'at the moment' vs 'at the time'

[Urs]

Test No. incompl/elem-25 "On my Mobile", question 6

Tell where are you at the .........?

(a) time
(b) second
(c) hour
(d) moment

Test No. incompl/elem-25 "On my Mobile", answer 6

Tell where are you at the moment?

Correct answer: (d) moment

Your answer was: incorrect
Tell where are you at the time?
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Why is "time" not correct?

Urs

[Torsten]

At the moment refers to a specific point in time and that's what is needed here.
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[Tom]

[Lost_Soul]

I bet we've got 2 sentences here
Tell ! Where are you at the moment ?
You can jam it into one:
Could you tell me where you are at the moment?

I've got another question: does at this time mean the same as at the moment ?

[Tom]

Hi

I would request some moderator to comment on the given sentence.

Tom

[Mister Micawber]

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The question mark is a typo, and will be corrected to a full stop.
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[Yankee]

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To me, the typo would be the omission of "me," after "Tell":

Tell me, where are you at the moment?
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[Yankee]

Hi Torsten

I think MM must have overlooked the interrogative word order in this test sentence (possibly he only looked at Tom's sentence instead of at the test sentence) and I believe MM would agree that a period/full stop is not a complete solution to the problem in the test sentence itself.

I posted a possible way of fixing the sentence completely -- one which also sounded natural to me. (Tell me, where are you at the moment?)

EDIT:
Naturally, you could also use this sentence:

Tell me where you are at the moment.
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[Slava]

Dear Amy,

[Diverhank]

Hmm...I'd have asked "tell me where you are?"....why bothered with "at the moment" at all?

[Yankee]

Hi DH

Wouldn't you agree that there are a number of different ways that people could and would ask that question?

I just realized that LS still had an unanswered question in this thread, so I'll give a belated answer:
Yes, "at this time" is basically synonymous, but tends to be used differently. "At this time" may include a larger or more general current time frame than "at the moment". In addition, "at this time" is also used in the sense of "now" to introduce the next thing you are going to do.
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[Alan]

I presume because the person asking wants to know where the other person is at this precise moment.

Alan
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