Comprehension Check…
1. Choose the right answer-
i) Mr. Willy Wonka is (a) a crook, (b) an inventor, (C) a
manager
Ans: (b) Mr. Willy Wonka is an
inventor.
ii) Wonka-Vite makes people ( a) older, (b)
younger.
Ans: (a) younger.
iii) Mr. Wonka wants to invent a new thing
which will make people (a) younger, (b) older.
Ans: (b) older.
2. Can anyone’s age be a minus number? What
does “minus 87” mean?
Ans: No, age cannot be in a minus number. “Minus
87” means that a person has to wait eighty seven years to appear again.
3. Mr. Wonka begins by asking himself two
questions. What are they?
(i) What is
-------------?
(ii) What lives--------------?
Ans: (i) What is the oldest
living thing in the world?
(ii) What lives longer than anything else?
Working with the text…
1. (i) What trees does Mr. Wonka mention?
Which tree does he say lives the longest?
Ans: Mr. Wonka mentions Douglas
fir, oak, cedar, and Bristlecone Pine. He says that Bristlecone Pine lives the
longest.
(ii) How long does this tree lives? Where can
you find it?
Ans: This tree lives over 4000
years. It can be found on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A.
2. 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?
Ans: Bristlecone Pine, a 168-
years old Russian farmer, 51-years old horse in Arabia, a 36-years old cat
crumpets, a 207-years old rat from Tibet are some of the things in Mr. Wonka’s
list. All these things really do not exist.
3. Why does Mr. Wonka collect items from the
oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin
his invention?
Ans: Mr. Wonka collects items
from the oldest things to invent a new medicine to make people older. This is
the right way to begin his invention.
4. What happens to the volunteer who swallows
four drops of the new invention? What is the name of the invention?
Ans: The volunteer becomes an
old man of seventy five when he swallows four drops of the new invention. The
name of this invention is Vita –Wonk.
Poem 7
Dad And The Cat And the Tree
Working with the poem…
1. Why was dad sure he wouldn’t fall?
Ans: The dad considered
himself to be an expert climber. So he was sure he wouldn’t fall.
2. Which phrase in the poem express Dad’s self-
confidence?
Ans: “ Fall? A climber like me? Child’s play, this
is!”
3. Describe plan A and its consequences?
Ans: Plan A was to use the ladder to climb up the
tree. But the ladder slipped and Dad fell in the flower bed.
4. Plan C was a success.
What went wrong then?
Ans: Plan C was a success as
Dad was right on the tree near the cat. The cat jumped to the ground. But now
Dad got stuck up the tree.
5. The cat was very happy to
be on the ground. Pick out the phrase used to express this idea.
Ans: The phrase is “Pleased
as punch.”
6. Describe the cat and Dad
situation in the beginning and at the end of the poem.
Ans: In the beginning of the
poem, the cat was stuck in a tree and the Dad was on the ground. But in the end
the cat was safe on the ground and Dad was stuck in the tree.
7. Why and when did Dad say
each of the following?
(i) Fall?
(ii) Never mind.
(iii) Funny joke.
(iv) Rubbish.
Ans:
(i) Mother was afraid that Dad would
fall. But he said so mockingly because he thought himself to be an expert
climber.
(ii)
Dad said these words when the ladder slipped and he fell in the flower bed.
(iii)
Dad said these words when he was preparing to try plan B and his wife asked him
not to fall again.
(iv)
Dad’s plan B failed. Mother asked him
not to climb again as he would break his neck. Then Dad said this.
8.
Do you find the poem humorous? Read aloud the lines which make you laugh.
Ans:
Yes, the poem is humorous.
“He
landed in the flower bed.” “Brushing the dirt off his hair and his face” “Dad
landed wallop” “But the poor old Dad’s still stuck up the tree”