ncert class 7 english chapter 7 chapter 7
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Answer:
Choose the right answer.
Mr Willy Wonka is
(a) a cook (b) an inventor
(c) a manager
Wonka-Vite makes people
(a) older (b) younger
Mr Wonka wants to invent a new thing which will make people
(a) younger (b) older
Solution:
(b) an inventor
(b) younger
(b) older
Question 2:
Can anyone’s age be a minus number? What does ‘minus 87’ mean?
Solution:
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?
What is ………….?
What lives ………….?
Solution:
What is the oldest thing in the world?
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?
How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?
Solution:
Mr Wonka mentions fir, oak, cedar and Bristlecone pine trees lives the longest.
Bristlecone pine lives for over 4000 years and one can find them upon the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, USA.
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 some of them purely imaginary?
Solution:
Mr Wonka has mentioned some very oldest things.
He said he had collected a pint a pint of sap from a 4000 years Bristlecone pine tree, toe-nail clippings from a 168 years old Russian Farmer, an egg laid by a 200 years old tortoise, the tail of 51 years old horse, whiskers of a 36 years old cat called Crumpets, a flea that lived on Crumpets for 36 years, tail of a 207 years old rat, the black teeth of a 97 years old Grimalkin and knucklebones of a 700 years 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?
Solution:
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?
Solution:
The Oompa-Loompa volunteers was 20 years old before swallowing the drops, he became 75 years old after it. The invention is name Vita-Wonk.
Working with Language
Question 1:
What do you call these insects in your language?
NCERT Solutions for Class 7th English Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita Wonk Q1
Add to this list the names of some insects in common in your area.
Solution:
Please write there Hindi names yourself. Beetle, Honeybee, Spider, Bee, Butterfly and Moth are some of the insects found in our area.
Question 2:
Fill in the blanks in the recipe given below with words from the box.
NCERT Solutions for Class 7th English Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita Wonk Q2
Easy Palakn 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 palakn dal.
Solution:
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
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