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Pre-reading (The Third Level)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who coined the term "time machine" to describe a mechanism used to transport a traveller through time?

a)

Jules Verne

b)

Mark Twain

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Washington Irving

e)

Herbert George Wells

2.

What was the name of the television series (1996 - 2000) in which the main character receives a newspaper from one day in the future every day?

a)

Tomorrow's Tales

b)

The Paradox Papers

c)

Next Day News

d)

The Day to Come

e)

Early Edition

3.

In the movie The Final Countdown (1980), what travels through time?

a)

a steam-powered train

b)

an aircraft carrier

c)

a passenger airplane

d)

a battleship

e)

a zeppelin

4.

The genre of The Time Machine is science-fiction. What is the definition of genre?

a)

a category of art or literature that groups works based on style or content

b)

refers to the length of the book

c)

refers to the time period when the book was written.

d)

a category of art or literature that groups works based on their difficulty level.

5.

What does this image represent?

a)

Society

b)

Time Machine

c)

Status Quo

d)

Reminiscing

6.

What does this image represent?

a)

Past

b)

Research Facility

c)

Society

d)

Future

7.

A word that means the same as 'escape' is

a)

flee

b)

run away

c)

capture

d)

Both 1&2

8.

What do people want to escape?

a)

Escape from the present to the past.

b)

Some people want to escape from the reality of their lives.

c)

Some people long for simpler, less stressful times.

d)

All of the above

9.

How do people escape?

a)

Escape from reality by reading

b)

Daydreaming

c)

Losing oneself in a hobby

d)

All of the above

10.

(a)   can be a means of escape for some people to go either to the past or the future.