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प्रश्न
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.
Mathilde was beautiful, and so she wanted to marry an aristocrat.
उत्तर
Mathilde wished that her beauty would guarantee that she would marry a rich aristocrat.
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?
How is the problem solved?
How do they replace the necklace?
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?
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.
Briefly state how Matilda invited ‘a dreadful life of necessity’ into her family.
As a reader do you sympathise with Matilda? Give reasons from the text to support your answer.
Answer the following in about 100-120 words:
Contentment in one's life is very important to lead a peaceful life. We should be happy with what we have and should not crave for what we don't have. Matilda suffered in life because she was not content in her life. Her desires led to her disaster. What do you learn from her mistake in life?
Do you like jewellery and ornaments?
What did the envelope hold?
What did Madame Forestier’s large box contain?
Which sentences tell us that Mathilde greatly desired the necklace?
Why did Mathilde not notice the loss of her necklace?
Why does Madame Forestier speak coldly to Mathilde?
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?
