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Class IX, Beehive

 

The Fun They Had-

Very short answer type question:

1.       How old was Margie and Tommy?

Ans:  Margie was a eleven years old girl and Tommy was thirteen years old boy. They both were neighbors and both lived in future, in the year 2157.

2.       What did Margie write in her diary?

Ans : Margie wrote in her diary about the real book that tommy had found in the attic of his house. It was an old book with yellow, crinkly pages.

3.       Had Margie ever seen a book before?

Ans : No, Margie had never seen a book before. She had only heard of real printed pages books, teachers and School.  

4.       What things about the book did she find strange?

Ans: Margie live in the year 2157, which was completed computerized. The teachers were Robots, and all the books were flashed in the screen. So, she found it strange when she knew that the book was actually printed in pages and the words didn’t move. She also found it strange knowing that she could actually flip the pages of the book, and the same words appeared on the pages without any movement or changes.

5.       What do you think a tele book is?

Ans:  A tele book is a electronic book which is stored in a computer. It can be read on the screen by scrolling up and down.

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

Ans: Margie’s school was in her house. It was a room next to her bedroom. She had mechanical teachers.

      No, she didn’t have any classmates. Her classroom was personal, where the mechanical teacher was programmed to her level. Thus, the teacher taught her accordingly.

7.       What subject did Margie and Tommy learn?

Ans:  They learned the subjects like Geography, Mathematic, History  etc.

 

 

 

 

Grammar:

Now use these adverbs to fill in the blanks in the sentence:

1.       The report must be read carefully so that performance can be improved.

2.       At the interview, Sameer answered our questions loftily, shrugging his shoulders.

3.       We all behave differently. When we are tired or hungry.

4.       The teacher shook her head sorrowfully when Ravi lied to her.

5.       I completely forgot about it

6.       When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled nonchalantly and turned away.

7.       The president of the Company is awfully busy and will not be able to meet you.

8.       I finished my work quickly so that I could go out to play.

 

Make adverb from these adjective.

1.       Angry :      Angrily

2.       Happy:      Happily

3.       Merry:      Merrily

4.        Sleepy :   Sleepily

5.       Easy :        Easily

6.       Noisy:      Noisily

7.       Tidy:        Tidily

8.       Gloomy:  Gloomily.

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