The Fun They Had 

Chapter 1

Activity 

 I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.

(এই প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ কেইটামান শব্দ বা কেইটামান বাক্যত উত্তৰ দিয়ক)

1. How old are Margie and Tommy?

 (মাৰ্জি আৰু টমিৰ বয়স কিমান)

Ans- Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old.



2. What did Margie write in her diary?

(মাৰ্গিয়ে তাইৰ ডায়েৰীত কি লিখিছিল)

Ans- “Today Tommy found a real book”.  One of the strange things was that after reading the book became useless. Because the text written on it did not change the way it happened on their computer screen.



3. Had Margie ever seen a book before?

(মাৰ্গীয়ে আগতে কেতিয়াবা কিতাপ এখন দেখিছিল নেকি)

Ans-  No, Margie had never seen a book before.




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

(কিতাপখনৰ বিষয়ে কি বস্তু তাই আচৰিত অনুভৱ কৰিছিল)

Ans- The things about the book that she found strange were that the pages of the book were yellow and crinkly and that the words stood still instead of moving.



5. What do you think a telebook is?

(টেলিবুক এখন কি বুলি আপুনি ভাবে)

Ans- A book that can be displayed on a screen is called a telebook.




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

(মাৰ্গিৰ স্কুল ক'ত আছিল? তাইৰ কোনো সহপাঠী আছিল নেকি? )

Ans- Margie's school was next to her bedroom.



7. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

(মাৰ্জি আৰু টমীয়ে কি বিষয় শিকিছিল?)

Ans- Margie studied Geography as well as Mathematics. Tommy was taught both history and mathematics.




II. Answer the following with reference to the story.

(কাহিনীটোৰ সন্দৰ্ভত নিম্নলিখিতবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়ক)



1. "I wouldn't throw it away."

(মই ইয়াক পেলাই নিদিওঁ)

 (1) Who says these words?

(এই শব্দবোৰ কোনে কয়)

Ans- 
  • Tommy says "I wouldn't throw it away."



(ii) What does 'it' refer to?

('ই' কি বুজায়)

Ans- 
  • "It" refers to the television screen that displays books in Tommy's world.




(iii) What is it being compared with by the speaker? 

(বক্তাৰ দ্বাৰা ইয়াক কিহৰ সৈতে তুলনা কৰা হৈছে? )

Ans- 
  • Tommy is comparing the television screen (his source of books) with physical books of the past. He finds the idea of throwing away a book after reading it wasteful compared to his constantly updated electronic library.



2. "Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn't a regular teacher. It was a man.

("নিশ্চিতভাৱে তেওঁলোকৰ এজন শিক্ষক আছিল, কিন্তু ই নিয়মীয়া শিক্ষক নাছিল। এজন মানুহ আছিল)

Ans-



(i) Whos 'they' refer to doe?

(তেওঁলোকে কোনে ড'ক বুজায়)

Ans- 
  • "They" refers to children in the past, before the story's futuristic time.




(ii) What does 'regular' mean here? 

(ইয়াত 'নিয়মীয়া' মানে কি)

Ans- 
  • "Regular" here means a human teacher in a physical classroom setting.



(iii) What is it contrasted with?

(ইয়াৰ সৈতে কি বিপৰীত)

Ans- 
  • The "regular teacher" is contrasted with Tommy and Margie's computer-based learning system in their home.



III. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words). 

(এই প্ৰতিটো প্ৰশ্নৰ উত্তৰ এটা চমু অনুচ্ছেদত (প্ৰায় 30 শব্দ)



1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

(মাৰ্গি আৰু টমীৰ কেনে ধৰণৰ শিক্ষক আছিল)

Ans-  Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers. The mechanical teachers had big screens on which all the lessons were shown and questions were asked. The children were taught through computer and television screens. They did not have humans as teachers.



2. Why did Margie's mother send for the County Inspector?

(মাৰ্গিৰ মাকে কাউণ্টি ইন্সপেক্টৰলৈ কিয় পঠিয়াইছিল)

Ans- 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. The county inspector gave Margie an apple and started checking for the fault in the mechanical teacher.



3. What did he do?

(তেওঁ কি কৰিছিল)

Ans- When the County Inspector visited, he gave Margie an apple and started examining the mechanical teacher



4. Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspect do to help her?


(মাৰ্জিয়ে ভূগোলত কিয় বেয়া কৰি আছিল? কাউণ্টি ইনভেষ্টৰেতাই তাইক সহায় কৰিবলৈ কি কৰিছিল)

Ans- Margie was doing badly in geography because the geography sector of the mechanical teacher had been adjusted at a higher level. In order to help her, the County Inspector slowed down this sector to an average ten-year level. 



5. What had once happened to Tommy's teacher? 

(এসময়ত টমিৰ শিক্ষকৰ কি হৈছিল)

Ans- Once, Tommy's teacher was taken away for nearly a month because its history sector had blanked out completely.



6. Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?

(মাৰ্জিৰ বিদ্যালয়ৰ বাবে নিয়মীয়া দিন আৰু ঘণ্টা আছিল নেকি? যদি হয়, কিয়)

Ans- Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school. The mechanical teacher always turned on at the same time every day except Saturdays and Sundays. This was because her mother believed that learning at regular hours helped little girls learn better.



7. How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?

 (টমীয়ে পুৰণি ধৰণৰ বিদ্যালয়ৰ বৰ্ণনা কেনেদৰে কৰে)

Ans- Tommy describes the old kind of school as a special building where all kids studied together. There hundreds of students were studying and playing together. They used to shout and laugh together in an open yard. They had a teacher who wasn't a regular teacher but was a man.



8. How does he describe the old kind of teachers? 

(তেওঁ পুৰণি ধৰণৰ শিক্ষকসকলক কেনেদৰে বৰ্ণনা কৰে)

Ans- Tommy describes the old kind of teachers as living human beings who did not live in the house. Instead, they taught the students in a special building. They taught the children in groups and gave them homework. Note: Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers.



IV. Answer each of these questions in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words).

(এই প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ প্ৰতিটোৰ দুটা বা তিনিটা অনুচ্ছেদত উত্তৰ দিয়ক (100-150 শব্দ)

 1. What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?

(কাহিনীটোত মাৰ্গি আৰু টমীৰ যান্ত্ৰিক শিক্ষক আৰু স্কুলৰ কোঠাবোৰৰ মুখ্য বৈশিষ্ট্যবোৰ কি)
Ans- Margie and Tommy were taught by mechanics. They had wide black screens that displayed all of the lessons and allowed students to ask questions. These teachers were chosen based on the age and ability of the student in question. They had a slot for students to put their homework and test papers.



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

(মাৰ্জিয়ে স্কুলক কিয় ঘৃণা কৰিছিল? তাই কিয় ভাবিছিল যে পুৰণি ধৰণৰ বিদ্যালয়খন নিশ্চয় আনন্দদায়ক আছিল)

Ans- Margie and Tommy were taught by mechanics. They had wide black screens that displayed all of the lessons and allowed students to ask questions. These teachers were chosen based on the age and ability of the student in question. They had a slot for students to put their homework and test papers.



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

(আপুনি মাৰ্জিৰ সৈতে একমত নেকি যে আজিৰ বিদ্যালয়বোৰ কাহিনীটোৰ বিদ্যালয়তকৈ বেছি আনন্দদায়ক? আপোনাৰ উত্তৰৰ কাৰণ দিয়ক)

Ans- Yes I agree that schools today are more fun than the school in the story. In the story there is no interaction among students regarding studies. Studying and answering questions seems to be a boring idea. Doing homework without anybody's help and writing them in a punch code would also be a tedious job.



Thinking about Language 

I. Adverbs 

Read this sentence taken from the story:

(কাহিনীটোৰ পৰা লোৱা এই বাক্যটো পঢ়ক)

They had once taken Tommy's teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely.  

(তেওঁলোকে এবাৰ টমিৰ শিক্ষকক প্ৰায় এমাহৰ বাবে লৈ গৈছিল কাৰণ ইতিহাস খণ্ডটো সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে খালী হৈ গৈছিল)

The word complete is an adjective. When you add -ly to it, it becomes an adverb. 

(সম্পূৰ্ণ শব্দটো এটা বিশেষণ। যেতিয়া আপুনি ইয়াত যোগ কৰে, ই এটা ক্ৰিয়াবিশেষণ হৈ পৰে)

1. Find the sentences in the lesson which have the adverbs given in the box below. 
 

(তলৰ বাকচটোত দিয়া ক্ৰিয়াবিশেষণথকা পাঠত থকা বাক্যবোৰ বিচাৰক) 


2. Now use these adverbs to fill in the blanks in the sentences below. 

(এতিয়া তলৰ বাক্যবোৰৰ খালী ঠাইবোৰ পূৰণ কৰিবলৈ এই ক্ৰিয়াবিশেষণবোৰ ব্যৱহাৰ কৰক) 

(i) The report must be read ________________ so that performance can be improved. 

Ans: carefully .

(প্ৰতিবেদনখন পঢ়িব লাগিব যাতে প্ৰদৰ্শন উন্নত কৰিব পাৰি)

(ii) At the interview, Sameer answered our questions _________________, shrugging his shoulders.

Ans: loftily.

(সাক্ষাৎকাৰটোত, সমীৰে কান্ধ কান্ধ কাঢ়ি আমাৰ প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিছিল) 

(iii) We all behave ________________ When we are tired or hungry. 

Ans: differently.

(আমি সকলোৱে আচৰণ কৰোঁ যেতিয়া আমি ভাগৰুৱা বা ভোক  কৰোঁ)

(iv) The teacher shook her head ________________ when Ravi lied to her. 

Ans: Sorrowfully.

(ৰবিয়ে তাইক মিছা কোৱাত শিক্ষকজনে মূৰ জোকাৰিলে)

(v) I_______________ forgot about it.

Ans: Completely.

(মই ইয়াৰ বিষয়ে পাহৰি গৈছিলো)

(vi) When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled ________________ and turned away. 

Ans: nonchalantly.

(যেতিয়া মই ৰেৱতীক তাইৰ সফলতাৰ বাবে প্ৰশংসা কৰিছিলো, তাই মাত্ৰ হাঁহিছিল আৰু আঁতৰি গৈছিল)

(vii) The President of the Company is ______________ busy and will not be able to meet you. 

Ans: awfully busy.

(কোম্পানীৰ সভাপতি ব্যস্ত আৰু আপোনাক লগ কৰিব নোৱাৰিব)

(viii) I finished my work ______________ so that I could go out to play. 

Ans: early .

(মই মোৰ কাম শেষ কৰিলোঁ যাতে মই খেলিবলৈ বাহিৰলৈ যাব পাৰো)

3. Make adverbs from these adjectives.

(এই বিশেষণবোৰৰ পৰা ক্ৰিয়াবিশেষণ বনাওক)

(i) angry ______________                               (ii) happy ______________

(iii) merry _____________                              (iv) sleepy ______________

(v) easy _______________                              (vi) noisy _______________

(vii) tidy ______________                               (viii) gloomy ____________

Ans: (i) angry - angrily
(ii) happy - happily (iii) merry - merrily (iv) sleepy - sleepily (v) easy - easily (vi) noisy - noisily (vii) tidy - tidily (viii) gloomy - gloomily

II. If Not and Unless 

● Imagine that Margie's mother told her, "you'll feel awful if you don't finish your history lesson."

(কল্পনা কৰক যে মাৰ্গিৰ মাকে তাইক কৈছিল, "যদি আপুনি আপোনাৰ ইতিহাসৰ পাঠ শেষ নকৰে তেন্তে আপুনি ভয়ংকৰ অনুভৱ কৰিব)


● She could also say: "you'll feel awful unless you finish your history lesson." Unless means if not. Sentences with unless or if not are negative conditional sentences.  
   
(তাই এইদৰেও ক'ব পাৰে: "আপুনি আপোনাৰ ইতিহাসৰ পাঠ শেষ নকৰিলে আপুনি ভয়ংকৰ অনুভৱ কৰিব।" যদি নহয় বুজায়। ঋণাত্মক চৰ্তসাপেক্ষ বাক্য নহ'লে বা নহ'লে বাক্য)

Notice that these sentences have two parts. The part that begins with if not or unless tells us the condition. This part has a verb in the present tense (look at the verbs don't funish, finish in the sentences above).

(লক্ষ্য কৰক যে এই বাক্যবোৰৰ দুটা অংশ আছে। যি অংশটো আমাক অৱস্থাটো কোৱা নহয় বা নহ'লে আৰম্ভ হয়। এই অংশটোৰ বৰ্তমান কালত এটা ক্ৰিয়া আছে (ক্ৰিয়াবোৰ চাওক আমোদজনক নহয়, ওপৰৰ বাক্যবোৰত সমাপ্ত কৰক)

The other part of the sentence tells us about a possible result. It tells us what sentence is in the future tense (you'll feel/ you will feel).

(বাক্যটোৰ আনটো অংশই আমাক এটা সম্ভাৱ্য ফলাফলৰ বিষয়ে কয়। ই আমাক কয় যে ভৱিষ্যতে কি বাক্য আছে (আপুনি অনুভৱ কৰিব/ আপুনি অনুভৱ কৰিব)

Notice these two tenses again in the following examples. 

(নিম্নলিখিত উদাহৰণবোৰত এই দুটা টেনছ পুনৰ লক্ষ্য কৰক)







Complete the following conditional sentences. Use the correct form of the verb. 

(নিম্নলিখিত চৰ্তসাপেক্ষ বাক্যবোৰ সম্পূৰ্ণ কৰক। ক্ৰিয়াৰ সঠিক ৰূপ ব্যৱহাৰ কৰক)

1. If I don't go to Anu's party tonight, ________________

 (যদি মই আজি ৰাতি অনুৰ পাৰ্টিলৈ নাযাওঁ)

2. If you don't telephone the hotel to order food, _______________

(যদি আপুনি খাদ্য অৰ্ডাৰ কৰিবলৈ হোটেলত টেলিফোন নকৰে)

3. Unless you promise to write back, I _______________

(যেতিয়ালৈকে আপুনি পুনৰ লিখিবলৈ প্ৰতিশ্ৰুতি নিদিয়ে, মই)

4. If she doesn't play any games, ______________

 (যদি তাই কোনো খেল নেখেলে)

5. Unless that little bird flies away quickly, the cat _______________

(যেতিয়ালৈকে সেই সৰু চৰাইটো সোনকালে উৰি নাযায়, মেকুৰীটো)


Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap 


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