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Answer to: Find the sentences in the lesson which match adverbs given in the box below awfully, sorrowfully, completely loftily, carefully, differently quickly, nonchalantly

awfully - … and it was awfully funny… (para 1) sorrowfully - … until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully… (para 3) completely - … the hi...

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

There is no doubt that today’s schools are more funny than the future school discussed in the story. This school has nothing but a mechanical teacher ...

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

Margie hated her school because she had a mechanical teacher. It was in her house. She was supposed to sit in that room alone to complete her home tas...

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Answer to: What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?

Margie and Tommy have mechanical teachers. They need not go to school for getting a formal education. The mechanical teacher is placed in one of the r...

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Answer to: How does he describe the old kind of teachers?

He says that the old teachers did not live in the house. They had a special building and all the kids went there. They gave homework to students. They...

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Answer to: How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?

Tommy says that the old schools were different. They had a special building and all the kids went there to study. They laughed and shouted in the scho...

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Answer to: Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?

Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours.

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Answer to: What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?

Tommy’s teacher was taken away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. So, Tommy had nothing to do during that perio...

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Answer to: Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector do to help her?

Margie had been doing badly in geography. This was because the mechanical teacher was very fast in displaying the questionnaire. The County Inspector ...

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Answer to: What did he do?

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 ...

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Answer to: Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?

Margie’s mother sent for the County Inspector because the mechanical teacher was not functioning efficiently. It had been giving her test after test i...

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Answer to: What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

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 woul...

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Answer to: “ Sure, they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.” 1. Who does ‘they’ refer to? 2. What does ‘regular’ mean here? 3. What is it contrasted with?

‘They’ refer to the people of the old times. Here, regular refers to the mechanical teacher then they had. It is contrasted with a normal teacher of...

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Answer to: “I wouldn’t throw it away.” 1. Who says these words? 2. What does ‘it’ refer to? 3. What is it being compared with by the speaker?

Margie says these words. It refers to that real book that Tommy found. The speaker compares it with a telebook.

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Answer to: What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

Margie learnt Geography and Mathematics. Tommy learnt History and Mathematics.

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

Margie’s school was near her own bedroom. She did not have any classmate.

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Answer to: What do you think a telebook is?

A telebook is displayed on the television screen and the text of a telebook is similar to a book.

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Answer to: What things about the book did she find strange?

The book had yellow and wrinkled pages.The words of the book were still. They did not move as the words move on the computer screen. She found these t...

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Answer to: Had Margie ever seen a book before?

No, Margie had never seen a book before.

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