT - 1 - The Fun they had ENGLISH - UNIT - 1 - The Fun they had

(ever, worse, giving, now)

Margie always hated school, but …………a………. she hated it more than ………..b……….. . The mechanical teacher had been ………..c……….. her test, after test in geography and she had been doing ………..d………. .

Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighbourhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They learned the same things, so they could help one another with the homework and talk about it.And the teachers were people ……………
The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen:“When we add fractions 1/2 and 1/4…………” Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.

Questions :
Q.1. In old schools, students ……………
A. were very naughty.
B. sat together in a schoolroom to learn.
C. came to school and left for home together.
D. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’
Q.2. Students in old schools ……………….
A. learnt the same things.
B. could help one another with the homework.
C. could exchange their views.
D. All of these three
Q.3. Margie was ……………….. with her mechanical teacher.
A. in the schoolyard. B. in her studyroom.
C. in the schoolroom D. None of these three

He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart. Margie had hoped he wouldn't know how to put it together again, but he knew how all right, and, after an hour or so, there it was again, large and black and ugly, with a big screen on which all the lessons were shown and the questions were asked. That wasn't so bad. The part Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers.
Questions:
Q.1. What kind of man was the County Inspector ?
A. round with a red face.
B. square with a white face.
C. short and bald.
D. having full hair.
Q.2. Which part of the mechanical teacher was most hated by Margie ?
A. screen of it
B. slot to submit work
C. speakers
D. body of it

Margie even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17 May 2157, she wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!” It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to – on a screen, you know. And then when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time.
Questions:
Q.1. Who is the writer of the story?
A. Oscar Wilde
B. James Kirkup
C. Ruskin Bond
D. Isaac Asimov
Q.2. What surprised the children when they saw the book?
A. It was printed on paper.
B. It was quite old.
C. It was crinkly.
D. It had yellow pages.

“Gee,” said Tommy, “what a waste.” When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away. “Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen. She said, “Where did you find it?” “In my house.” He pointed without looking, because he was busy reading. “In the attic.” “What’s it about?” “School.”
Questions:
Q.1. How old were Margie and Tommy?
A. 11, 13 years
B. 10, 12 years
C. 13, 11 years
D. 11, 12 years
Q.2. Why does Tommy consider the real book a waste?
A. It is yellow and crinkly
B. It is thrown away once it is used.
C. It has old knowledge.
D. It is not updated.

Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.” Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the county inspector. He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart.
Questions:
Q.1. Why did Margie’s mother call for the county inspector?
A. Her daughter hated studies.
B. Her daughter’s mechanical teacher was not functioning.
C. Her daughter was doing badly in geography.
D. Her daughter was scornful about school.
Q.2. Margie hoped that the county inspector would fail to put the teacher together again.
A. True
B. False

“I’ve slowed it up to an average ten-year level. Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.” And he patted Margie’s head again. Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely.
Questions:
Q.1. Who is ‘I’ in the passage?
A. Isaac Asimov
B. County Inspector
C. Mrs. Jones
D. Tommy
Q.2. What did the county inspector do with the Geography sector?
A. i and iii
B. i, ii and iv
C. ii, iii and iv
D. i, ii and iii

What subject did Margie and Tommy learn ?

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

What do you think a telebook is ?

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

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

He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart. Margie had hoped he wouldn’t know how to put it together again, but he knew how all right, and, after an hour or so, there it was again, large and black and ugly, with a big screen on which all the lessons were shown and the questions were asked. That wasn’t so bad. The part Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers. She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculated the marks in no time.
Q.1. Who is he?
Q.2. What part did Margie hate the most?
Q.3. Why did he give Margie an apple?

“Gee,” said Tommy, “what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”
Q.1. Who says these words?
Q.2. What does it refer to?
Q.3. What is it being compared with, by the speaker?

They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to — on a screen, you know. And then when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time.
Q.1. Who are they in this extract?
Q.2. Which book had yellow and crinkly pages?
Q.3. What do the book’s crinkly, yellow pages reveal about it?

It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to on a screen, you know.
Q.1. The book’s pages were yellow since it was so ancient.
Q.2. Margie and Tommy read telebooks or e-books.
Q.3. A telebook is a book that is not printed on paper, but one that can be read on a screen; words move on the screen for the students to read.

“Today Tommy found a real book! It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.
Q.1. Who are Margie and Tommy?
Q.2. Where had Tommy found the book?
Q.3. What is meant by “real book”?

	Error	Correction
Margie went in the schoolroom.
It was rite next to her bedroom.
and the mechanical teacher was off
** the same time everyday expect Saturday *** Sunday,
but her mother said little girls
learned worse if they learned at regular hours.

	Error	Correction
The screen was light up, and it said:
“Today arithmetic lesson is on the
addition of proper fraction. Please
input yesterday’s homework in the
proper slot.” Margie did such with
a sigh. She was thought about the old schools they had.

	Error	Correction
Margie was disappointing.
She had been hoped
hey should take the teacher
the teacher away alltogether.
They had once taken Tommy
teacher away since nearly a month.

[Still, crinkly, away fully]
The turned the pages, which were yellow and _____ Q.1. _____, and it was _____ Q.2. _____  funny to read words that stood _____ Q.3. _____ instead of moving the way they were Supposed to on a screen, you know. And then when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time.

[They, when,always]
She ____ Q.1. ____  had to write them out in a punch code  ____ Q.2. ____  made her learn  ____ Q.3. ____  she was six years old and the mechanical teacher calculated marks in no Time.

[Taken, disappointed, nearly]
Margie was ____ Q.1. ____  she had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.They had once  ____ Q.2. ____  tommy’s teacher away for  ____ Q.3. ____  a month because the history sector had blanked out Completely.

(instead of, which, awfully)
They turned the pages, ____ Q.1. ____ were yellow and crinkly, and it was ____ Q.2. ____ funny to read words that stood still ____ Q.3. ____ moving the way they were supposed to on a screen, you know.

(ever, giving, now)
Margie always hated school, but  ____ Q.1. ____  she hated it more than  ____ Q.2. ____  The mechanical teacher had been  ____ Q.3. ____ her test, after test in geography and she had been doing worse .

She said where did you find it
In my house he pointed without looking because he was busy reading in the attic

“A man isn’t smart enough,” Tommy said. “Sure he is. My father knows as much as my teacher.” Margie said.
“He knows almost as much, I betcha.”

Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot. (Use ‘would’.)

She was thinking about their fun. (Turn into Complex.)

He pointed without looking, because he was busy reading. (Use ‘since’.)

It’s not the little girl’s fault. (Turn into Affirmative.)

What a waste ! (Turn into Assertive.)

(and, a ,with , of)
He was ____ Q.1. ____ round little man with a red face ____ Q.2. ____ a whole box ____ Q.3. ____ tools ____ Q.4. ____ dials and wires.

(to, and , after , the)
The inspector had smiled ____ Q.1. ____ he was finished ____ Q.2. ____ patted Margie’s head. He said ____ Q.3. ____ her mother, “It’s not ____ Q.4. ____ little girl’s fault, Mrs Jones.