Charlie and chocolate factory vocabulary

In the summertime, this wasn't too bad, but in the winter, freezing cold ____________ blew across the floor all night long.

• wind

• draughts

• breeze

• breath

To taste revolting means:

• delicious

• good

• disgusting

• salty

‘____________________ me!’ said Mr Salt, as he watched his fat wife go

tumbling down the hole, ‘what a lot of rubbish there’s going to be

today!’

• Thanks God

• Oh, my

• Good gracious

• Pardon

‘All right,’ said Mr Wonka, ‘stop here for a moment and catch your

breath, and take a _______ through the glass panel of this door.

• look

• glance

• peek

• stare

At this point, Mr Salt, Veruca’s father, stepped forward. ‘Very well,

Wonka,’ he said importantly, taking out a wallet full of money, ‘how

much d’you want for one of these squirrels? _________ your price.’

• What's

• Give

• Tell

• Name

It doesn’t

matter about us. We’re too old to __________ with. But a growing boy! He

can’t go on like this! He’s beginning to look like

• bother

• worry

• take care

• care

There was

a sudden __________ of movement in the room, like a ________ of brown lightning,

and every single squirrel around the table took a flying leap towards her

and landed on her body.

• flesh

• strike

• flash

• strake

‘But… but… but…’ shrieked Mrs Salt, ‘where does the great big pipe

go to in the end?’

‘Why, to the _________, of course,’ Mr Wonka said calmly. ‘To the

incinerator.’

• furnace

• fuirnace

• furnice

• fornace

So who is going to _______ the factory when I get too old to do it myself?

• deal with

• run

• rule

• start

Go off one's rocker means

• go nuts

• go along

• come back

• come along