1.5 The Necklace [Latest edition] Balbharati solutions for English Kumarbharati 9th Standard Maharashtra State Board

Chapter 2: The Necklace

Write a few lines about yourself - your name, appearance, family, the place where you live, your school, your friends, neighbours, relatives, your likes, dislikes, hobbies, what you are good at, etc.

Now create an imaginary ‘persona’ for yourself. It can be quite different from your real self. Or, you may choose a fictional character - a character from a novel, story, etc. Write a few lines about this imaginary persona and introduce yourself in that role.

Real Self	Imaginary Persona
Hi, I am .............	Hi, I am ..........

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Real Self	Imaginary Persona
Hi, I am Reena. I am 14 years old. I am tall and plump. I have one brother, Arush. I live in Mumbai in a small flat. I walk daily at my school, National School. I am good at Maths and Science and dislike Social Studies. I play badminton and like to swim.	Hi, I am Alina. I am 18 years old. I travel to college in a chauffer-driven car. I won our college beauty pageant last year. I am now approached by many companies for their advertisement assignments. I did a few of them. I am now earning a lot and look after all my needs and luxuries myself.

Is there something that you would like to own more than anything else? Describe your dream possession with the help of the following points. You may add your own points, too.

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Read the following sentence aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

“Look, here’s something for you.”

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The above-given sentence is said by M. Liosel to Mathilde.

“Why, the dress you go to the theatre in !”

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The above-given sentence is said by M. Liosel to Mathilde.

“I would rather not go to the party.”

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The above-given sentence is said by Mathilde to M. Liosel.

“Choose, my dear.”

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The above sentence was said by Madame Forestier to Mathilde.

“You have nothing else?”

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The above sentence was said by Mathilde to Madame Forestier.

“Would you lend me this, just this?”

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The above sentence was said by Mathilde to Madame Forestier.

“What! ... how ! ... That’s impossible! ”

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The above sentence was said by M. Loisel to Mathilde.

Write a few lines about what Mathilde had and what she dreamt about.

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Mathilde was a pretty and charming girl. She was born into a family of clerks. She wanted to be wedded to an aristocrat but she was married to a minor official at the Ministry of Education. She dressed plainly but sh~ dreamt of rich dresses and jewels. She wanted so much to charm, to be envied, to be sought after. She lived in a shabby, poorly furnished house. She dreamed of a grand, palatial IDllllSion, with vast rooms and inviting smaller rooms, perfumed for afternoon chats with close friends.

Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.

Mathilde was beautiful, and so she wanted to marry an aristocrat.

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Mathilde wished that her beauty would guarantee that she would marry a rich aristocrat.

Mathilde was sad because she did not get any luxuries

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Mathilde was so convinced that she was meant to be rich that she detested her real life.

Mathilde felt that her house was shabby and poorly furnished.

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Mathilde dreamt of living in a palatial mansion with vast rooms and therefore hated her comparatively small and shabby house.

Mathilde wanted other people to envy her.

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Mathilde wanted to be the centre of attraction and wished that others would be attracted to her and would envy her.

Mathilde was not happy to see the invitation.

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Mathilde wanted to be the centre of attraction at the event and wanted to be so well dressed that she would be the most sought after.

Mathilde wanted a new dress for herself.

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Mathilde was quite selfish not to consider that her husband had been saving money to buy a hunting gun and yet she wanted it to buy a new dress for just one party.

Mathilde borrowed a diamond necklace from her friend and wore it to the party.

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Mathilde wanted to look good at all costs and therefore did not think twice before borrowing a necklace from her friend.

Mathilde lost the necklace.

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Mathilde was so engrossed in being the centre of attraction at the party that she carelessly didn't notice the loss of the necklace.

Prepare a formal invitation using the following format:

Mr and Mrs _______________________ solicit the pleasure of your company on the occasion of the ____________________ of their __________________ on _______________ (day), date _______________. Venue __________________ Time ____________________ (Include other requests like RSVP, No presents please, etc. at the bottom.)

SOLUTION 1

Mr. and Mrs. Chopra solicit the pleasure of your company on the occasion of the wedding ceremony of their daughter on 15th December 2018 (Sunday).

Venue: Hiranandani Palace and Towers (Matunga, Mumbai) 

Time: 11.30 am

RSVP

Kindly respond by 15st October 2018.

Yes, I will be there ____________________

No, Regretfully I wont be able to attend _____________________

Presents in Blessing only

SOLUTION 2

Mr. and Mrs. Rohan Patil request the pressure of your company on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of their wedding on Monday, 10th August 2018 Venue - Balaji Hall, Ring Road, Pune Time: 9:00 p.m. onwards. The dress code for the evening is red for the ladies and black for the gentlemen.

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.

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Articles:

1. the book

2. an elephant

Possessive pronoun:

1. my shirt

2. your car

Demonstrative:

1. these sweets

2. those moments

Quantifiers:

1. many students

2. few benches

Numerals:

1. three doors

2. seven horses.

Complete the following table.

No.	Utterance	Who said it	To whom	When
(a)	I touched it in the hall at the ministry.	___________	___________	___________
(b)	It will give us time to look some more.	___________	___________	___________
(c)	I might have needed it.	___________	___________	___________
(d)	You must have made a mistake	___________	___________	___________
(e)	Well, I lost it.	___________	___________	___________
(f)	Mine was an imitation.	___________	___________	___________

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No.	Utterance	Who said it	To whom	When
(a)	I touched it in the hall at the ministry.	Mathilde	M. Loisel	When she realized that necklace was missing.
(b)	It will give us time to look some more.	M. Loisel	Mathilde	Next evening when they didn't find the necklace.
(c)	I might have needed it.	Mme. Forestier	Mathilde	She returned the necklace after more than a week.
(d)	You must have made a mistake	Mme. Forestier	Mathilde	After ten years when Mathilde Met her on the street.
(e)	Well, I lost it.	Mathilde	Mme. Forestier	After ten years, when all loans were repaid.
(f)	Mine was an imitation.	Mme. Forestier	Mathilde	After she confessed about losing and then replacing the necklace.

Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :

Mathilde despaired over the loss of her necklace.

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This was a natural reaction, as Mathilde had lost a valuable necklace and she would have to replace it.

Mathilde wrote a note to her friend as dictated by her husband.

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I think that after losing the necklace Mathilde had no other way but to listen to her helpful husband.

Mathilde and her husband decided to replace the necklace.

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I think that this was the correct step which they had taken because Mathilde was the only responsible woman for the loss of her friend’s necklace.

Mathilde returned the diamond necklace to her friend.

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I think Mathilde did a great job. She was honest.

Mathilde did not tell her friend about the loss and replacement.

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I think Mathilde did not want to show her carelessness to her generous friend.

Mathilde worked very very hard to pay the debt.

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Here, I think that Mathilde’s realized her mistake and anyhow she wanted to pay off the debt because of her foolishness.

Mathilde and her husband paid off the debt in ten years.

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I think that the compensation amount was very big and so it took both of them 10 years to paid off the debts.

Mathilde told her friend about the lost necklace.

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Mathilde felt emotional. Also, she had paid all past dreadful debts. So she decided to speak to her friend so that she can tell her all the real story behind the lost necklace.

Form pairs. Discuss how ‘Part II’ of the story could have been different. Write your storyline in the form of bullets showing the main events.

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The frantic search for a necklace for a day. Mathilde confessing to Mme. Forestier about losing the necklace and reimbursing the cost. Mme. Forestier asking for five hundred francs. difficult but the Loisels manage· to pay. Mathilde learns a valuable lesson and decides not to be so materialistic in the future.

Imagine what must have happened after Mathilde’s friend discovered that the diamonds were real. Do you think she would return the necklace to Mathilde? Would that make Mathilde happy?

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I think Mme. Forestier was a good friend and she would definitely give the necklace back especially after realising the sufferings faced by the Loisels for ten years to pay for it. But in these ten years' time, Mathilde has learned the value of things and realised the importance of small things and that she doesn't materials to be happy. But after receiving the necklace back the standard of living of the Loisel's will certainly improve as they no longer needed to live a life of extreme poverty. This would certainly make Mathilde happy.

Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.

What would you do, if something like this happens to you?

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I would honestly tell the person that I have lost or misplaced their belongings. And I would gladly replace it at whatever cost to myself. This is not just the better way out of it, but it also avoids confusion like in the story.

What opinion do you form about Mathilde’s husband from her story?

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Monsieur Loisel, Mathilde's husband is a very supportive and loving husband. Not only does he listen to her requests and fulfill them even when he can't, but also stands by her in times of trouble. He doesn't blame her for long the necklace. When he could have easily avoided helping her, he waits by her side and works hard to pay back for the necklace. He is an ideal partner and Mathilde is lucky to have him.

Which events in the story (Part I and Part II) changed Mathilde’s life?

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This fantastic tragic story by the master of short stories, Guy de Maupassant authors a tale with a twist at the end showcasing human behavior and perceptions. Even by event, we see Mathilde's life-changing firstly her bad luck to born in a middle-class family. Secondly, her marriage to a clerk, next to the invitation, the borrowing of a necklace from her friend, losing that necklace at the party and finally instead of honestly revealing the truth to her friend she along with her husband went ahead and purchased a replica of the necklace which in reality was a fake.

Make a table of verb forms for your own reference. Try to arrange the verbs in alphabetical order. Keep adding new verbs to your table from time to time. When you write, check your work to see whether you have used the correct verb form.

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Base	s/es/ies	Past tense	Present participle	Past Participle
abash	abashes	abashed	abashing	abashed
abate	abates	abated	abating	abated
accept	accepts	accepted	accepting	accepted
arrest	arrests	arrested	arresting	arrested
ask	asks	asked	asking	asked
assert	asserts	asserted	asserting	asserted
awake	awakes	awoke	awaking	awoken
bang	bangs	banged	banishing	banged
banish	banishes	banished	bashing	banished
bash	bashes	bashed	bashing	bashed
bat	bats	batted	batting	batted
bear	bears	bore	bearing	borne
build	builds	built	building	built
buzz	buzzes	buzzed	buzzing	buzzed
calculate	calculates	calculated	calculating	calculated
call	calls	called	calling	called
carry	carries	carried	carrying	carried
damage	damages	damaged	damaging	damaged
damp	damps	damped	damping	damped
dare	dares	dared	daring	dared

List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the present participle. Example: put- putting

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1. cut – cutting

2. let – letting

3. chat – chatting

4. knit – knitting

5. plan – planning

6. rub – rubbing

7. dub – dubbing

8. slip – slipping

9. admit – admitting

10. stop – stopping

List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past participle. Example: write - written

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1. Stop- stopped

2. Plan- planned

3. Rub- rubbed

4. Pin- pinned

5. Rot- rotted

6. Slip- slipped

7. Flip- flipped

8. Step- stepped

9. Split- splitted

10. Drop- dropped

List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past tense form. Example: sob - sobbed.

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1. blur – blurred

2. chip – chipped

3. control – controlled

4. counsel – counseled

5. crib – cribbed 

6. dim – dimmed

7. dip – dipped 

8. drag – dragged

9. drop – dropped 

10. grab – grabbed

Read: ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O. Henry.

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Do it yourself.

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Balbharati Solutions for English Kumarbharati 9th Standard Maharashtra State Board

 • Chapter 1.1: Life

 • Chapter 1.2: A Synopsis-The Swiss Family Robinson

 • Chapter 1.3: Have you ever seen...?

 • Chapter 1.4: Have you thought of the verb ‘have’

 • Chapter 1.5: The Necklace

 • Chapter 2.1: Invictus

 • Chapter 2.2: A True Story of Sea Turtles

 • Chapter 2.3: Somebody’s Mother

 • Chapter 2.4: The Fall of Troy

 • Chapter 2.5: Autumn

 • Chapter 2.6: The Past in the Present

 • Chapter 3.1: Silver

 • Chapter 3.2: Reading Works of Art

 • Chapter 3.3: The Road Not Taken

 • Chapter 3.4: How the First Letter was Written

 • Chapter 4.1: Please Listen!

 • Chapter 4.2: The Storyteller

 • Chapter 4.3: Intellectual Rubbish

 • Chapter 4.4: My Financial Career

 • Chapter 4.5: Tansen

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