Reported / Indirect Speech How it works! Examples: Question 1. Petra : I see him over there waiting for me. Dona Laura : Do not remain more than ten minutes. Petra : I will be back soon. Dona Laura : Wait a moment. Petra : What does the senora wish? Ans : Petra told Dona Laura that she saw him over there waiting for her. Dona Lora warned Petra not to remain more than ten minutes. Petra assured Laura that she would be back soon. Dona Laura asked her to wait a moment. Petra replied Laura asking what the lady wished. Note the changes made through the underlined words : 1. Tense of the verb should change to its past form. (told that ) 2. Pronouns should change correspondingly. ( I - she/he, me-her/him) 3. Reported speech should be in a paragraph and the sentences reported should be statements. Question 2 Don Gonzalo : I want a bench to myself. Juanito : There is none. Don Gonzalo : That one over there is mine. Juanito : There are three priests sitting there. Don Gonzalo : Rout
Too Dear - Leo Tolstoy A short Introduction Too Dear! is a story written by Count Leo Tolstoy, a famous Russian writer, master of realistic fiction and is widely considered one of the world’s greatest novelists. The story Too Dear! is a parody of one of the modern systems of governance. It ridicules the ways of punishing criminals and dispensing justice in modern states. The story is narrated in a matter-of fact-tone but with an undercurrent of sarcasm. Leo Tolstoy satirises the thirst for power, exercised by men of the upper class. In addition, it also raises a serious question on capital punishment. Summary The king of Monaco ruled a tiny kingdom with a small population of about seven thousand. In that kingdom he was a real kinglet. He had a palace, courtiers, ministers, a bishop, generals and an army too. However, he had very limited sources of income to run his kingdom: a tax on tobacco, wine and spirits and