SELF TEST

1.5 The Necklace (Part I)

Time : 40 minutes ] [ Marks : 20

Q 1. Do as directed : (5 Marks)
(1) Make a meaningful sentence using the phrase ‘with an air of triumph’. (1)
(2) Use the word ‘back’ and its homograph in two separate sentences. (2)
(3) “I’m upset that I have no jewels.” (Analyse the sentence.) (2)

Q. 2. Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 Marks)

A1. Write whether the following sentences are True or False : (2)
(1) Madame Loisel was a success at the party.
(2) Mathilde asked her husband what the matter was.
(3) Mathilde was the prettiest woman at the party.
(4) Mathilde’s husband was not worried over the loss of the necklace.

The day of the party arrived. Madame Loisel was a success. She was prettier than
all the other women, elegant, gracious, smiling, and full of joy.
She danced wildly, with passion, forgetting everything in the triumph of her
beauty and success, floating in a cloud of happiness.
Mathilde and her husband left at about four o’clock in the morning. When they
were finally in the street, they could not find a cab. They walked down toward the
Seine, till they found one. They were dropped off at their door in the Rue des
Martyrs, and sadly, it was all over, for her.
In front of the mirror, she took a final look at herself in all her glory. But suddenly
she uttered a cry. She no longer had the necklace round her neck !
“What is the matter ?” asked her husband.
She turned towards him, panic-stricken, “I have ... I have ... I no longer have
Madame Forestier’s necklace.”
He stood up, distraught, “What !... how ! …That’s impossible !”

A2. ‘Mathilde did not notice the loss of her necklace’. Give reasons. (2)
A3. Write the adverb forms of the following : (2)
(i) pretty (ii) elegant (iii) gracious (iv) impossible
A4. Do as directed : (2)
(1) She danced wildly, forgetting everything in the triumph of her beauty.
 (Rewrite using the underlined word as a finite verb.)
(2) Mathilde and her husband left at about four o’clock in the morning.
 (Frame a wh-question to get the underlined part as the answer.)
A5. Mathilde lost the necklace. What do you think about this? (2)

SelfTest
Self Test: 1.5
: 1.5– –English
EnglishKumarbharati
Kumarbharati: Std.
: Std.IXIX 1
Q. 3. Informal Letter :  (5 Marks)
You are Joy Jacob residing at flat No. 3, Maria Mansion, Pereira Colony, Mahim
– 400 016. Write a letter to your friend or cousin telling him/her about a difficult
choice you have recently made. Tell your friend/cousin how his/her example
helped you to take a decision.

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 SELF TEST
1.5 The Necklace (Part II)
Time : 40 minutes ] [ Marks : 20

Q 1. Do as directed : (5 Marks)
(1) Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence : (1)
But suddenly she uttering a cry.
(2) She tore open the paper. (Change the voice beginning ‘The paper…..’) (2)
(3) Use the word ‘thought’ as a verb and a noun in two separate sentences. (2)
Q. 2. Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 Marks)
A1. Complete the following table : (2)
No. The words Who said To whom
(1) You must have made a mistake.
(2) Mine was an imitation.

One Sunday, as she was walking in the Champs Élysées suddenly she saw
Madame Forestier, still young, still beautiful, still charming.
Madame Loisel felt emotional. Should she speak to her ? Yes, of course. And
now that she had paid, she would tell her all. Why not ?
She went up to her, “Good morning, Jeanne.”
The other, astonished to be addressed so familiarly by this common woman,
did not recognise her. She stammered:
“But – Madame – I don’t know. You must have made a mistake.”
“No, I am Mathilde Loisel.”
Her friend uttered a cry, “Oh ! ... my poor Mathilde, how you’ve changed ! ...”
“Yes, I have had some hard times since I last saw you, and many miseries ...
and all because of you ! ...”
“Me ? How can that be ?”
“You remember that diamond necklace that you lent me to wear to the
Ministry party ?”
“Yes. Well ?”
“Well, I lost it.”
“What do you mean ? You brought it back.”
“I brought you back another exactly like it. And it has taken us ten years to
pay for it. It wasn’t easy for us, we had very little. But at last it is over, and I am
very glad.”
Madame Forestier was stunned.
“You say that you bought a diamond necklace to replace mine ?”

Self Test : 1.5 – English Kumarbharati : Std. IX 1

 “Yes; you didn’t notice then ? They were very similar.”
And she smiled with proud and innocent pleasure. Madame Forestier, deeply
moved, took both her hands.
“Oh, my poor Mathilde ! Mine was an imitation ! It was worth five hundred
francs at most ! ...”

A2. Why did Mathilde decide to speak to her friend? (2)

A3. Give the noun forms of the following:  (2)
(i) charming (ii) astonished (iii) familiarly (iv) remember
A4. Do as directed : (2)
(1) One day, as she was walking in the Champs Élysées, she saw Madame
Forestier. (Rewrite as a simple sentence.)
(2) The other, astonished to be addressed so familiarly by this common woman,
did not recognize her. (Rewrite as an affirmative sentence.)
A5. What do you think must have happened after Mathilde’s friend discovered that
the diamonds were real? Would she return it to Mathilde ? What would be
Mathilde’s reaction? (2)

Q. 3. Narration given the ending : (5 Marks)

‘.......and that’s how I realized that courage and hope can help me overcome any
major mishap/problem in life.’ Write an episode/experience from your own life
that leads to the above conclusion.

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