PIS BARODA STD - 9

PRACTICE SHEET                               Subject: English               Topic: The Fun They Had Grade: IX                  Q1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (a) 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. i. Who found the real book? ii. Where did Tommy find the book? iii. Why was Margie surprised? iv. Give the synonym of the word ‘old’. (b) 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. i. Why were the pages of the book yellow? ii. Did Margie see the book for the first time? iii. What did she find strange about the book? iv. Find the synonym of the word ‘wrinkled’. (c) Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom and the mechanical