Why does the first sentence turn out to be ironic? In the living room the voice-clock sang, "Tick-tock,
seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven
o'clock!" as if it were afraid that nobody would."

If people hear this, they probably will not want to wake up at seven o'clock anymore.

Explanation:

An ironic situation is one where an attempt to cause a desired outcome actually results in an undesired outcome, or one where something happens that's opposite to what you'd expect.

with whom will you be coming to the party? this is written correctly.

the answer is a.

explanation:

the clause "looking toward the south" modifies "a funnel cloud." it's not really the cloud that's "looking," but grammatically, that clause is modifying the cloud.