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प्रश्न
Why was Mathilde sad, restless and anxious though her dress was ready?
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उत्तर
Mathilde was sad, restless, and nervous even though her outfit was finished because she lacked jewellery and a single beautiful stone. She was on the point of declining to attend the party.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel − why is she always unhappy?
What do M. and Mme Loisel do next?
How do they replace the necklace?
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?
What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?
If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?
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 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.
Do you like jewellery and ornaments?
What makes a person happy and confident during special functions and parties?
Why did Mathilde weep with misery after visiting her schoolmate?
Was the husband a considerate person? How do we now that?
Which sentences tell us that Mathilde greatly desired the necklace?
Why did Mathilde not notice the loss of her necklace?
What was the arrangement with the jeweller? Do you think it was fair?
Why does Madame Forestier speak coldly to Mathilde?
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.
Have you ever lost anything valuable?
Name a book/movie that made you think. What was it about? What was the best part about the book/movie?
