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The Fun They Had
How does he describe the old kind of teachers?
Tommy told Margie that the old kind of teachers were not mechanical teachers. They were human beings, who taught the students inside a special building. The teachers taught the children in groups and gave them homework and asked them questions.
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How old are Margie and Tommy?
What did Margie write in her diary?
Had Margie ever seen a book before?
What things about the book did she find strange?
What do you think a telebook is?
Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?
What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
“I wouldn’t throw it away.”
(i) Who says these words?
(ii) What does ‘it’ refer to?
(iii) What is it being compared with by the speaker?
“Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”
(i) Who does ‘they’ refer to?
(ii) What does ‘regular’ mean here?
(iii) What is it contrasted with?
What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
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