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The Last Lesson

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Why did Franz start very late that morning for school? How did he resist his momentary thoughts of running away and spend the day outdoors?

Solution

Franz did not wish to go to school that morning because his teacher M. Hamel was to question them on ‘Participles’. He did not know a word about participles. He was frightened and was to get a scolding for not learning his lesson. So he started very late for school that morning.

While Franz was on his way to school for a moment he thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was pleasant, warm and so bright that day, he thought of enjoying the chirping birds of the nearby edge of the forest. He thought of enjoying the drill of the Prussian soldiers at the back of the sawmill.

All these were a great allurement to his. But he was a child of good basic qualities so he resisted that temptation and hurried off to school.

At the town-hall bulletin-board a blacksmith from the crowd called after him and told him not to go so fast as he would get to his school in plenty of time. But Franz thought the blacksmith was making fun of him so hurried off to his school.

Some More Questions From The Last Lesson Chapter

What happens to a linguistic minority in a state ? How do you think they can keep their language alive?

For example:

Punjabis in Bangalore

Tamilians in Mumbai

Kannadigas in Delhi

Gujaratis in Kolkata

Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far? Do you know what linguistic chauvinism means?

English is a language that contains words from muny other languages. This inclusiveness is one of the reasons it is now a ‘world language.’

For Example:

petite – French

kindergarten – German

capital – Latin

democracy – Greek

bazaar - Hindi

Find out the origins of the following words.
tycoon      barbecue     zero
tulip         veranda      ski
logo          robot         trek
bandicoot

Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meaning:

“What a thunder clap these words were to me !”

The words were:

“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.”

It is as if they have the key to the prison as long as they

Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time. “You will get to your school.”

I never say him look so tall. M. Hamel

M. Hamel had said that he would question us on Participles. In the sentence above, the verb form “had said” in the first part is used to indicate an “earlier past.” The whole story is narrated in the Past. M. Ilamel’s “saying” happened earlier than the events in this story. This form of the verb is called the Past Perfect.

Pick out five sentences from the story with this form of the verb and say why this form has been used.

Write a notice for your school bulletin- board. Your notice could be an announcement of a forthcoming event, or a requirement to be fulfilled, or a rule to be followed.

Write a paragraph of about 100 words arguing for or against having to study three languages at school.

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