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.’

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

thickness (the dimensions of space), and also

exist in time.’

‘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?’

‘It would be very useful for the historian. He

could travel back and see how things really

happened.’

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

put all your money in the bank, leave it to

grow and hurry on ahead.’

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 ……… .