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 ?”“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.Frame questions according to question pattern Aur question number first frame four question as a completion carrying half marks each and then frame all questions according to previous pattern which you did so many times
Guessing/Complex Factual Question: (2 marks)
What did Madame Loisel plan to do when she saw Madame Forestier in the Champs Élysées?
Complete the following sentences: (0.5 marks each)
a) Madame Loisel saw _ as she was walking in the Champs Élysées.
b) Madame Loisel lost the _ that Madame Forestier lent her.
c) It took Madame Loisel and her husband _ years to pay for the new necklace.
d) Madame Forestier was _ when she learned that Madame Loisel replaced the necklace.
Vocabulary: (2 marks)
Find the meaning of “astonished” from the context of the passage.
Language Study: (1 mark each)
a) Identify the tense used in the sentence: “It has taken us ten years to pay for it.”
b) Pick the correct option: “Madame Forestier, deeply moved, took both her hands.”
i) Adjective
ii) Adverb
iii) Noun
iv) Verb
Personal Response: (2 marks)
What do you think of Madame Loisel’s decision to replace the necklace without telling Madame Forestier at first?