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प्रश्न
Find five examples of commonly used past participles from the story. For example, said, learnt.
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उत्तर
- Thought
- Written
- Seen
- Been
- Broken
- Go
- Enslaved
- Explained
- Looked
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in 120 − 150 words :
Everybody during the last lesson is filled with regret. Comment. (The Last Lesson)
The Last Lesson shows that people suddenly realised how precious their language was to them.
Comment.
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
What had been put up on the bulletin-board?
How did Franz’s feelings about M. Hamel and school change?
Franz thinks, “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” What could this mean?
“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.”
Can you think of examples in history where conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?
Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far?
“You realise the true value of a thing only on losing it.” Comment on this statement in the light of the story, The Last Lesson.
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
When do the residents of Alsace realise how precious their language is to them?
- How was this year for you?
- Are you happy with what you could study this year?
- What did you miss, or could not do?
- What do you plan to do about it- about the things you could not do/study well?
- What was the best moment for you this year?
Try to write phrases with each word beginning with the same letter.
In what region does the story take place?
In what time period does the story take place?
Who is narrating the story?
Think and answer:
Why were the old men of the village attending school that day?
Find where Alsace and Loraine are located with the help of the map.
According to M. Hamel, who are the people that did not take education seriously? What examples does he give to support his view?
With the coming of the Prussians, will language be the only thing that will change? What other changes may take place?
Where does M. Hamel live? Who lived with him?
Guess why M. Hamel was leaving the country.
What is the meaning of the following word and phrase in the passage? Choose the correct alternative.
______ was in great dread of
What is the meaning of the following word and phrase in the passage? Choose the correct alternative.
What a thunderclap these words were to me!
What is the meaning of the following word and phrase in the passage? Choose the correct alternative.
______ She put off learning tomorrow
Why was Franz sad?
Continue to write as many sentences as the number of students in the group, till you reach the number 10.
After that, go on forming bigger groups and writing sentences with as many words as the number of students in the group. However, you may write only one or two sentences at each step after 10.
See if you can make a sentence with as many words in it as there are students in your classroom.
Write the sentence in big letters on chart paper and display it in the classroom.
