NCERT Solutions Class 7, English, Honeycomb, Prose, Chapter- 7, The Invention of Vita-Wonk.
Comprehension Check
1. Choose the right answer.
(i) Mr Willy Wonka is
(a) a cook, (b) an inventor, (c) a manager.
The correct option is : (b) an inventor
(ii) Wonka-Vite makes people
(a) older, (b) younger.
The correct option is : (a) older
(iii) Mr Wonka wants to invent a new thing which will make people
(a) younger, (b) older.
The correct option is : (b) older
2. Can anyone’s age be a minus number? What does “minus 87” mean?
Solution:
I don’t think it is possible that one’s age can be a minus number. Minus 87 means that he has to wait for 87 years to come back. It is possible in fiction only.
3. Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they?
(i) What is................. ?
Solution: What is the oldest living thing in the world ?
(ii) What lives.................. ?
Solution: 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?
Solution:
Mr. Wonks mentions Douglas Fir, oak and the Bristlecone pine trees. According to him, the Bristlecone pine tree lives the longest.
(ii) How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?
Solution:
The Bristlecone pine tree lives for over 4000 years. This tree is 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? (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 makes a long list of the oldest living things. It is difficult to remember all these things. However some of them which I can remember are : a pint of sap from a 4000-year-old Bristlecone Pine, An egg laid by a 200-year-old Tortoise, the tail of a 51year-old horse in Arabia, the tail of a 207-year-old giant rat from Tibet, and the knucklebones of a 700-year-old Cattaloo from Peru. I don’t think all these things may be real. Some of them seem just to be imaginary.
3. Why does Mr Wonka collect items trom the oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention?
Solution:
In his invention Mr. Wonka wants the things to grow old. That is why he collects items from the oldest living things. I think this is the right way to begin his invention. And it gave him positive results also.
4. What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention? What is the name of the invention?
Solution:
After swallowing the drops, the volunteer begins to wrinkle and shrivel up all over. His hair starts dropping. He suddenly becomes an old fellow of seventy-five. The name of this invention is Vita-Wonk.
Working with Language
1. What do you call these insects in your language?
How do these insects effect your health? Have a discussion in the class.
Solution:
Cockroach-तिलचट्टा; Mosquito-मच्छर; Grasshopper-टिड्डा; Housefly-मक्खी; Dragon fly-बड़ी मक्खी; Ant-चींटी।
List of some other insects :Louse-जूं; Nit-लीख; Earthworm-केंचुआ; Snail-घोंघा; Bug- खटमल; Fire-fly-जुगनू; Spider-मकड़ी; Bee-शहद की मक्खी ।
2. Fill in the blanks in the recipe given below with words from the box.
| shred cooker times tomatoes half onion oil |
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.
Solution:
- One Onion
- One cup dal
- Two thin green chillies
- Add a teaspoon red chilli powder
- Eight small bunches 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.
