It was at ten o'clock to-day that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last tap, tried all the screws again, put one more drop of oil on the quartz rod, and sat myself in the saddle. . . . I took the starting lever in one hand and the stopping one in the other, pressed the first, and almost immediately the second. I seemed to reel; I felt a nightmare sensation of falling; and, looking round, I saw the laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened? For a moment I suspected that my intellect had tricked me. Then I noted the clock. A moment before, as it seemed, it it had stood at a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half-past three!

The main idea of this passage is that _____.
Answer

the time machine is a failure

time machines work only if they have levers

the time machine works

time machines are like clocks

Question

It was at ten o'clock to-day that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last tap, tried all the screws again, put one more drop of oil on the quartz rod, and sat myself in the saddle. . . . I took the starting lever in one hand and the stopping one in the other, pressed the first, and almost immediately the second. I seemed to reel; I felt a nightmare sensation of falling; and, looking round, I saw the laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened? For a moment I suspected that my intellect had tricked me. Then I noted the clock. A moment before, as it seemed, it it had stood at a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half-past three!

The main idea of this passage is that _____.
Answer
		
the time machine is a failure
		
time machines work only if they have levers
		
the time machine works
		
time machines are like clocks

anonymous · Answer

@nagdy1 can you help?

anonymous · Answer

Wouldn't it be option D?

anonymous · Answer

C. the time machine works

anonymous · Answer

Its D time machines are like clocks

anonymous · Answer

So D I was right? Thanks

anonymous · Answer

ur welcome

anonymous · Answer

it mentioned that it had a lever, but it wasn't focused on that.  time machines arent like clocks at all, they are about time, but it didn't once mention how clocks and time machines are alike. and it said it worked, and that was the point. good luck and i hope i helped (:

anonymous · Answer

no.. im pretty sure it's C. because clocks just tell you the time. time machines can take you to the past or future, clocks can't do that. and the clock was in the story to tell that the time machine worcked.

anonymous · Answer

worked*

anonymous · Answer

time machine is about clocks when you go to the past time machine changes the clock to the past and when you go to the future time changes with the clock to the future.time machine uses time thats why they called it "TIME machine"

anonymous · Answer

yes, but clocks and time machines are very different. I mean, when you use a time machine, yeah, you're going to need to see a clock to see if it worked. in the beggining it talked about him touching it up and getting ready to test it out and VUALA! iT WORKED! He knew that because the clock had a different time on it.

anonymous · Answer

If the passage were about how clocks and time machines were alike it would go more like this " time machines are like clocks. how, you might ask? well they both are about time, ofcorse. and blah blah blah bla"

anonymous · Answer

best speech ever

anonymous · Answer

But @nagdy1 your still right huh? lol

anonymous · Answer

Lol, im not actually gonna write a whole speech.. but thanks! ahaha

anonymous · Answer

yah