THE LAST LESSON#!#M. Hamel

THE LAST LESSON_FULL EXPLANATION

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

Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meanings. M. Hamel ______________ (a) had grown physically taller. (b) seemed very confident. (c) stood on the chair.

Read this sentence. M. Hamel had said that he would question us on participles. In the sentence above, the verb form “had said” in the first part is used to indicate an “earlier past.” The whole story is narrated in the past. M. Hamel's “saying” happened earlier than the events in this story. This form of the verb is called the past perfect. Pick out five sentences from the story with this form of verb and say why this form has been used.

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