UDGAM SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN

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Subject : English L-7 : The Invention of Vita Wonk Class VII Notes
By – Roald Dahl

Word Meanings

1. set to work – began to work

2. tracked down – found
3. rushed – hasty
4. recipe – instructions for making something

Synonyms

1. fantastic – impressive
2. volunteer – offer
3. rolled up – turned up

Antonyms

1. produced x abolished
2. grow x compress
3. appear x disappear

Sentences

1. tracked down – Priya finally tracked down the file she was looking for.
2. ancient – He is fond of writing articles on ancient civilization.
3. shrivelled – The plants were shrivelled due to over exposure of the sun.

Q/A

Q1. What was the effect of the drug Wonka-Vite?

A1. Wonka Vite invented by Willy Wonka was a strong drug. It made people younger. It reduced
some people’s age. Their age became minus and they disappeared.

Q2. What does the lesson tell you about Vita Wonk?
A2. Mr. Wonka invented a second drug. It was named Vita Wonk. This medicine caused ageing.
After taking four drops of Vita Wonk, a man of twenty could turn into a man of seventy five.

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Q3. Why does Mr Wonka collect items from the oldest things? Do you think this is
the right way to begin his invention?
A3. Mr Wonka collects items from the oldest things because he wants to invent something
that would make people older. It is probably the right way to begin his invention as he
wants to make people older and therefore, the use of old things seems appropriate.

Q4. How many of the oldest living things can you remember from Mr Wonka's list?
Do you think all these things really exist, or are some of them purely imaginary?
(Students to do on their own)
A4. With the exception of the 4000-year-old Bristlecone pine, the things mentioned in Mr
Wonka's list like the toe-nail clipping from a 168-year-old Russian farmer, the tail of a 51-
year-old horse are purely imaginary.

Q5. What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention?
What is the name of the invention? (Students to do on their own)
A5. The moment the twenty-year-old volunteer swallowed four drops of the new invention,
he began wrinkling and shrivelling up all over. His hair started dropping off and his teeth
started falling out. Before Mr Wonka knew it, the volunteer had suddenly become an old
man of seventy-five. The name of the invention was Vita-Wonk.

Dictation

1. disappear
2. squeezed
3. elevator
4. volunteer
5. scraped
6. shrivelling

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Subject : EnglishTopic : Unit 7Worksheet : 15

Name :___________________Class : VIISec : ____ Roll No:___Date:________

Q1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. 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.

i. What is the first invention of Mr Willy Wonka?

The first invention of Mr. Willy Wonka is Wonka-Vite.
ii. What happened to some of those who took Wonka – Vite?
For the people who took Wonka-Vite, their age was reduced to minus and some of them
disappeared.

2. But there’s no time 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.

i. What did Mr.Wonka produce in the end?

Mr. Wonka produced a dark oily black liquid (Vita-Wonk) in the end.
ii. Who did Mr.Wonka give the oily black liquid?
Mr. Wonka gave the oily black liquid to a brave twenty year old oompa loompa volunteer.

3. “Fall?” scoffed Dad, He got out the ladder

“A climber like me? From the garden shed.
Child’s play, this is! It slipped. He landed
You wait and see.” In the flower bed.
i. What does the father seem dead sure of here?
Here the dad seems sure that a climber like him would not fall off the ladder.

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 ii. ‘Scoffed’ means ________.
(a) got annoyed (b) an utter failure (c) cancelled (d) fatal

iii. Was the Dad’s climbing attempt a failure or a success? Why?

The Dad’s climbing attempt was a failure because the ladder slipped and he landed on
the flower bed.

Q2. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines. Write
the incorrect and incorrect word in the blanks given.

Incorrect Correct

Mother Teresa comes to Kolkata in 1929 (a) comes came

where she was hardly 19 years old. When (b) where when

she first arrived in Kolkata, she just has (c) has had

five rupees on her pocket. The priest (d) on in

helped it in the new and strange city. (e) it her

She lived in a small room from (f) from for

nine years when she nursed (g) when where

a sick people to health. (h) a the

Q3. Rearrange the jumbled words in proper order.

i. old / man / an / there / once / lived / in Almora

There once lived an old man in Almora.
ii. Abbu Khan / sad / very / became / all / his / had gone / goats / when
Abbu Khan became very sad when all his goats had gone.
iii. years / several / with / Abbu Khan / Chandni / lived for
Chandni lived for several years with Abbu Khan.
iv. Chandni / grass / the / eating / stopped / soon
Soon Chandni stopped eating the grass.
v. Abbu Khan / Chandni / loved / her life / to save / and / wanted
Abbu Khan loved Chandni and wanted to save her life.

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 UDGAM SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN
(2018 – 2019)

Subject : EnglishTopic : Unit 7Worksheet : 15

Name :___________________Class : VIISec : ____ Roll No:___Date:________

Q1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
4. 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.

iii. What is the first invention of Mr Willy Wonka?

________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
iv. What happened to some of those who took Wonka – Vite?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

5. But there’s no time 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.

ii. What did Mr.Wonka produce in the end?

________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

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 ii. Who did Mr.Wonka give the oily black liquid?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

6. “Fall?” scoffed Dad, He got out the ladder

“A climber like me? From the garden shed.
Child’s play, this is! It slipped. He landed
You wait and see.” In the flower bed.
iv. What does the father seem dead sure of here?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

v. ‘Scoffed’ means ________.

(b) got annoyed (b) an utter failure (c) cancelled (d) fatal

vi. Was the Dad’s climbing attempt a failure or a success? Why?

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Q2. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines. Write
the incorrect and incorrect word in the blanks given.

Incorrect Correct

Mother Teresa comes to Kolkata in 1929 (a) __________ ___________

where she was hardly 19 years old. When (b) __________ ___________

she first arrived in Kolkata, she just has (c) __________ ___________

five rupees on her pocket. The priest (d) __________ ___________

helped it in the new and strange city. (e) __________ ___________

She lived in a small room from (f) ___________ ___________

nine years when she nursed (g) __________ ___________

a sick people to health. (h) __________ ___________

Q3. Rearrange the jumbled words in proper order.

vi. old / man / an / there / once / lived / in Almora

______________________________________________________________________
vii. Abbu Khan / sad / very / became / all / his / had gone / goats / when
______________________________________________________________________

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 viii. years / several / with / Abbu Khan / Chandni / lived for
______________________________________________________________________
ix. Chandni / grass / the / eating / stopped / soon
______________________________________________________________________
x. Abbu Khan / Chandni / loved / her life / to save / and / wanted
______________________________________________________________________

UDGAM SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN

(2018 – 2019)

Subject : English P-7 : Dad and the Cat and the Tree Class VII Notes
Kit Wright

Word Meanings
1. stuck – trapped
2. deck – surface
3. crook – bend or curve
4. yell – shout or scream
5. smirk – smile smugly

Antonyms
1. yell – whisper
2. stuck – loose

Sentences
1. stuck – The man was stuck badly in the traffic.
2. yell – The man let out a sharp, short yell of pain.

Q/A
Q1. What was the problem before Mum, Dad and the Child?
A1. Mum, Dad and the Child saw a cat stuck in their tree. The tree was tall but unsteady. The
problem before them was how to rescue the cat by getting it down.
Q2.Why was Mum afraid?
A2. Mum was a practical woman. She was aware of Dad’s boastful nature. She could calculate in
advance that Dad would fall and injure himself. She feared that Dad would fall and injure himself.
She was afraid that Dad would break his neck since he was not a climber at all. Therefore, she
tried to dissuade him from embarking on a silly venture.
Q3. Describe the Cat and Dad situation in the beginning and at the end of the poem.
(Students to do on their own)
A3.In the beginning of the poem, the cat was stuck on the tree and Dad was trying to rescue it.
However, by the end of the poem, their positions were reversed. The cat was set free on the
ground and Dad was stuck at its place on the tree.

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Subject : EnglishS-7 : Chandni Class VII Notes

Q1 “But small is not weak”. What do you understand by this line?

You can’t judge the strength of a person by the size of his/her actions, but by the devotion of an
act, no matter how small. What matters is the confidence and willpower, not the size. One should
not be considered as weak by the size of their appearance as the blend of courage and
confidence can make a huge difference.

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