Gujarat Board GSEB Class 7 English Textbook Solutions Honeycomb Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita-Wonk Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers, Notes Pdf.
Gujarat Board Textbook Solutions Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita-Wonk
GSEB Class 7 English The Invention of Vita-Wonk Text Book Questions and Answers
Comprehension Check – I
Question 1.
Choose the right answer:
1. Mr. Willy Wonka is ………………
A. a cook.
B. an inventor.
C. a manager.
Answer:
B. an inventor.
2. Wonka-Vite makes people …………..
A. older.
B. younger.
Answer:
B. younger.
3. Mr. Wonka wants to invent a new thing which will make people ……………….
A. younger.
B. older.
Answer:
B. older.
Question 2.
Can any one’s age be a minus number ? What does ‘minus 87’ mean ?
Answer:
No, age cannot be in minus because we all start growing up from the moment we are born. ‘Minus 87’ means the man is 87 years back to his actual age.
Question 3.
Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they ?
1. What is …………… ?
2. What lives ………………. ?
Answer:
1. What is the oldest thing in the world ?
2. What lives longer than anything else ?
Working With The Text
Question 1.
What trees does Mr Wonka : mention ? Which tree does he say lives the longest ?
Answer:
Mr Wonka mentions fir, oak, and cedar. He says that the Bristlecone pine trees lives the longest.
(2) How long does this tree live ? Where can you find it?
Answer:
Bristlecone pine lives for over 4000 s years and you can find them upon the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A.
Question 2.
How many of the oldest living things can you remember from Mr Wonka’s list ? (Don’t look back at the story!) Do you think all these things really exist, or are s some of them purely imaginary?
Answer:
Mr Wonka has mentioned some very oldest things. He said he had collected a pint of sap from a 4000-year-old Bristlecone pine tree, toe-nail clippings from a 168-year-old Russian Farmer, an egg laid by a 200-year-old tortoise, the tail of 51-year-old horse, whiskers of a 36-year-old cat called Crumpets, a flea that lived on Crumpets for 36 years, tail of a 207-year-old rat, the black teeth of a 97-year-old Grimalkin and knucklebones of a 700-year-old Cattaloo. Very few of these things would have really existed. A majority of them are purely imaginary.
Question 3.
Why does Mr Wonka collect items from the oldest things ? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention ?
Answer:
Mr Wonka wanted to create an item that will make people older so he collected items from the oldest things. This is in fact a foolish way to begin an invention.
Question 4.
What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention ? What is the name of the invention ?
Answer:
The Oompa-Loompa volunteer was 20 years old before swallowing the drops. After swallowing four drops of the new invention, he started wrinkling and shrivelling up all over. His hair started dropping off and his teeth started falling out. He suddenly became 75 years old. The name of the invention is Vita-Wonk.
Working With Language
Question 1.
What do you call these insects in your language ?
Add to this list the names of some insects common in your area.
Answer:
Students may write the answers to Q. 1. on their own. [Beetle, Honeybee, Spider, Bee, Butterfly and Moth are some of the insects commonly found in our area.]
How do these insects affect your health ? Have a discussion in the class.
Answer:
Students will discuss the topic in the class themselves.
Question 2.
Fill in the blanks in the recipe given below with words from the box.
EASY PALAK-DAL
INGREDIENTS
- One ……………..
- One cup dal
- Two thin green chillies
- …………… a teaspoon red chilli powder
- Eight small bunches of palak
- Two ……………..
- Salt to taste
Wash and cut the vegetables; ……………. the palak. Put everything in a pressure …………… . Let the cooker whistle three ……………. , then switch it off. Fry a few cumin seeds in ……………… and add to the palak-dal.
Answer:
INGREDIENTS
- One onion
- One cup dal
- Two thin green chillies
- Half a teaspoon red chilli powder
- Eight small bunch of palak
- TWo tomatoes
- Salt to taste
Wash and cut the vegetables; shred the palak. Put everything in a pressure cooker. Let the cooker whistle three times, then switch it off. Fry a few cumin seeds in oil and add to the palak-dal.
Question 3.
A ‘family tree’ is a diagram that shows the relationship between the different members of a family. Fill in the family tree below with names, ages, and other details you think are relevant (you may even stick photographs, if you have them). Put your family trees up in the class.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Speaking
Question 1.
Using Do for Emphasis Charlie asks, “What did happen ?’’
This is a way of asking the question “What happened ?” with emphasis.
Given below are a few emphatic utterances. Say them to your partner. Let your partner repeat your utterance without the emphasis. Your partner may also add something ? to show she / he disagrees with you.
YOU: I did study.
PARTNER:You studied? I don’t believe you. Look at your marks!
YOU: I did go there.
PARTNER:You went there?
Then …………………
YOU: I do play games.
PARTNER: ……………..
YOU: He does read his books.
PARTNER: …………..
YOU: You do say the most unbelievable things!
PARTNER: ………………
YOU: The earth does spin around.
PARTNER: …………….
YOU: We all do want you to come with us.
PARTNER: ……………….
YOU: Who does know how to cook ?
PARTNER: …………………
YOU: I do believe that man is a thief.
PARTNER: …………………
Answer:
YOU: I did study.
PARTNER: You studied ? I don’t believe you. Look at your marks!
YOU: I did go there.
PARTNER: You went there ? Then how come I didn’t see you?
YOU: I do play games.
PARTNER: You play games ? Then why don’t you take part in Sports Day?
YOU: He does read his books.
PARTNER: I don’t think so, because he couldn’t answer my questions.
YOU: You do say the most unbelievable things !
PARTNER: What makes you think so ?
YOU: The earth does spin around.
PARTNER: Does it ? Then why don’t I feel that ?
YOU: We all do want you to come with us.
PARTNER: Do you ? Then why no one nvited me ?
YOU: Who does know how to cook ?
PARTNER: My mom does know.
YOU: I do believe that man is a thief.
PARTNER: Do you ? On what basis do you think so?
Writing
Question 1.
(1) Make a list of the trees Mr. Wonka mentions. Where do these trees grow? Try to find out from an encyclopedia. Write a short paragraph about two or three of these trees.
Answer:
Mr. Wonka mentioned the name of the following trees:
(a) Douglas Fir
(b) Oak
(c) Cedar
(d) Bristlecone Pine
Douglas Fir is native tree of Western North America. Its scientific name is Pseudotsuga menziesii. It is also called Oregon pine or Douglas spruce. It is named in honour of David Douglas. He was a Scottish botanist and a collector and was the first one to report about the nature and potential of the species.
Oak trees are native of Northern hemisphere and include deciduous and evergreen species. It is found in abundance in Northern America with over 90 species found in United States and 160 in Mexico. Oak wood has a wide application because of its resistance to fungal and insect attack.
Cedar trees are found in abundance all across the world. Cedar woods have a wide application like used to make pencils. Australian red cedar is highly valued and is used for making furniture and shipbuilding.
Bristlecone pine trees have some species that are more than 5000 years old and are the oldest known individuals of any species. The tree got its name from the prickles on the female cones. They are found in abundance in United States of America.
(2) Name some large trees commonly: found in your area. Find out something about them (How old are they ? Who planted them ? ‘ Do birds eat their fruit?), and write two or three sentences about each one of them.
Answer:
Some of the commonly found trees in our area include eucalyptus, mango, neem, pipal and banyan trees. Eucalyptus trees are very tall s in structure. They have medicinal properties ‘ and are available in large number in our area. Mango trees are generally planted in houses s for their use in religious purpose. It is also planted in large numbers for the fruit. Neem is found in houses as well as parks.
They have medicinal properties and is widely scattered in all across sour area. Pipal and banyan trees are mostly found in temples. They are worshipped by Hindus. Some of these trees are over 100 years old.
(Note: Students will browse the data on internet and collect the information.)
Question 2.
Find out something interesting about age, or growing old, , and write a paragraph about it. Following are a few topics, suggested as examples.
- The age profile of a country’s population – does it have more young people than old people, or vice versa ? What are the consequences of this ?
- How can we tell how old a tree, a s horse, or a rock is ?
- What is the life expectancy ’ of various living things, and various populations (how long can they reasonably expect to live) ?
Answer:
All living beings start ageing from the moment they are born. The best part with s the process of growing old is that we are l able to witness many changes. India is one of the most populous nations in the world. In India we have more of youth population than old people.
It increases the productivity and earning capacity in the society. We can guess the age of a tree by counting the rings in its trunk. The age of rock and horse can be identified by carbon dating process. Microorganisms have the shortest life cycle. Insects too live a short life. Animals like elephant and tortoise live more than 100 years. Life expectancy of human is around 85 years.
Writing
* Write a story in about 10 sentences with the help of the following points and give it a suitable title:
[Points: two friends – set out on a journey – pass through a forest-frightened – promise to help each other-see a bear coming-one runs and climbs a tree – the other cannot climb – lies down on the ground – holds l his breath – pretends to be dead – the bear ? smells – thinks him dead – goes away – the s other friend climbs down-asks what the bear was saying – answers – “The bear warned not i to trust false, selfish friends’’]
Beware of Selfish Friends
There were two friends. Once they set out on a journey. They were passing through a forest. They were frightened because the forest was full of wild animals. They promised to help each other if anything bad happened. Suddenly they saw a bear coming towards them. They were afraid. One of them climbed up a tree quickly. The other could not do so. But he was clever. He lay down on the ground, held his breath and pretended to be dead. The bear came near him and smelt him. Thinking that the man was dead, the bear went away. The other friend climbed down the tree and asked, “What did the bear say to you?” The friend replied, “The bear warned me not to trust false, selfish s friends.” The other friend felt ashamed of l his behaviour.
GSEB Class 7 English The Invention of Vita-Wonk Additional Important Questions and Answers
Select the most appropriate options as answers and complete the following sentences:
Question 1.
The magical substance invented by Mr. Willy Wonka was ………………. .
A. Wonka-Vita
B. Wonka-Vite
C. Vita-Wonka
D. Vite-Wonka
Answer:
B. Wonka-Vite
Question 2.
What are the effect / s of the medicine invented by Mr. Willy Wonka?
A. Some people disappear.
B. Their age becomes Minus.
C. Some people grow overage.
D. All of these three.
Answer:
D. All of these three.
Question 3.
The phrase ‘squeezed brain’ is …………….
A. ‘did excessive exercise of thinking’.
B. ‘removed thinking from brain’.
C. ‘forgot the previous happenings’.
D. ‘lost memory’.
Answer:
A. ‘did excessive exercise of thinking’.
Question 4.
…………………… lives longer than anything else.
A. Douglas Fir
B. Oak
C. Bristlecone Pine
D. Cedar
Answer:
C. Bristlecone Pine
Question 5.
Dendrochronologist is the one who …………..
A. knows how trees are grown.
B. studies tree rings for dating.
C. identifies trees from their trunk and leaves.
D. None of these three.
Answer:
B. studies tree rings for dating.
Question 6.
Whose toe-nail clippings were collected for preparing Wonka-Vite?
A. Mr. Willy Wonka
B. Charlie
C. A Russian farmer
D. Grimalkin
Answer:
C. A Russian farmer
Question 7.
For preparing Wonka-Vite, the knucklebones were taken from …………………
A. A Russian farmer
B. Cattaloo
C. Crumpets
D. Petrovitch Gregorovitch
Answer:
B. Cattaloo
Question 8.
…………….. can spit poison right into one’s eye from fifty yards away.
A. Squerkle
B. Curlicue
C. Skrock
D. Bobolink
Answer:
A. Squerkle
Question 9.
One of the following does not include the procedure of the magic liquid preparation:
A. Grinding
B. Boiling
C. Mixing
D. Testing
Answer:
A. Grinding
Question 10.
What was the effect of the magic liquid on the volunteer-a brave twenty-year old person ?
A. His teeth started falling out.
B. He began wrinkling up all over.
C. His hair started dropping off.
D. All of these three.
Answer:
D. All of these three.
Say whether the following sentences are True or False:
1. Mr. Wonka was working on how to make people very very old.
Answer:
True
2. Douglas fir can live for over 4000 years.
Answer:
False
3. Mr. Wonka took a pint of sap from a cedar tree.
Answer:
False
4. Mr. Wonka collected an egg laid’ by a 200-year old ostrich.
Answer:
False
5. Mr. Wonka also searched for old and ancient animals to get a bit of something from each of them.
Answer:
True
6. Carrying out different recipes finally Mr. Wonka prepared one tiny cup of powder as a magic substance.
Answer:
False
Answer the following questions in two to three sentences each:
Question 1.
What was the need for Mr. Wonka to invent Vita-Wonk?
Answer:
Vita-Wonk had gone wrong. After taking it many people have grown younger to an extent that their ages have gone in minus. All such people have disappeared and will be back only after they spend all those minus years being invisible. To alter these changes Mr. Wonka decided to invent a new drug which will help people to grow older.
Question 2.
Name five ancient things collected by Mr. Wonka.
Answer:
Mr. Wonka collected a pint of sap from a 4000-year-old Bristlecone pine tree, whiskers of a 36-year-old cat called Crumpets, an egg laid by a 200-year-old tortoise that belonged to the King of Tonga. He also collected the tail of a 207-year-old rat from Tibet and the tail of a 51-year-old horse in Arabia.
Question 3.
What happened to the Oompa-Loompa volunteer after taking the drops of Vita- Wonk?
Answer:
After taking four drops of Vita-Wonk, the Oompa-Loompa volunteer began to wrinkle and shrivel. His hair started dropping off and teeth started falling out. Soon the changes were visible and he became an old mam who looked around 75 years old.
Answer the following questions in four to five sentences each:
Question 1.
Describe Mr. Wonka.
Answer:
Mr. Willy Wonka was a strange man. He used to make all strange inventions. He had a subordinate called Charlie. There was an Oompa-Loompa volunteer on whom he used to carry out the testing of his inventions. He had an Inventing Room where he carried out all such mysterious works. He had earlier invented Wonka-Vite that had made people younger to an extent that their ages have gone into minus and they have become invisible. He then invented Vita-Wonk after collecting ancient items from across the world which could help people grow older.
Question 2.
Describe the process of invention of Vita-Wonk.
Answer:
Mr. Willy Wonka travelled across the globe in his Great Glass Elevator to collect items for Vita-Wonk. He collected samples from some of the oldest living creatures in the world. He mixed these items, boiled and bubbled them several times in his inventing room and then invented a one tiny cupful of an oily black liquid. He tested this on a 20-year-old Oompa-Loompa volunteer and within minutes it turned into a 75-year- old creature. This was how Vita-Wonk was discovered.
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them:
Question 1.
‘What is the oldest living thing in the world ? What lives longer than anything else ?’
“A tree,” Charlie said. “Right you are, Charlie ! But what kind of a tree ? Not the Douglas fir. Not the oak. Not the cedar. No, no, my boy. It is a tree called the Bristlecone pine that grows upon the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A. You can find Bristlecone Pines on Wheeler Peak today that are over 4000 years old! This is fact, Charlie. Ask any dendrochronologist you like (and look that word up in the dictionary when you get home, will you please?). So that started me off. I jumped into the Great Glass Elevator and rushed all over the world collecting special items from the oldest living things ……….
Questions:
(1) Where does the Bristlecone pine grow?
Answer:
The Bristlecone pine grows upon the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A.
(2) How can we say that the Bristlecone pine is the oldest tree in the world?
Answer:
Today the Bristlecone pines are found on Wheeler Peak that are over 4000 years old; so we can say that the Bristlecone pine is the oldest tree in the world.
(3 ) How did Mr. Wonka visit the world ?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka jumped into the Great Glass Elevator and rushed all over the world.
(4) Why did Mr. Wonka rush all over the world?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka rushed all over the world to collect special items from the oldest living things.
Question 2.
“All over the world, Charlie,” Mr Wonka went on “I tracked down very old and ancient animals and took an important little bit of something from each one of them — a hair or an eyebrow or sometimes it was no more ? than an ounce or two of the jam scraped s from between its toes while it was sleeping. I “tracked down THE WHISTLE-PIG, THE BOBOLINK, THE SKROCK, THE POLLYFROG, THE GIANT CURLICUE, THE STINGING SLUG AND THE VENOMOUS SQUERKLE who can spit poison right into your eye from fifty yards away. But there’s no time to tell you about them all now, Charlie.
Let me just say s quickly that in the end, after lots of boiling i and bubbling and mixing and testing in my s Inventing Room, I produced one tiny cupful of oily black liquid and gave four drops of it to a brave twenty-year-old Oompa-Loompa volunteer to see what happened.”
Questions:
(1) What efforts did Mr. Wonka put in to prepare the unique medicine ?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka tracked down very old and ancient animals and took an important little bit of something from each one of them.
(2) Which different animals did Mr Wonka track down to collect the required bits?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka tracked down THE WHISTLE-PIG, THE BOBOLINK, THE SKROCK, THE POLLYFROG, THE GIANT CURLICUE, THE STINGING SLUG AND THE VENOMOUS SQUERKLE.
(3) Which animal was dangerous among all? How?
Answer:
THE VENOMOUS SQUERKLE was the most dangerous among all as it could spit poison right into a person’s eye from fifty yards away.
(4) How did Mr. Wonka prepare the black liquid ?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka carried out lots of boiling and bubbling and mixing and testing in his Inventing Room to prepare the black liquid.
Vocabulary
Replace the underlined words selecting the most appropriate options from the brackets:
(1) I know you’re disappointed, but you need to roll up your sleeves and redouble your efforts.
(leave everything, get ready for hard work, try frequently)
(2) He found a mop and set to work cleaning the floors in every room of the house.
(began to work, left the work, motivated to work)
(3) The company started off with only two employees.
(suffered a loss, began, closed down)
(4) My son really wants this particular toy, so I was wondering if you could help me track it down.
(search out, prepare, miss out)
Answer:
(1) I know you’re disappointed, but you need to get ready for hard work and redouble your efforts.
(2) He found a mop and began to work cleaning the floors in every room of the house.
(3) The company began with only two employees.
(4) My son really wants this particular toy, so I was wondering if you could help me search it out.
Choose the correct words from the brackets and complete the following passage:
Question 1.
(searching, longer, create, rolled, beginning, squeezed)
Mr Wonka said, “So once again I ………………. up my sleeves and set to work. Once again I ……………. my brain ……………. for the new recipe…………… I had to age………….. to make people old ………… old, older, oldest…………. ‘Ha-ha!’ I cried, for now the ideas were …………. to come. ‘What is the oldest living thing in the world ? What lives …………….. than anything else ?’”
Answer:
Mr Wonka said, “So once again I rolled up my sleeves and set to work. Once again I squeezed my brain, searching for the new recipe… I had to create age… to make s people old… old, older, oldest… ‘Ha-ha!’ I cried, for now the ideas were beginning to come. ‘What is the oldest living thing in the world ? What lives longer than anything else ?”
Question 2.
(shrivelling, suddenly, fantastic, dropping, invented, swallowed)
“It was ………… !” cried Mr. Wonka. “The moment he ……………. it, he began wrinkling and ……….. up all over and his hair started off and …………… his teeth started falling out and, before I knew it, he had …………….. become an old fellow of seventy-five ! And thus, my dear Charlie, was Vita-Wonk …………….. !”
Answer:
“It was fantastic !” cried Mr. Wonka. “The moment he swallowed it, he began wrinkling and shrivelling up all over and his hair started dropping off and his teeth s started falling out and, before I knew it, he had suddenly become an old fellow of seventy-five! And thus, my dear Charlie, was Vita-Wonk invented !”
Grammar
Choose the correct Article(s), Conjunction(s) and Preposition(s) and complete the following passage:
Question 1.
But there’s no time to tell you …………….. them all now, Charlie. Let me just say quickly …………….. in …………… end, after lots of boiling and bubbling and mixing and testing …………… my Inventing Room, I produced one tiny cupful ……………… oily black liquid and gave four drops of it to a brave twenty-year-old Oompa-Loompa volunteer to see ……………. happened.”
Answer:
But there’s no time to tell you about them all now, Charlie. Let me just say quickly [ that in the end, after lots of boiling and bubbling and mixing and testing in my Inventing Room, I produced one tiny cupful of oily black liquid and gave four drops of it to a brave twenty-year-old Oompa-Loompa volunteer to see what happened.”
Question 2.
Mr. Willy Wonka begins …………….. inventing Wonka-Vite, …………… makes people younger. ……………… Wonka-Vite is too strong. ……………… some people disappear, ……………… their age becomes Minus One person actually becomes minus eighty-seven, …………… means he’s got to wait eighty-seven years before he can come back.
Answer:
Mr. Willy Wonka begins by inventing Wonka-Vite, which makes people younger. But Wonka-Vite is too strong. So some people disappear, because their age becomes Minus! One person actually becomes minus eighty- seven, which means he’s got to wait eighty- seven years before he can come back.
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of verbs given in the brackets and complete the texts:
Question 1.
‘Ha-ha!’ I …………1…………. (cry), for now the ideas ………..2……….. (begin) to come. ‘What is the oldest living thing in the world? What ………….3………….. (live) longer than anything else?’
Answer:
1. cried
2. were beginning
3. lives
Question 2.
“It was fantastic!” cried Mr. Wonka. “The moment he swallowed it, he …………1………… (begin) wrinkling and …………..2………….. (shrivel) up all over and his hair started ………..3………… (drop off).
Answer:
1. began
2. shrivelling
3. dropping off
Rewrite as directed:
(1) What is the oldest living thing in the world ?
(Change the Degree.)
(2) I jumped into the Great Glass Elevator and rushed all over the world.
(Turn into Simple.)
(3) It was no more than an ounce or two.
(Turn into Jff’irmative.)
(4) I produced one tiny cupful of black liquid.
(Change the Voice.)
(5) It was fantastic.
(Turn into Exclamatory.)
(6) The moment he swallowed it, he began I; wrinkling and shrivelling up all over,
(Use ‘when’.)
(7 ) He swallowed it and suddenly became an old fellow of seventy-five!
(Use ‘As soon as’.)
Answer:
(1)What is older than any other living thing in the world?
(2) Jumping into the Great Glass Elevator, I rushed all over the world.
(3) It was only an ounce or two.
(4) One tiny cupful of black liquid was produced by me.
(5) How fantastic it was !
(6) When he swallowed it, he began wrinkling and shrivelling up all over.
(7) As soon as he swallowed it, he became an old fellow of seventy-five !
The Invention of Vita-Wonk Summary in English
The Invention of Vita-Wonk Summary:
Mr. Willy Wonka, the owner of the chocolate factory has decided to invent Wonka-Vite. This will make people younger, but it is too strong. After taking this, there is a rapid decrease in age, some people have disappeared because their age has reached in Minus ! One person’s age has become minus 87 so he needs to wait for 87 years to reappear again. Mr. Wonka must invent a new thing to reverse these changes. Inside the chocolate factory Mr. Wonka is searching for a new recipe which will make people older. He asked Charlie about the oldest thing in the world. Charlie’s reply was a tree. Mr. Wonka added that it is the Bristlecone pine trees growing in the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A. is the tree that lives longer than anything else.
Mr. Wonka then went into the Great Glass Elevator to travel across the world to collect items from some of the oldest living things. He collected a pint of sap from a 4000-year- old Bristlecone pine tree, toe-nail clippings from a 168-year-old Russian Farmer, an egg laid by a 200-year-old tortoise, the tail of a 51-year-old horse and so on. In his Inventing Room after working with all these elements for hours, he prepared a cupful of oily black liquid. He gave four drops of it to a 20-year- old Oompa-Loompa volunteer. Charlie asked what happened after that. Mr. Wonka informed him that the creature after a bit of shivering and wrinkling became a 75-year-old man and he confirmed the invention of Vita-Wonk to Charlie.