English NCERT Solutions For Class 12 Flamingo The Last Lesson

 English NCERT Solutions For Class 12 Flamingo The Last Lesson

               

                   The last Lesson

                                Chapter-1

Think As You Read 》》》

Q1- What was Franz expected to be prepared with for college that day?

Ans-  Franz was expected to be prepared with questions on participles.

 Q2. What did Franz notice that was unusual about the varsity that day?

Ans-  Franz noticed that everything about the school was unusually quiet that day. The usual commotion was missing.

Q3. What had been put a beast of the bulletin-board?

Ans-  On the bulletin board was the government order from Berlin that only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace from next day.

Q4. What changes did the order from Berlin cause in the school that day?

Ans. The order from berlin created an ecosystem of dismay on the school. Everything became quiet and still. Everyone was shocked and upset. The teacher, M. Hamel, was highly depressed. He had put on his finest dress which he used to wear best on unique days.

A few elders of the village additionally got here to wait the magnificence as a mark of recognize to their mother tongue and to the teacher

5. How did Franz feelings about M. Hamel and school change?

Ans. M. Hamel was a very strict teacher. Franz failed to like him and usually desired to spend his time outside and bunk his class. But when he came to know that it was going to be their last lesson and French would no more be taught to  them, he felt a great love for the language and the teacher. He started understanding whatever M. Hamel taught.

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 》》》

Q1. The people in this story  suddenly realise how precious their language is to them. What shows you this? Why does this happen? 

Ans- The people in this story abruptly recognise how valuable their language is to them. This indicates the human nature of not well valuing the things that are without problems available. Their presence is taken with no consideration. It is simply because it takes place with our surroundings. Human beings did no longer understand the importance of a easy surroundings till they made it so polluted that living in it became a health threat.M.Hamel in the story blames anybody for having remove the learning of french questioning that there was enough time to do. Even the antique people of the village weep after they study that their kids will not gain knowledge of the language to any extent further.This indicates how people resent the exchange of language.It occurs due to the fact all people loves his mother tongue and considers it to be the pleasant language inside the global.

2. Franz thinks, "Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?" What could this mean? (There could be more than one answer.) 

Ans- It shows Franz's fear of the Prussians. He knows that it is because of the order from Berlin that his language French will be replaced by German. Since everyone, even the animals, have a language. anz wonders what the new rulers might do. If they can force the human beings to change their language, they may also force the birds and the animals to do so. This childlike, innocent remark of Franz also shows the foolishness of the rulers who attempt to take away from the people their language and impose their own. Perhaps, as M. Hamel remarks, they do so because the language is a key to freedom. As long as the people who are enslaved remember their language, there is a chance of their being free.

TALKING ABOUT THE TEXT》》》

1. "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 a conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?

Ans- History is full of examples when a conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them. India is also an example. When the Moguls ruled India, they impose Persian and Aralic on an unwilling people. Again in 1857, English was imposed on the people.

It has been so or even worse with many other nations. He brew had been almost a dead language until the formation of Israel when it was revived again. All ancient languages which have now become extinct must have become so only because of the rulers.

2. 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   m        Mumbai

             Kannadigas    in       Delhi

             Gujaratis        in         kolkata

Ans-Linguistic minorities in India do not find it difficult to keep their languages alive. For example, if Punjabis live in Bangalore, they are free to use this language among themselves. Their children can opt Punjabi as one the subjects in the school. Besides, they can visit Punjab from time to time where Punjabi is spoken. Same is true about Tamilians, Kannadigas and Gujaratis who live in provinces where their language is not commonly spoken.

3. Is it possible to carry pride in one's language too far? Do you know what 'linguistic chauvinism' means?

Ans- It is not unusual to see people turning nectar into poison. This is what happens when people begin to oppose languages other than their own. The Independent India has seen how Hindi was opposed in Tamilnadu and even in Punjab. Many people have agitated for a new province where their language should be treated as the language of the State. In D.P. and Bihar, there came a time when people gave up the learning of English thinking that it was blocking their progress. Soon they realised that it was otherwise and now English has become a compulsory subject in most schools once again. This opposition to all languages except one's own is called linguistic chauwinism".

WORKING WITH WORDS 》》》

1. English is a language that contains words from many other languages.This inclusiveness is one of the motives it is now a "world language".

e.g.                 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

Ans. 

         Word                                         Language

         tycoon                                       Japanese

          tulip                                          Turkish        

          logo                                           Greek

          bandicoot                                 Teluygu

          barbecue                                 Spanish

          veranda                                      Hindi 

  .       robot                                         Czech

          zero                                            Zephirum

            ski                                             Norwegian

             terk                                       Afrik

2. Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meaning:

 (a) "What a thunderclap these words were to me!"

The words were

(i) loud and clear

(ii) starting and unexpected  (✓)

(iii) pleasant and welcome

(b) "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

(i) do not lose their language

(ii) are attached to their language( ✓  )

(iii) quickly learn the conqueror's language.

(c) Don't go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time. "You will get to your school"

(i) very late

(ii) too early (✓)

(iii) early enough

(d) I never saw him look so tall.

M. Hamel

(i) had grown physically taller 

(ii) seemed very confident  (✓)

(iii) stood on the chair.