CLASS 12 · FLAMINGO · CHAPTER 1
Original student-friendly answers for The Last Lesson and its textbook activities.
19 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Textbook pages The Last Lesson
Question Notice these expressions
Match each expression to its meaning in the story.
Very afraid; together; expected; noisy activity; worn from use; blame ourselves.
Question Think as You Read 1
He had to prepare the lesson on participles.
The rules about participles.
Question Think as You Read 2
The school was quiet, solemn and full of villagers.
It was unusually silent; M. Hamel wore formal clothes and villagers attended.
Question Think as You Read 3
The order replaced French with German in school.
German would replace French in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
Question Think as You Read 4
It became a quiet, solemn final French lesson.
The class became a solemn final French lesson attended by villagers.
Question Think as You Read 5
The final lesson makes Franz value school and his teacher.
He changes from fear and dislike to regret, respect and affection.
Question Understanding the Text 1
Their actions show regret, and the order threatens their access to French.
Their attendance and regret show their love for French; the order makes them fear losing it.
Question Understanding the Text 2
The pigeons stand for familiar home sounds that cannot truly be controlled.
He fears German will replace French everywhere, even in the familiar sounds of home.
Question Talking about the Text 1
Name a policy that favoured or imposed a language.
In the story, German is ordered to replace French in Alsace and Lorraine’s schools.
Question Talking about the Text 2
Use it at home and create community spaces to learn and practise it.
Speak it at home, teach children and organise community classes and events.
Question Talking about the Text 3
Pride becomes chauvinism when it denies respect to other languages.
It is treating one’s language as superior and disrespecting others.
Question Working with Words 1
Remember that words may travel through intermediate languages.
Japanese, Taíno, Arabic, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Greek, Telugu, Czech and Afrikaans, respectively.
Question Working with Words 2
Select the figurative meaning that fits the story.
Startling; remain attached to; early enough; seemed dignified and resolute.
Question Noticing Form
Past perfect is had + past participle and marks an earlier past action.
Examples: had said, had thought, had counted, had listened, had explained.
Question Writing 1
State what is happening, when and where, and whom to contact.
Include the school name, date, event heading, details and signature.
Question Writing 2
Include a benefit, a challenge and your final view.
Three languages can build communication and cultural understanding if schools provide enough time and support.
Question Writing 3
Tell what you first thought, what happened and what you think now.
Use a real personal example and explain what changed your opinion.
Question Things to Do 1
Explain language rights and identify constitutional protections.
Language rights protect language use and learning; Articles 30, 350A and 350B provide important safeguards.
Question Things to Do 2
Interview five classmates and enter their actual responses.
Ask five classmates and record the languages they report in each place.