Characters

Characters

At the chocolate factory

At the chocolate factory

Burton: Chocolate Factory #2 Now Casting

A month ago, some lost chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were found. And they revealed there weren’t 5 but 10 children in the original story who actually met Willy Wonka!

The discovery of new unpublished chapters revealed Dahl’s intention to include more golden tickets. Of course, American film director Tim Burton immediately announced “The Chocolate Factory needs to reopen its doors, but a second movie would be ridiculous. We will produce a Reality Tv Show, a real live casting!!!”.

Will you be lucky enough to find a Golden Ticket?! Will you be nice enough to win the Chocolate Factory?

A2 I’m Charlie and I’m nine years old.
A2+ I’m quite jealous but I’m not cruel at all. I’m very creative.
B1 I think I’m the best because I’m nicer than the others.

1. Does Chocoholic mean addicted to chocolate or allergic to chocolate?
2. How much chocolate do Spanish people consume? More than 11.2kg per year or less than 11.2kg per year?
3. How many chocolate bars do 11.2kg of chocolate represent? Two hundred and sixty-six or two thousand and sixty-six?

Speak

1

Read the clues and complete the crosswords with personality adjectives. 💡 Tip: Look at the word snake in your textbook.

a) Authoritative.
b) Moody person.
c) Impolite.
d) Very mean. 
e) Gluttonous eater.
f) Very envious. 

2

Look at the characters and match them to their description.

3

Listen to the recording describing the characters and solve the following riddles.

a) I love eating so much that I became enormously fat. ➝ I am .
b) I am so proud to have won the second ticket that I look a bit snobbish. ➝ I am .
c) I’m fond of chewing gum and seem very bossy. ➝ I am .
d) I watch TV so much that I look unhappy without it. ➝ I am .

Read

1

Classify all the proper nouns from the news article.

2

Read the article carefully and choose the correct answer.

a) Roald Dahl created only five children. (Right. / Wrong.)
b) In fact there were ten golden tickets in the original story. (Right. / Wrong.)
c) Tim Burton wants to make a second movie. (Right. / Wrong.)

Listen

1

Listen to the recording. Identify the scene and fill in the table below.

2

Complete the text with your own ideas about one of the deleted character.

Tommy Troutbeck was a  (adjective) child, with (physical). Nobody liked him because he was (personality). He loved (activity) and he always carried (object) . When he found the Golden Ticket, he said “”.