Not quite, in that case lecture is a noun.
If the sentence read: The students were being lectured
then that would be a verb
I think its B. But it is a hard one, I have to admit. Hey if this is a website, just make a teaxher account and get all the answers!
The correct answer is B. the knight would be the first to tell a tale
This is of course if you are referring to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Beah and his companions experience hunger and thirst the likes of which none of them had encountered before. They scavenge abandoned farms and even stooped to assaulting a little boy who had two boiled ears of corn to himself. The boy’s parents, rather than confronting the young men, instead give them each an ear of corn; Beah assumes pity saved them from punishment. Beah feels guilty about their pillage, but accepts that they had no other option.