Exercises on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964,2005)

(1964, a novel by Roald Dahl, and 2005,a film directed by Tim Burton)

Picture from the film by the Warner Bros


STORY:

After watching the film, perhaps you can remember some words from the beginning of the story:

1 Fill the gaps with the words in the box

LUCKIEST CLEVER ENOUGH ORDINARY POWERFUL

This is a story of an (1).......................................little boy, named Charlie Bucket. He was not faster or stranger or more(2)....................... than other children. His family was not rich or (3)…................or well-connected. In fact, they barely had (4)................................to eat. But Charlie Bucket was the (5)…...............................boy in the entire world


2 And the story goes on:

LATER CHOCOLATE TOOTHPASTE CABBAGE

CARROTS SINGLE SHOP


His mother was cooking (a)…............................and (b)…....................................for dinner. His father
worked at the local (c)…......................................factory.
His grandfather had worked for Willy Wonka at the (d)….....................
factory.

W Wonka began with a (e)…........................at Cherry Street. The man was a genius. He invented a new way of making chocolate ice-cream. Fifteen years (f)........... he decided to build the largest chocolate factory in history..

3 and on and on:

BLEW UP MELTED MADE WERE MADE DECIDED


3 He built a chocolate palace to an Indian Prince. True to his word, the bricks (1)
...........................out of chocolate. That's why one day with a boiling sun, the chocolate (2)............................ That's when Willy Wonka (3) ….......
to invent an ice-cream that would never melt. He had also (4)....................... chewing gum which (5)....................into incredible sizes.


4 Cross out the unnecessary word. There are two sentences that are correct:

a I'm closing my chocolate factory always for ever.

b We saw smoke rise from the chimneys.

c The factory was to back in business.

d Who's running the machines?

e He never comes out off.

f. The candy comes out already packed and addressed. It's a tinier mystery.