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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
The Last Lesson shows that people suddenly realised how precious their language was to them.
Comment.
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
- in great dread of
- counted on
- thumbed at the edges
- in unison
- a great bustle
- reproach ourselves with
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
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?
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
“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.
Try to write phrases with each word beginning with the same letter.
Find the explanation for ‘participles’ given in the book.
In what region does the story take place?
In what time period does the story take place?
Why is the iron ruler said to be ‘terrible’?
Think and answer:
Is the school closing down?
Think and answer:
What subjects does Franz study in school?
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.
Guess why M. Hamel was leaving the country.
Why does the author say, ‘I never saw him look so tall’?
What is the meaning of the following word and phrase in the passage? Choose the correct alternative.
Terrible iron ruler
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
What should people never lose even when they lose freedom?
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.
