Question

While I was thinking of all this, I heard my name called. It was my turn to recite. What would I not have given to be able to say that dreadful rule for the participle all through, very loud and clear, and without one mistake? But I got mixed up on the first words and stood there, holding on to my desk, my heart beating, and not daring to look up. I heard M. Hamel say to me, "I won't scold you, little Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is! Every day we have said to ourselves, 'Bah! I've plenty of time. I'll leam it tomorrow.' And now you see where we've come out. Ah, that's the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, 'How is it: you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language?' But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We've all a great deal to reproach ourselves with."

The teacher said: 'Every day we have said to ourselves, 'Bah! I've plenty of time. I'll learn it tomorrow.' And now you see where we've come out.' - What does he mean through these lines?

Options

• Students vow to study every day and they do it without fail.

• There is no time left for the students to study now.

• Students are not serious enough to carry out their duties to study.

• Students linger to study thinking they have plenty of time left to do so.

Answer 1

Students linger to study thinking they have plenty of time left to do so.

Explanation:

The significance of the excerpt is that, despite promising to study every day, students do not actually do so. They continue to study because they believe they still have enough time to finish their lesson.