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The Last Lesson

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Specify the relevant facts from the lesson that made Franz feel something strange and solemn about his school in the morning.

Or

What changes did the narrator find in the school when the order from Berlin came?

Solution

M. Hamel was teaching French in one of the schools of Alsace. He had asked the class to come prepared with ‘participles’ but Franz did not know even the first word about it. He started late for school that morning. Moving speedily, he reached M. Hamel’s garden all out of breath but he noticed complete silence there in school. There was no hustle and bustle like the previous days. Everything seemed calm like Sunday morning. The sound of closing and opening the desk was missing. Even the quick short tapping of teacher’s ruler was also absent.

Through the window he saw M. Hamel pacing with an iron ruler under his arm. While entering, the teacher spoke gently to have his seat. Franz got over his fear but was surprised to see his teacher wearing beautiful green coat, frilled shirt and the silk-cap was all embroidered. On viewing the village gentry and other people of high strata of life, Franz was deeply astonished. Thus he noticed a sort of strange unusualness and solemnity in school. It looked as if school had been completely surrounded by Sunday morning.

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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