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प्रश्न
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde felt that her house was shabby and poorly furnished.
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उत्तर
Mathilde dreamt of living in a palatial mansion with vast rooms and therefore hated her comparatively small and shabby house.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Why did Matilda not want to see her rich friends?
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel − why is she always unhappy?
What kind of a person is her husband?
What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?
How is the problem solved?
How do they replace the necklace?
The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.
What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
Why was Matilda unhappy in her early married life?
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words :
Why was Mathilda always unhappy after her marriage?
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde was not happy to see the invitation.
Read the following :
- The necklace
- an error
- all these things
- another woman
- one evening
- her husband.
In all these phrases we see some words used before the nouns. They specify or make it clear what noun we are talking about. These words that are used at the beginning of a noun phrase are known as determiners.
Determiners include articles (a, an, the), possessive pronouns (my, our, your, her, etc.), demonstratives (words like this, that), quantifiers (much, many, etc.), numerals, etc.
Write your phrases using each type of determiner.
Read: ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O. Henry.
As a reader do you sympathise with Matilda? Give reasons from the text to support your answer.
Answer of the following question in 100-120 words:
Matilda was very proud of her beauty and charm and this led to her downfall. Elaborate.
Imagine that M. Loisel, from The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, writes a diary entry, exploring the theme of class and social status, and the nature of social mobility, in the context of his own experience.
Write this diary entry, as M. Loisel, in about 120 words.
Do you like jewellery and ornaments?
Why did Mathilde weep with misery after visiting her schoolmate?
What did the envelope hold?
Why was Mathilde sad, restless and anxious though her dress was ready?
What did Madame Forestier’s large box contain?
Why did Mathilde not notice the loss of her necklace?
What was the arrangement with the jeweller? Do you think it was fair?
Who is Madame Loisel?
Who do you think was responsible for Mathilde’s misery? Was it her friend, she herself, her husband or the circumstances?
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
At the end of one week, they have lose all hope.
Have you ever lost anything valuable?
