The Time Machine

The Time Traveller agrees with the type

of mathematics taught in schools.

• True

• False

The Time Traveller believes that to exist,

an object must have length, width and

thickness.

• True

• False

The Time Traveller believes in a fifth

dimension.

• True

• False

Filby thinks the Time Traveller’s ideas

don’t make sense.

• True

• False

Who says the following?

‘But if you make that model out of a material,

it exists. All real things exist.’

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OFF

‘Clearly, a real body must have length, width,

thickness (the dimensions of space), and also

exist in time.’

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OFF

‘But, if time is really only a fourth dimension

of space, why can’t we move about in it as we

move in other dimensions?’

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OFF

‘It would be very useful for the historian. He

could travel back and see how things really

happened.’

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OFF

‘Then there’s the future. Just think! You could

put all your money in the bank, leave it to

grow and hurry on ahead.’

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OFF

Choose the correct word from the box.

empty /lever/ flame/ Psychologist/ ghost/

trick/ endless

So the 1 ……… himself sent the model time

machine on its 2 ……… journey. We all saw

the 3 ……… turn. I am completely certain there

was no 4 ……… . There was a breath of wind and the lamp 5 ……… jumped. The machine

suddenly turned round, looked unclear, was seen

like a 6 ……… for a second and was gone –

disappeared! Except for the lamp, the table was

7 ……… .