A PARAGRAPH ON MAGGIE;S MOTHER IN THE STORY "THE PRICE OF FLOWERS " (11 READER FOR ENGLISH,DHSE,KERALA )
( WITH SELF LEARNING TOOLS )
MAGGIE'S MOTHER is an old widow .Her financial status is not good but she is not frustrated .
She lives in a small but clean cabin in a street in London and makes a living by making and selling cakes .She worries about her missing son.She along with Maggie receives the writer with great warmth and courtesy.The scenes where we see Maggie playing Scotland Blues in violin reveal the cultural tradition of the family.Poverty doesn't make them behave meanly. She does not resort to any negative ways of life to overcome the miseries of poverty and loneliness. She can be hailed as a successful parent because she has helped Maggie grow up as an enthusiastic and independent individual in spite of the challenges she had to face in life. The mother's life had never been pleasant.She was always anxious of her son ,Frank.Her son had been missing for a long time and they had not heard anything abut her for long. She wanted to know whether he was alive or not.Being poor and lonely she had no other options to get in touch with him who had been in the frontiers of India as a soldier.She hopes to find an Indian who could gaze through the ring to check whether frank is alive or not.Here she and her daughter is somewhat superstitious . When the writer tells the truth that he couldn't see anything , the mother gets depressed and soon she becomes sick.
Once more Maggie compels the writer to gaze through the magic ring and tell a lie.The writer tells them that he could see her son alive through the magic ring.The mother feels relaxed and she recovers soon.But the sad news arrives about the death of Frank and the family bereaves his death. The mother of Maggie in the story "The Price of Flowers "is presented as a bold character who faces the ups and downs of life with hope and confidence.
( This blog is to encourage self learning and you can try the following exercises to learn to write a paragraph similar to the given one by practising the following exercises. If you have any doubts please call me at 9447739033 or send an email to seakeyare@gmail.com)
FOR PRACTICE
(a). MAKE MEANINGFUL SENTENCES OUT OF THE GIVEN IDEAS (for all kinds of learners)
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MAGGIE'S MOTHER ...............
1..............( an old widow ./ a young unhappy woman )
2.Her financial status is.................... ( good / not good )
3.but ....(not disappointed / always disappointed).
4.........lives ( in a big and posh mansion / small but clean cabin in a street in London )
5......makes a living by ......( fishing / making and selling cakes ).
6.This shows that she is always..................( negative in life / positive in life )
7. .......... ( worried / satisfied ) about her missing son.
8. ........... (not ambitious / ambitious) of her daughter
9. .......receives the writer with great warmth and courtesy.
10.... interested in ( teaching / playing / learning /listening to music)
11. She ..........(does not belong to / belongs to family of ) cultural tradition.
12 Poverty .........(doesn't / makes) them behave meanly.
13 She ( does not resort / resort to ) any negative ways of life
14. ... a (responsible / not successful ) parent
15..Because she has helped Maggie grow up as .... individual (a careless and merrymaking / an energetic and independent )
16.The mother's life ( had been /never had been)always pleasant.
17. She was (always anxious / not anxious )of of her son ,Frank.
18.. ..........a symbol of politeness / cruelty / humility / negative thinking / nobility / pride / hardwork /( Write as many sentences as possible)
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(b)FOR HIGHER LEVEL STUDENTS : SELECT SUITABLE words AND WRITE MEANINGFUL SENTENCES. JOIN THE SENTENCES WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
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1.Her son ............(was always in the house /had been missing for a long time and
2.They (know a lot of details about them / had not heard anything abut her for long. )
3.She wanted to know whether( whether he would come back / he was alive or not.
4.Being poor and lonely she had (many options /no other options) to get in touch with him .
5.Frank had been in the frontiers of India as ( a writer /a soldier.)
6.She hopes to find ( an Indian vegetarian / an Indian writer ) who could gaze through the ring to check whether frank is alive or not.
7.Here she and her daughter is somewhat (superstitious/ not superstitious) .
8.When the writer tells the truth that he couldn't see anything , the mother (becomes happy / gets unhappy .
9.Soon she becomes (sick/unhealthy).
10.Once more Maggie compels the writer to gaze through the magic ring and tell ( a lie / a truth).
11.The writer tells them that (he could see/could not ) her son alive through the magic ring.
12.The mother feels (worried /relaxed) and she (recovers /does not recover)soon.But the (sad / happy )news arrives about the death of Frank and the family bereaves his death.
13.The mother of Maggie in the story "The Price of Flowers "is presented as a (shy / bold) character 14.She runs away from life and remains depressed / faces the ups and downs of life with hope and confidence.
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( WITH SELF LEARNING TOOLS )
MAGGIE'S MOTHER is an old widow .Her financial status is not good but she is not frustrated .
She lives in a small but clean cabin in a street in London and makes a living by making and selling cakes .She worries about her missing son.She along with Maggie receives the writer with great warmth and courtesy.The scenes where we see Maggie playing Scotland Blues in violin reveal the cultural tradition of the family.Poverty doesn't make them behave meanly. She does not resort to any negative ways of life to overcome the miseries of poverty and loneliness. She can be hailed as a successful parent because she has helped Maggie grow up as an enthusiastic and independent individual in spite of the challenges she had to face in life. The mother's life had never been pleasant.She was always anxious of her son ,Frank.Her son had been missing for a long time and they had not heard anything abut her for long. She wanted to know whether he was alive or not.Being poor and lonely she had no other options to get in touch with him who had been in the frontiers of India as a soldier.She hopes to find an Indian who could gaze through the ring to check whether frank is alive or not.Here she and her daughter is somewhat superstitious . When the writer tells the truth that he couldn't see anything , the mother gets depressed and soon she becomes sick.
Once more Maggie compels the writer to gaze through the magic ring and tell a lie.The writer tells them that he could see her son alive through the magic ring.The mother feels relaxed and she recovers soon.But the sad news arrives about the death of Frank and the family bereaves his death. The mother of Maggie in the story "The Price of Flowers "is presented as a bold character who faces the ups and downs of life with hope and confidence.
( This blog is to encourage self learning and you can try the following exercises to learn to write a paragraph similar to the given one by practising the following exercises. If you have any doubts please call me at 9447739033 or send an email to seakeyare@gmail.com)
FOR PRACTICE
(a). MAKE MEANINGFUL SENTENCES OUT OF THE GIVEN IDEAS (for all kinds of learners)
************************************************************************
MAGGIE'S MOTHER ...............
1..............( an old widow ./ a young unhappy woman )
2.Her financial status is.................... ( good / not good )
3.but ....(not disappointed / always disappointed).
4.........lives ( in a big and posh mansion / small but clean cabin in a street in London )
5......makes a living by ......( fishing / making and selling cakes ).
6.This shows that she is always..................( negative in life / positive in life )
7. .......... ( worried / satisfied ) about her missing son.
8. ........... (not ambitious / ambitious) of her daughter
9. .......receives the writer with great warmth and courtesy.
10.... interested in ( teaching / playing / learning /listening to music)
11. She ..........(does not belong to / belongs to family of ) cultural tradition.
12 Poverty .........(doesn't / makes) them behave meanly.
13 She ( does not resort / resort to ) any negative ways of life
14. ... a (responsible / not successful ) parent
15..Because she has helped Maggie grow up as .... individual (a careless and merrymaking / an energetic and independent )
16.The mother's life ( had been /never had been)always pleasant.
17. She was (always anxious / not anxious )of of her son ,Frank.
18.. ..........a symbol of politeness / cruelty / humility / negative thinking / nobility / pride / hardwork /( Write as many sentences as possible)
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(b)FOR HIGHER LEVEL STUDENTS : SELECT SUITABLE words AND WRITE MEANINGFUL SENTENCES. JOIN THE SENTENCES WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
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1.Her son ............(was always in the house /had been missing for a long time and
2.They (know a lot of details about them / had not heard anything abut her for long. )
3.She wanted to know whether( whether he would come back / he was alive or not.
4.Being poor and lonely she had (many options /no other options) to get in touch with him .
5.Frank had been in the frontiers of India as ( a writer /a soldier.)
6.She hopes to find ( an Indian vegetarian / an Indian writer ) who could gaze through the ring to check whether frank is alive or not.
7.Here she and her daughter is somewhat (superstitious/ not superstitious) .
8.When the writer tells the truth that he couldn't see anything , the mother (becomes happy / gets unhappy .
9.Soon she becomes (sick/unhealthy).
10.Once more Maggie compels the writer to gaze through the magic ring and tell ( a lie / a truth).
11.The writer tells them that (he could see/could not ) her son alive through the magic ring.
12.The mother feels (worried /relaxed) and she (recovers /does not recover)soon.But the (sad / happy )news arrives about the death of Frank and the family bereaves his death.
13.The mother of Maggie in the story "The Price of Flowers "is presented as a (shy / bold) character 14.She runs away from life and remains depressed / faces the ups and downs of life with hope and confidence.
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( Send your answers to seakeyare@gmail.com to get them checked . )
Just write the answers down in a piece of paper and take a mobile photo and send it
-CKR 26/06/2019
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO seakeyare@gmail.com ( I took 3 hours to complete this work and hence deserve a comment.Do drop a few words because it makes me go on )
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