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This worksheet is designed for Grade XII English Core students to reflect on 'The Last Lesson' by M. Hamel. It includes multiple-choice questions and short answer prompts that encourage students to analyze themes, character emotions, and the significance of language. Students are instructed to complete the worksheet in their English notebooks and submit it upon returning in June.

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Englih Worksheet - 1

This worksheet is designed for Grade XII English Core students to reflect on 'The Last Lesson' by M. Hamel. It includes multiple-choice questions and short answer prompts that encourage students to analyze themes, character emotions, and the significance of language. Students are instructed to complete the worksheet in their English notebooks and submit it upon returning in June.

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GRADE: XII ENGLISH CORE

NAME: ________________ Worksheet-The Last Lesson

General Instructions.
a) You are expected to read the textbook before attempting to answer the questions.
b) This worksheet should be completed in the English Notebook
c) All instructions given should be followed without fail.
d) The given assignment should be submitted on the reopening day in the month of June

Q.1 Based on the reading of the lesson, answer the questions that follow:
1.Why does the narrator refer to M. Hamel as ‘Poor man!’?
a)He empathizes with M. Hamel as he had to leave the village.
b)He believes that M. Hamel’s “fine Sunday clothes” clearly reflected that he was not rich.
c) He feels sorry for M. Hamel as it was his last French lesson.
d)He thinks that M. Hamel’s patriotism and sense of duty resulted in his poverty.

2. Which of the following idioms might describe the


villagers’ act of attending the last lesson most accurately?
a)‘Too good to miss’ b) ‘Too little, too late’
c) ‘Too many cooks spoil the broth’ d) ‘Too cool for school’
3.Choose the option that might raise a question about M. Hamel’s “faithful service”.
a)When Franz came late, M. Hamel told him that he was about to begin class without him.
b)Franz mentioned how cranky M. Hamel was and his “great ruler rapping on the table”.
c)M. Hamel often sent students to water his flowers, and gave a holiday when he wanted to go
fishing.
d)M. Hamel permitted villagers put their children “to work on a farm or at the mills” for some
extra money.

4. Which of the following can be attributed to M. Hamel’s


declaration about the French language?
a)subject expertise b) nostalgic pride
c) factual accuracy d) patriotic magnification

5.Read the quotes given below. Choose the option that might best describe M. Hamel’s viewpoint.
(i) Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. – Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
(ii)Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and
where they are going. – Rita Mae Brown
(iii) A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. – Ali Ibn Abi Talib
(iv) The greatest propaganda in the world is our mother tongue, that is what we
learn as children, and which we learn unconsciously. That shapes our perceptions for
life. – Marshal McLuhan

a) Option (i) b) Option (ii) c) Option (iii) d) Option (iv)


6.“I was amazed to see how well I understood it.”
Select the option that does NOT explain why Franz found the grammar lesson “easy”.
a)Franz was paying careful attention in class this time.
b)M. Hamel was being extremely patient and calm in his teaching.
c)Franz was inspired and had found a new meaning and purpose to learning.
d)Franz had realized that French was the clearest and most logical language.

7.Franz was able to understand the grammar lesson easily because he was
a)receptive. b) appreciative. c) introspective. d) competitive.

8. Franz saw a huge crowd assembled in front of the bulletin board, but did not stop. How
would you evaluate his reaction?
a)Franz was too little to care about the news of lost battles.
b)Nobody in Franz’s family was in the army, so it did not matter.
c)Bad news had become very normal, so he went about his task.
d)It was too crowded for Franz to find out what news was up on the board.

9. There was usually great bustle and noise when school began, but it
was all very quiet. Which of the following describes Franz’ emotions
most accurately?
a)shock and awe b) disappointment and anxiety
c) confusion and distress d) curiosity and uncertainty

10. “I never saw him look so tall”. Which of the following best captures M. Hamel on the last day
of school?
a)cranky, miserable, dedicated, resignedb) patient, dignified, emotional, courageous
c) calm, nostalgic, disappointed, patriotic d) proud, reproachful, persistent, heroic

11. The bulletin-board is symbolic of:


a)distress b) struggle c)nuisance d)danger

12. Choose the term which describes Franz’s emotions when he says,” What can be the matter
now?”
a)sadness b) dilemma c) inquisitiveness d) thoughtful

13. The atmosphere prevailing in the whole school on that day was:
a)threatening b)trivial c)haphazard d)grave

14. The word ‘Strange’ means the same as:


a)queer b) usual c) ordinary d) typical

Answer the following questions in 30-40 words

15. If this had been M. Hamel’s first lesson, how do you think the school experience of the
students might have been impacted?

16. At the end of his last lesson, M. Hamel decides to leave a little note for each of his
students for them to find the next day at their desks. Based on your reading of the story,
what might his note to Franz read?
You may begin like this:

Dear Franz,
I know you have always preferred to run in the open fields …

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