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प्रश्न
Why was Mathilde married to a ‘minor official’?
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उत्तर
Mathilde was a beautiful, charming young lady who was born into a family of clerks. This had decided her fate. Due to her unfavourable circumstances, she was forced to marry a "minor official."
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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?
What do M. and Mme Loisel do next?
The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.
What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
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 beautiful, and so she wanted to marry an aristocrat.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde felt that her house was shabby and poorly furnished.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde wanted other people to envy her.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde wanted a new dress for herself.
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.
Do you like jewellery and ornaments?
Do you like to dress up for special occasions? How do you do that?
What did the envelope hold?
Was the husband a considerate person? How do we now that?
Why was Mathilde sad, restless and anxious though her dress was ready?
Which sentences tell us that Mathilde greatly desired the necklace?
What is meant by the horrible life of the very poor?
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.
Read the conversations in the story (The Necklace) aloud using proper intonation.
