Class- V , Subject- English
B 1. Complete the following sentences in your own words .
1. The machine that the narrator showed his friends was different from the model he had shown them earlier as it was twenty times larger and fully functional.
2. The chair was special as it allowed the traveler to sit comfortably while using the time machine to move through time.
3. The narrator invited his friendsย to test the chair and show them the fully built time machine and explain how it worked.
4. When the narrator sat in the chair for the first test flight, the time was nineteen minutes past four.
5. The first flight took him several hours in the future, but to him, the time felt much shorter.
6. By mentioning the blinking lights, the narrator wants to say that time was passing rapidly, with days and nights flashing by in quick succession as he traveled into the future.
B2: Answer these questions
1. Where did the narrator want to travel to? Why?
Answer: The narrator wanted to travel to the future. He was most interested in the unknown and wanted to see what would happen next in time.
2. What instructions did the narrator give his maid?
Answer: The narrator instructed his maid to cook the best dinner she could make for his friends next week and also handed her a note to give them when they arrived.
3. How did the narrator start the machine? Was it difficult to operate? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: The narrator started the machine by pulling a lever. It was not very difficult to operate because he only had to push the lever up and then pull it back. However, once he started traveling through time, he found the experience enormous and initially frightening.
4. What made the narrator think that his machine was a failure? Was he right? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: The narrator initially thought the machine was a failure because he felt dizzy and confused when he started the journey. He also saw strange visual effects, like the changing light, and feared something had gone wrong. However, he was wrong because the machine was actually working, and he was successfully traveling through time.
5. Though the narrator could see the maid working, why could she not see him?
Answer: The maid could not see him because he was moving forward in time at an extremely fast rate.
6. What does the windows darkening and brightening signify?
Answer: The darkening and brightening of the windows signify the passing of day and night at an accelerated speed. Since the narrator was moving rapidly through time, he could see days and nights flashing by in quick succession.
7. Why did he pull hard at the lever? What happened as a result of this?
Answer: He pulled hard at the lever because he was frightened by the rapid movement and strange sensations. As a result, the machine slowed down, and he found himself in a completely different time period, far into the future.
8. Why does the narrator make this remark: “A fine welcome… a man travels over 800,000 years for a visit, and this is the greeting he gets”?
Ans: The narrator makes this remark because, after traveling an immense distance into the future, he expected to be welcomed or greeted with curiosity. Instead, he likely faced ill feeling , making him feel unappreciated in spite of his incredible journey.
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