Question

Section II Textual Passage

(Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar)

Q2.A) Read the following passage and do the given activities:- [ 10 ]

Mathilde was a pretty and charming girl, born, as if by an error of fate, into a

family of clerks. She had no means of becoming known, understood, loved or be

wedded to an aristocrat; and so she let herself be married to a minor official at the

Ministry of Education.

She dressed plainly, because she had never been able to afford anything

better. She suffered endlessly, feeling she was entitled to all the luxuries of life.

She suffered because of her shabby, poorly furnished house. All these things, that

another woman of her class would not even have noticed, tormented her and made

her resentful. She dreamed of a grand, palatial mansion, with vast rooms and

inviting smaller rooms, perfumed for afternoon chats with close friends.

Yet, she had no rich dresses, no jewels, nothing; and these were the only

things she loved. She wanted so much to charm, to be envied, to be sought after.

She had a rich friend, a farmer schoolmate at the convent, whom she avoided

visiting, because afterwards she would weep with regret, despair and misery.

A1. Write whether the following statements are True or False:- [ 2 ]

1. Mathilde was born into a rich family. ________

2. Mathilde had no rich dresses or jewels. ________

A2. (Any 1) [ 2 ]

1. Why was Mathilde married to a ‘minor official’?

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

A3. Match the following nouns with their adjectives:- [ 2 ]

A B

1. Minor a) house

2. Shabby b) mansion

3. Palatial c) friends

4. Close d) official

A4. Do as Directed:- [ 2 ]

1. She dreamed of a grand, palatial mansion.

(Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined words as the answer)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

it is so easy just read the textual passage