Worksheet for English

Key Stage II (Year VI)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Chap 1 and 2)

Name: _____________________ Section: ____________ Date: ________________

Copy Work (Vocabulary)

 Spellings:

1. mattresses 11. wrapping

2. desperately 12. scented
3. torturing 13. extraordinary
4. margarine 14. huddled
5. marvelous
6. delicate
7. marshmallows
8. wrinkled
9. uncomfortable
10. extremely

Words Meanings
1. draughts a current of air.
2. starve be hungry, deprive of food.
3. nibble take small bites of.
4. belching the forceful expulsion of something from inside.
5. sniff inhale audibly through the nose.
6. shrivelled wrinkled and shrunken, as a result of old age.
7. dozing sleeping lightly or for a short period of time.
8. absurd wildly unreasonable, illogical or inappropriate.
9. dotty insane or stupid.
10. chuckle laugh quietly or inwardly.
Ex: Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

delicate awful eager creamy enormous

1. The pasta with ______________ sauce and mushrooms tasted delicious.

2. I feel _______________ about forgetting my best friend’s birthday.

3. The visit by the President resulted in an _______________ traffic jam.

4. John was _____________ to learn the new Karate tricks.

5. The beautiful vase lying in the corner of the room was very ______________.