Reported Speech- 2

From previous Exams
1. Dona Laura : Are you coming Tomorrow?
 Don Gonzalo : Most certainly, if it is sunny morning. And not only will I not scare away the  birds, but I will bring a few crumbs.
Dona Laura : Thank you very much. Birds are grateful and repay attention.

Ans: - Dona Laura asked Don Gonzalo whether he was coming the next day. Don Gonzalo replied that he would most certainly if it was a sunny morning. He also promised that he wouldn’t scare away the birds, but would bring a few crumbs. Dona Laura thanked him and added that birds were grateful and repaid attention.

2. She sat thinking, ‘All this is none of my concern’.

The old man went on, ‘His name was not Sangoji, but Basavaiah. I am amazed at how facts take on such varied guises when it is narrated as fiction’.

 Ans: - She sat thinking all that was none of her concern. The old man went on talking and said that his name was not Sangoji. He further said that he was amazed at how facts took on such varied guises when it was narrated as fiction.

3. Don Gonzalo : I am fond of good verses. I composed some in youth.
Dona Laura : Were they good ones?
Don Gonzalo : Why do you ask me such a question?
Dona Laura : Don’t be angry.

 Ans: - Don Gonzalo said that he was fond of good verses. He said that he had composed some in his youth. Dona Laura asked Don Gonzalo if they had been good ones. Don Gonzalo asked Dona Laura why she asked him such a question Dona Laura told Don Gonzalo not to be angry.

4. Petra : The guard is waiting for me.
Dona Laura : Do you like to chat with your guard?
Petra : He is not mine.
Dona Laura : Wait a moment.
Petra : What does the Senora wish?
Ans: - Petra said to Dona that the guard was waiting for her. Dona Laura asked Petra if she liked to chat with her guard. Petra said that he was not hers. Dona Laura told Petra to wait a moment. Petra asked her mistress what she wished for.

 5. Dona Laura : You should have asked permission to sit on this bench.
Don Gonzalo : The bench here are public property.

Dona Laura : Why do you complain about the priests, then? Don Gonzalo : Are you taunting me?
Dona Laura : Don’t grumble.

 Ans: - Dona Laura told Dona Gonzalo that he should have asked permission to sit on that bench. Don Gonzalo Said that the benches here were public property. Dona Laura asked Don Gonzalo why he had complained about the priests then. Don Gonzalo asked Dona Laura is she was taunting him. Dona Laura told Don Gonzalo not to grumble.

6. POP Campaigner : We want your vote
Rufus Okeke : How can I vote for Maduka?
POP Campaigner : Are you talking this money or not?
 Rufus Okeke : Will it not be heard outside this house?
POP Campaigner : Don’t worry about it.

 Ans: - The POP Campaigner told Rufus Okeke that they wanted his vote. Rufus Okeke asked the campaigner how he could vote for Maduka. The campaigner asked Rafus Okeke if he was talking that money or not. Rufus Okeke asked the campaigner if it would not be heard outside that house. The campaigner told Rufus Okeke not to worry about it.

 7. Don Gonzalo : Are you speaking to me, Senora?
Dona Laura : Yes.
Don Gonzalo : What do you wish?
Dona Laura : You have scared away the birds. They were feeding on my crumbs.
Ans: - Don Gonzalo asked Dona Laura if she was speaking to him. Dona Laura replied in the affirmative. Don Gonzalo asked Dona Laura what she wished for. Dona Laura said that he had scared away the birds. She said that they had been feeding on her crumbs.
8. Dona Laura : Do you use a shoe brush as a handkerchief?

 Don Gonzalo : What right have you to criticize my actions?
Dona Laura : A neighbour’s right.

 Don Gonzalo : I do not care to listen to nonsense.
Dona Laura : You are very polite. (March - 2015)
Ans: - Dona Laura asked Dona Gonzalo whether he used a shoe brush as a handkerchief. Don Gonzalo retaliated asking what right she had to criticize his action. Dona Laura replied that it was a neighbour’s right.
Don Gonzalo retorted that he did not care to listen to nonsense. Dona Laura sarcastically remarked that he was very polite.
 9. Roof : I work for Marcus Ibe

POP Campaigner : We have plenty of work to do tonight. Roof : Will it not be heard outside this room?
POP Campaigner : We are after votes, not gossip. (March - 2016)

Ans: - Roof expressed that he worked for Marcus Ibe. POP Campaigner told him that they had plenty of work to do that night. Roof expressed his anxiety by asking ‘If it would not be heard outside that room’.
POP Campaigner replied that they were after votes, not gossip.

10. Dona Laura : Will you go to your bench tomorrow?

Don Gonzalo : No, I will come here.
 Dona Laura : What will you bring for the birds?
Don Gonzalo : I will bring some crumbs for the birds. (March - 2017)

Ans: - Dona Laura asked Dona Gonzalo whether he would go to his bench the next day. Don Gonzalo replied negatively and said that he would come there. Dona Laura asked Don Gonzalo what he would bring for the bird. Don Gonzalo replied that he would bring some crumbs for the birds.
11. Don Gonzalo : That bench over there is mine.

Juanito : Three priests are sitting there.
Don Gonzalo : Rout them out. Have they gone?
Juanito : Still they are talking. (March - 2018)

Ans: - Don Gonzalo told Juanito that bench over there was his bench. Juanito informed him saying that three priests were sitting there. Don Gonzalo asked him to rout them out. Then he inquired him if they had gone. Juanito replied that still they were talking.
12. Alifano : what is blindness to you?
Borges : It is a way of life. In my case the visible world has moved away from my eyes.

 Alifano : Have you thought of writing book on the history of the book?
Borges : It is an excellent idea. (March 2019
Ans: - Alifano asked Borges what blindness was to him. Borges replied that it was a way to life. He further told that in his case the visible world had moved away from his eyes. Alifano asked him if/whether he had thought of writing book on the history of the book. Borges told him that it was an excellent idea.