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Karnataka 2nd PUC English Streams Workbook Answers Reported Speech

(2) Rekha said that she had eaten her breakfast. (Indirect/Reported)

The first sentence (Direct Speech) has two parts, while in the second sentence (Indirect Speech), the two parts Of the sentence are combined into one.

Direct speech is the actual words of the speakers, while indirect speech is reporting of the actual words.

Look at the following sentences:

Alok said, “We must save water.” Alok emphasized the need to Save water.

The General said to the soldiers, “Bomb the enemy camp.” The General ordered the soldiers to bomb the enemy camp.

Aniketh said, “Can I go out to play?” Aniketh asked if he could go out to play.

The mother said to her son “Where have you left the keys?” The mother asked her son where he had left the keys.

Gagan said to the guest, “Welcome! What a pleasant surprise!” Welcoming the guest, Gagan exclaimed that it was a pleasant surprise.

Notice that the reporting verbs like emphasized, ordered, asked, said and exclaimed, reflect the nature and tone of the different types of sentences.

1. Look atthe dialogue between an American and Swamy Ram Tirtha. Using this information complete the paragraph by writing suitable words or phrases in the space provided.

American : Gentleman, where is your luggage? Swamy Ram Tirtha : My whole luggage is on my body. American : Where is your purse? Swami Ram Tirtha : I don’t possess any money with me. American : Do you have any friend in America? Swami Ram Tirtha : Yes, I have one; you are that friend of mine.

When Swami Ram Tirtha visited America, he came across an American who asked him ________ He replied to him that ________ whole luggage ________ ‘Then-the – American asked him ________ Swami Ram Tirtha replied that ________. The American asked ________ Swami Ram Tirtha replied that ________. Answer: When Swami Ram Tirtha visited America, he came across an American who asked him where his luggage was. He replied to hicn that his whole luggage was on his body Then the American asked him where his purse was. Swami Ram Tirtha replied that he didn’t possess any money. The American asked if he had a friend in America. Swami Ram Tirtha replied that he had one and that it was the American himself.

Observe the changes:

• No inverted commas are used in indirect speech.
• When the reporting verb is in past tense, the tense of the verb in reported speech is changed from present to the corresponding past.

Study the following list.

• Direct Speech – Indirect Speech
• do/does – did
• is/am/are – was/were
• has/have – had
• did – had done
• had done – had done
• was doing – had been doing
• shall – should/would
• will – would
• may – might
• can – could
• must – had to
• this – that
• these – those
• ago – before
• today – that day
• yesterday – the previous day
• tomorrow – the next day/the following day
• here – there

Commonly used reporting verbs: said to, told, asked, complimented, requested, informed, offered, apologized, ordered, wished, greeted, welcomed, agreed, disagreed, pleaded, demanded, grumbled, believed, considered, opined, remarked, repeated, exclaimed, suggested, decided etc.

Study the following sentences:

Keats said, ‘Truth is beauty’. (D.S) Keats said that Truth is Beauty. (R.S) .

Vibha: I study for two hours every day. Vibha said that she studies for two hours every day.

Sagar said, “The earth revolves around the sun.” Sagar said that the earth revolves around the sun.

Rubina says,” I am doing my homework.” Rubina says that she is doing her homework.

Praveen will complain, “The rules are not followed.” Praveen will complain that the rules are not followed.

If the reported speech expresses a universal truth, habitual action, historical, geographical or scientific fact, the tense of the verb in indirect speech remains the same. Also when the reporting verb is either in present or in the future, there is no change in the tense of the verb in indirect speech.

Solved example:

Amit : What are you doing this weekend, Ullas? Ullas : I don’t have any special plans. Amit : How do you like the idea of a visit to Sakre Bailu? Ullas : How lovely it sounds! But I have to ask my parents. Amit : I will come to your house and request your parents.

Amit asked Ullas what he was doing that weekend. Ullas replied that he did not have any special plans. Amit suggested the idea of visiting Sakre Bailu. Ullas exclaimed that it was a wonderful idea and added that he had to take his parent’s permission. Amit promised Ullas that he would go to his house and request his parents.

Question 1. Read the following dialogue and fill in the blanks with the appropriate indirect forms. Yesterday Roshan attended an interview with the Manager of ICICI bank. Roshan : May I come in, Sir? Manager : Sit down, what is your name? Roshan : My name is Roshan. Manager : Can you drive a car? Roshan : Yes, I can. I always drive the family around.

Roshan respectfully asked the Manager ________. The Manager asked him to come in and ________. The Manager then asked him ________. Roshan told him that he could drive and added that ________. Answer: if he could come in; asked him his name; if he could drive a car; he always drove the family around.

Question 2. Read the following dialogues and report the same in indirect speech.

Customer : I must be at that meeting at once. I can’t spare another minute. Barber : I know all about the meeting. Customer : Then you’ll let me go there? Barber : I am afraid, I won’t, sir. Answer: The customer told the Barber that he must be at that meeting at once and he couldn’t spare another minute. The Barber replied that he knew about the meeting. The customer asked the barber if he would let him go to the meeting! The Barber said that he would not be able to.

Question 3. “Who is that lady?” the children asked their mother. “She is a close friend, very dear to me,” said the mother. “How come you never told us about her?” “When the time comes, you will know everything.” Answer: The children asked their mother who that lady was and mother said that she was a close and dear friend of hers. The children wondered how their mother had never told them about her friend. The’mother convinced them that they would know everything at a suitable time.

Question 4. Reporter : Congratulations Sachin! You have now another world record to your credit. Sachin : God is great, I only enjoy my cricket. Reporter : After 200 not out in an ODI, what next? Can we hope for 400 plus innings in a test match? Sachin : The love of my countrymen is my greatest strength. Answer: The reporter congratulated Sachin for adding another world record to his credit. Sachin replied that God is great and that he enjoyed his game of cricket. The Reporter asked Sachin if after 200 not out in an ODI, would he try for a four hundred plus innings in a test match. Sachin answered that the love of his countrymen was his greatest strengh.

Question 5. Dona Laura : Do you use a handkerchief as a shoe brush? Don Gonzalo : Why not? Dona Laura : Do you use a shoe brush as a handkerchief? Don Gonzalo : What right have you to criticise my action? Don Laura : A neighbour’s right. Answer: Dona Laura asked Don Gonzalo if he used a handkerchief as a shoe brush. He replied positively and he was asked whether he would use a shoe brush as a handkerchief, and he asked Dona Laura what right she had to criticise his action. Dona Laura replied that she had a neighbour’s right.

Question 6. Read the following conversation and complete the passage given below. Policeman : What is her full name? Woman : She is Veena Sharma. Policeman : Can you describe her? Woman : She is thin and fair in complexion.

The policeman asked the woman (a) ________. The woman replied (b) ________Veena Sharma. The policeman further asked her (c) ________ The womãn said (d) ________ and fair in complexion.

(a) (i) that was her full name (ii) what her full name is (iii) what her full name was (iv) that what her full name was Answer: Answer: (iii) what her full name was

(b) (i) if she was (ii) that she was (iii) she was (iv) she is Answer: (iv) she was

(c) (i) whether she could describe her (ii) whether she can describe her (iii) if could she describe her (iv) if she can describe her Answer: (i) whether she could describe her

(d) (i) that she was thin (ii) that she is thin (iii) if she was thin (iv) is she is thin Answer: (i) that she was thin.

Based on the following pictures, rewrite the dialogues in reported speech.

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Section VII This section aims to test the learner’s understanding of the pronominal words. For this purpose a short paragraph from the passage given at Q.No. 24 shall be given. The question on jumbled segments shall have a minimum of five segments and shall be chosen from one of the prose units in the Course Book.

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Reported Speech - Definition, Rules and Usage with Examples

Reported speech or indirect speech is the form of speech used to convey what was said by someone at some point of time. This article will help you with all that you need to know about reported speech, its meaning, definition, how and when to use them along with examples. Furthermore, try out the practice questions given to check how far you have understood the topic.

Table of Contents

Definition of reported speech, rules to be followed when using reported speech, table 1 – change of pronouns, table 2 – change of adverbs of place and adverbs of time, table 3 – change of tense, table 4 – change of modal verbs, tips to practise reported speech, examples of reported speech, check your understanding of reported speech, frequently asked questions on reported speech in english, what is reported speech.

Reported speech is the form in which one can convey a message said by oneself or someone else, mostly in the past. It can also be said to be the third person view of what someone has said. In this form of speech, you need not use quotation marks as you are not quoting the exact words spoken by the speaker, but just conveying the message.

Now, take a look at the following dictionary definitions for a clearer idea of what it is.

Reported speech, according to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, is defined as “a report of what somebody has said that does not use their exact words.” The Collins Dictionary defines reported speech as “speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person’s actual words.” According to the Cambridge Dictionary, reported speech is defined as “the act of reporting something that was said, but not using exactly the same words.” The Macmillan Dictionary defines reported speech as “the words that you use to report what someone else has said.”

Reported speech is a little different from direct speech . As it has been discussed already, reported speech is used to tell what someone said and does not use the exact words of the speaker. Take a look at the following rules so that you can make use of reported speech effectively.

• The first thing you have to keep in mind is that you need not use any quotation marks as you are not using the exact words of the speaker.
• You can use the following formula to construct a sentence in the reported speech.
• You can use verbs like said, asked, requested, ordered, complained, exclaimed, screamed, told, etc. If you are just reporting a declarative sentence , you can use verbs like told, said, etc. followed by ‘that’ and end the sentence with a full stop . When you are reporting interrogative sentences, you can use the verbs – enquired, inquired, asked, etc. and remove the question mark . In case you are reporting imperative sentences , you can use verbs like requested, commanded, pleaded, ordered, etc. If you are reporting exclamatory sentences , you can use the verb exclaimed and remove the exclamation mark . Remember that the structure of the sentences also changes accordingly.
• Furthermore, keep in mind that the sentence structure , tense , pronouns , modal verbs , some specific adverbs of place and adverbs of time change when a sentence is transformed into indirect/reported speech.

Transforming Direct Speech into Reported Speech

As discussed earlier, when transforming a sentence from direct speech into reported speech, you will have to change the pronouns, tense and adverbs of time and place used by the speaker. Let us look at the following tables to see how they work.

Here are some tips you can follow to become a pro in using reported speech.

• Select a play, a drama or a short story with dialogues and try transforming the sentences in direct speech into reported speech.
• Write about an incident or speak about a day in your life using reported speech.
• Develop a story by following prompts or on your own using reported speech.

Given below are a few examples to show you how reported speech can be written. Check them out.

• Santana said that she would be auditioning for the lead role in Funny Girl.
• Blaine requested us to help him with the algebraic equations.
• Karishma asked me if I knew where her car keys were.
• The judges announced that the Warblers were the winners of the annual acapella competition.
• Binsha assured that she would reach Bangalore by 8 p.m.
• Kumar said that he had gone to the doctor the previous day.
• Lakshmi asked Teena if she would accompany her to the railway station.
• Jibin told me that he would help me out after lunch.
• The police ordered everyone to leave from the bus stop immediately.
• Rahul said that he was drawing a caricature.

Transform the following sentences into reported speech by making the necessary changes.

1. Rachel said, “I have an interview tomorrow.”

2. Mahesh said, “What is he doing?”

3. Sherly said, “My daughter is playing the lead role in the skit.”

4. Dinesh said, “It is a wonderful movie!”

5. Suresh said, “My son is getting married next month.”

6. Preetha said, “Can you please help me with the invitations?”

7. Anna said, “I look forward to meeting you.”

8. The teacher said, “Make sure you complete the homework before tomorrow.”

9. Sylvester said, “I am not going to cry anymore.”

10. Jade said, “My sister is moving to Los Angeles.”

Now, find out if you have answered all of them correctly.

1. Rachel said that she had an interview the next day.

2. Mahesh asked what he was doing.

3. Sherly said that her daughter was playing the lead role in the skit.

4. Dinesh exclaimed that it was a wonderful movie.

5. Suresh said that his son was getting married the following month.

6. Preetha asked if I could help her with the invitations.

7. Anna said that she looked forward to meeting me.

8. The teacher told us to make sure we completed the homework before the next day.

9. Sylvester said that he was not going to cry anymore.

10. Jade said that his sister was moving to Los Angeles.

What is reported speech?

What is the definition of reported speech.

Reported speech, according to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, is defined as “a report of what somebody has said that does not use their exact words.” The Collins Dictionary defines reported speech as “speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person’s actual words.” According to the Cambridge Dictionary, reported speech is defined as “the act of reporting something that was said, but not using exactly the same words.” The Macmillan Dictionary defines reported speech as “the words that you use to report what someone else has said.”

What is the formula of reported speech?

You can use the following formula to construct a sentence in the reported speech. Subject said that (report whatever the speaker said)

Give some examples of reported speech.

Given below are a few examples to show you how reported speech can be written.

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• Chapter 2 Too Dear! (Leo Tolstoy)
• Chapter 3 On Children (Kahlil Gibran)
• Chapter 4 Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest (Vandana Shiva)
• Chapter 5 A Sunny Morning (Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quinter)
• Chapter 6 When You Are Old (WB Yeats)
• Chapter 7 The Gardener (P Lankesh)
• Chapter 8 To the Foot from its Child (Pablo Neruda)
• Chapter 9 I Believe that Books will Never Disappear (Robert Alfino with Jorge Luis Borges)
• Chapter 10 Heaven, If you are not here on Earth (Kuvempu)
• Chapter 11 Japan and Brazil through a Traveller’s Eye (George Mikes)
• Chapter 12 The Voter (Chinua Achebe)
• Chapter 13 Where there is a Wheel (P Sainath)
• Chapter 14 Water (Challapalli Swaroopa Rani)

2nd PUC English Grammar Notes Pdf

• Note Making
• Letter Writing Job Applications
• Speech Writing
• Report Writing
• Unseen Passages
• Dialogue Writing
• Pronominal Words
• Jumbled Words

2nd PUC English Streams Workbook Answers Pdf

You can download Karnataka State Board Streams English Workbook 2nd PUC Answers and Solutions Pdf.

Unit 1: Language Use

• Articles and Prepositions
• Jumbled Segments
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Framing Questions
• Error Identification
• Pairs of Words
• Phrasal Verbs
• Idioms and Phrases
• Passive Voice
• Reported Speech

Unit 2: Reading

• Passages for Comprehension
• Poems for Comprehension

Unit 3: Writing

• Paragraph Writing/Expansion
• Summarising
• Job Applications

UNIT 4: Listening – Speaking

• Note Taking
• Integrated Exercises

Karnataka 2nd PUC English Blue Print of Model Question Paper

Karnataka 2nd PUC English Design of the Question Paper

A. Length a. Very Short Answer (VSA) (a word /phrase / sentence) (47 Marks) b. Paragraph Answer (middle-length 80 to 100 words) (42 Marks) c. Long Answer (LA) (in about 200 words) (11 Marks)

B. Level of Response (I to VII) a. Easily Accessible (39 Marks) b. Moderately Challenging (45 Marks) c. Highly Challenging (16 Marks)

C. Rationale to be followed in the Question Paper Section I This should contain 4 questions on poetry and 8 on prose including the play. No True/False questions shall be asked. When MCQs are used, care should be taken to see that only one answer is possible.

Section II Ten questions are to be set here. Out of ten, 7 shall be set on prose units including the play and 3 on poems. A student has to answer at least 2 questions on poems.

Section III In this section an internal choice shall be provided with two questions set on prose units and one on poems. This question is aimed at testing the learner’s critical and analytical approach. The learner shall be provided an opportunity to come up with his/her personal views, stance and world view. The questions set in this section shall aim to do so.

Section IV An unseen passage of moderate length is to be selected for this section. Ten questions on this passage are to be set. Along with questions on factual details, a few inferential questions shall be set. These inferential questions shall not be consecutive. The questions set on lines chosen from the poem shall be aimed at testing extensive reading comprehension rather than testing the learner’s ability to appreciate. The lines from the poem shall be chosen from among the ones given in the Reading Unit of the Work Book.

Section V This section shall contain questions on reported speech, use of the passive, dialogue writing, use of expressions and linkers. The questions set to test learning at these areas shall be contextualised.

Section VI In this section questions on composition skills like note making, letter writing, speech writing and report writing shall be set. The letter shall be a job application. An internal choice shall be provided between speech writing (expansion) and report writing. For report writing, a bar chart, pie chart or line graph shall be given with a variety of data.

Section VII This section aims to test the learner’s understanding of the pronominal words. For this purpose a short paragraph from the passage given at Q.No. 24 shall be given. The question on jumbled segments shall have a minimum of five segments and shall be chosen from one of the prose units in the Course Book.

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Karnataka 2nd PUC English exam 2023 will be held on March 23, 2023, by the Department of Pre-University Education. The authority has already released the English sample paper 2023 on the official website, kseab.karnataka.gov.in in pdf format. Candidates should solve the English sample paper as much as possible during this last-minute preparation. Karnataka 2nd PUC English exam will be held on 100 marks, from 10.15 am to 1.30 pm. 

Solving English sample paper is beneficial for the students to know about the question pattern. This year, Karnataka 2nd PUC English exam has been revised. After revision, three sections will be in the Karnataka 2nd PUC English exam. Check out the English paper pattern here in the following section-

• Section I comprises MCQs
• In section II, the candidates will have to answer 4 marks of 8 questions
• In Section III, there will be 6 marks of one question
• In Section IV, the candidates have to answer of 10 marks questions of the passage 
• Section V comprises objective-based questions
• Section VI comprises objective-type questions
• Section VII comprises objective-type questions

Karnataka 2nd PUC English Sample Question Paper 2023 PDF

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Karnataka 2nd PUC English Sample Question Paper 2023: Important Topics

Here is the list of the important topics of Karnataka 2nd PUC Engish exam 2023-

• Reported speech
• Letter writing
• Speech writing
• Pronouns and References
• Note making etc

Karnataka 2nd PUC English Sample Question Paper 2023: Last Minute Preparation Tips

Candidates can refer to the Karnataka 2nd PUC English preparation tips here-

• The length of the prose passage should be moderate
• Candidates should read more about the most weightage topics, which have been discussed in the above section
• Practice the grammar section as much as possible during the last minute of preparation

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1) Look at the dialogue between an American and Swami Ram Tirtha. Using this information complete the paragraph by writing suitable words or phrases in the space provided.

American : Gentleman, where is your luggage?

Swami Ram Tirtha : My whole luggage is on my body.

American : Where is your purse?

Swami Ram Tirtha : I don’t possess any money with me.

American : Do you have any friend in America?

Swami Ram Tirtha : Yes, I have one; you are that friend of mine.

When Swami Ram Tirtha visited America, he came across an American who asked him ………….. He replied to him that ……………… whole luggage ……………… Then the American asked him……………. Swami   Ram Tirtha replied that ……………… The American asked ……………… Swami Ram Tirtha replied that …………….. .

Ans: When Swami Ram Tirtha visited America, he came across an American who asked him about his luggage . He replied to him that his whole luggage was on his body . Then the American asked him where his purse was . Swami Ram Tirtha replied that he didn’t possess any money with him . The American asked if he had any friend in America . Swami Ram Tirtha replied that he had one and that he was that friend of his .

1) Read the following dialogue and fill in the blanks with the appropriate indirect forms. Yesterday Roshan attended an interview with the manager of ICICI bank.

Roshan : May I come in, Sir?

manager : Yes, come in. Sit down, what is your name?

Roshan : My name is Roshan.

manager : Can you drive a car?

Roshan : Yes, I can. I have been driving for three years.

Roshan respectfully asked the manager…………………………… The Manager asked him to come in and ……………………………..The Manager then asked him ………………………………..Roshan said…………………………… The Manager asked him………………………………….. Roshan told him that he could drive and added that………………………………

Ans: Roshan respectfully asked the Manager if he could come in . The Manager asked him to come in and sit down . The Manager then asked him what his name was . Roshan said that he was Roshan . The Manager asked him if he could drive a car . Roshan told him that he could drive and added that he has been driving for three years .

2) Report the following conversation:

Customer : I must be at that meeting at once. I can’t spare another minute.

Barber : I know all about the meeting.

Customer : Then you’ll let me go there?

Barber : I am afraid, 1 won’t, sir.

Ans:   The customer informed the barber that he should be at that meeting immediately. He added that he couldn’t spare another minute.

The barber replied that he knew all about the meeting.

The customer then wanted to know if the barber would let him go there.

The barber told him politely that he wouldn’t.

3) “Who is that lady?” the children asked their mother.

“She is a close friend, very dear to me,” said the mother.

“How come you never told us about her?” asked the children.

“When the time comes, you will know everything,” the mother replied.

Ans: The children wanted to know from their mother who that lady was. The mother replied that she was a close friend who was very dear to her. The children asked their mother why she had never told them about her. The mother replied that when the time came, they would know everything.

4) Reporter : Congratulations Sachin! You have now another world record to your credit.

Sachin : God is great, I only enjoy my cricket.

Reporter : After 200 not out in an ODI, what next? Can we hope for 400 plus innings in a test match?

Sachin : I shall try my best.

Ans: The reporter congratulated Sachin since he then had another world record to his credit. Sachin acknowledged that God was great and he added that he only enjoyed his cricket. The reporter further asked what would be the next record after 200 not out in an ODI. The reporter wondered if they could hope for 400 plus innings in a test match. Sachin replied that he would try his best.

5) Dona Laura : Do you use a handkerchief as a shoe brush?

Don Gonzalo : Why not?

Dona Laura : Do you use a shoe brush as a handkerchief?

Don Gonzalo : What right have you to criticize my action?

Dona Laura : A neighbour’s right.

Ans: Dona Laura asked Don Gonzalo if he used a handkerchief as a shoe brush. When Don Gonzalo reported why he shouldn’t, Dona Laura further asked if he used a shoe brush as a handkerchief. Don Gonzalo asked angrily what right she had to criticize his action. Dona Laura replied that she had the right of a neighbour.

  6) Read the following conversation and complete the passage given below.

Policeman : What is her full name?

Woman : She is Veena Sharma.

Policeman : Can you describe her?

Woman : She is thin and fair in complexion.

The policeman asked the woman (a) _____ The woman replied (b) _____ Veena Sharma. The policeman further asked her (c) _____ The woman said (d) ______ and fair in complexion.

a)      (i) that was her full name                (ii) what her full name is

(iii) what her full name was             (iv) that what her full name was

b)       (i) if she was                                     (ii) that she was

  (iii) she was                                       (iv) she is

c)        (i) whether she could describe her (ii) whether she can describe her

(iii) if could she describe her            (iv) if she can describe her

d)      (i) that she was thin                          (ii) that she is thin

(iii) if she was thin                            (iv) if she is thin

Ans:   a)   – (iii) what her full name was

b)   – (ii) that she was

c)   – (i) whether she could describe her

d)   – (i) that she was thin.

Based on the following pictures, rewrite the dialogues in reported speech.

1)  I have nowhere to go. What can I do? You have ruined my character by your sentence. People will turn their backs on me. You have treated me badly.

Ans: The man said in desperation that he had nowhere to go. He asked helplessly what he could do. He further accused the judge that he had ruined his character by his sentence. He added that people would turn their backs on him. He remarked that he had treated him badly.

2) How can I betray Marcus? I should not have accepted the money. Besides, I have sworn on iyi. What should I do? I am in a fix. 

Ans: He wondered how he could betray Marcus. He regretted accepting the money. Since he had sworn on iyi, it was all the more reason that he should not have accepted the money. He once again wondered what he should do. He admitted that he was in a fix.

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2nd PUC English: A Sunny Morning | Summary and Solved Questions

A Sunny Morning | Summary and Solved Questions:

2nd PUC English Solved Questions/Model Questions and Answers (Q&A) on the Chapter: A Sunny Morning for the 2nd PUC students have been updated in this post below. The students of the 12th Class can make use of this Online Study Package to get good scores in the 2nd PUC examinations.

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A SUNNY MORNING

Questions and answers, i. answer the following questions in a word, a phrase or a sentence each..

Answer: She knows every word by heart

Answer: He did not get any other bench to sit.

Answer: Her appearance has changed a lot

Answer: Three Priests occupied Gonzalo’s usual bench.

Answer: Laura’s name

Answer: Maricela

Answer: Bread Crumbs.

Answer: Juanito

Answer: Tired but glad

Answer: Petra

Answer: Gratefulness and paying attention

Answer: Scaring the birds away.

Answer: Knitting and counting beads.

Answer: By touching his hat.

Answer: His Handkerchief

Answer: A Pinch of snuff

Answer: To kill time and to hunt

Answer: Don Gonzalo

Answer: The Silver Maiden

II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph of 80 – 100 words each.

Iv. answer the following questions in about 200 words:.

Answer: Don Gonzalo is found to be in an ill-tempered state at his first appearance itself. He is so irritated because he finds that not even a single bench is vacant in the park. Moreover, the one on which he used to sit is occupied by three priests.

Answer: Gonzalo shares the same bench on which Dona Laura the old lady is sitting. Both of them annoy each other at first. Laura is angry because Gonzalo scared her pigeons. Gonzalo feels irritated as Laura is annoying him. Then Gonzalo takes out his snuff-box and offers a pinch of snuff to her. Both of them says that they will sneeze three times after taking a pinch of snuff and finds it to be a strange coincidence. This unites Laura and Gonzalo after the disagreement in the park.

Answer: In his conversation with Laura, Don Gonzalo reveals his admiration to the Spanish Romantic poets like Espronceda, Zorrilla, Becquer and the Spanish realist and philosopher Ramón de Campoamor. The mentioning of these Spanish writers’ highlights Gonzalo’s interest in their works. It also throws light on the Spanish literary heritage.

Answer: 

Answer: On a sunny autumn morning in a quiet corner of a park in Madrid, Dona Laura, a graceful, white-haired lady of about seventy, is feeding pigeons in the park. Don Gonzalo, a gentleman of seventy, gouty and impatient enters. At first, both of them accuse each other of encroaching on their private space. But after having a snuff, both of them come to terms with each other and start talking about their hometowns and other things. Then Laura reveals that she lived in a villa Maricela, near Valencia-one of the largest cities in Spain. Gonzalo is startled to hear the name “Maricela.” He then tells that he knows a girl who lived in that villa in Maricela, who was perhaps the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. He also reveals that the girl’s name was Laura Llorente. This revelation of Gonzalo helps Laura to realize that he was her former lover.

Answer: Gonzalo and Laura loved each other during their youthful days. But the affair was not successful as they were separated by fate. There was a quarrel between Gonzalo and a suitor who was a merchant. The merchant was badly wounded in the duel and Gonzalo had to conceal himself for a few days. Later he fled from his hometown to Seville and then to Madrid. Even though he tried to communicate with Laura through letters, all attempts failed. He then joined the army and went to Africa. According to Don Gonzalo, his ‘cousin- the lover of Laura’ met with a glorious death in Africa. Laura waited for her beloved’s arrival for days, months and a year. But then one day she went to the seashore, wrote her lover’s name on the sand and sat down upon a rock. The tides rose to the rock and swept her out to sea. This is narrated by both Gonzalo and Laura respectively. But in reality, after three months Gonzalo ran off to Paris with a ballet dancer and Laura, on the other hand, got married after two years.

Answer: Gonzalo and Laura, the two former lovers had to separate from each other. In her youthful days, Dona Laura was known in her locality as ‘The Silver Maiden.’ She was fair as a lily, with jet black hair and black eyes. She was like a dream. She was in love with Gonzalo, the gallant lover. He used to pass by on horseback every morning through the rose garden and tossed up a balcony of flowers to her balcony which she caught. On his way back in the afternoon she would toss the flowers back to him. But Laura’s parents wanted to marry her off to a merchant whom she disliked. One day there was a quarrel between Gonzalo and the merchant, the suitor. The merchant was badly wounded in the duel and Gonzalo had to conceal himself for a few days. Later he fled from his hometown to Seville and then to Madrid. Even though he tried to communicate with Laura through letters, all attempts failed. He then joined the army and went to Africa.

Answer: Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo become friends soon after enjoying a pinch of snuff offered by Don Gonzalo. While Don Gonzalo is reading a book aloud, he comes across a few lines of Spain poet. Incidentally, he tells Laura that it is from Campoamar's works. Then Dona Laura expresses her sympathy for him as he finds it difficult to read the book with his big glasses. At this moment, Don Gonzalo tells her that he is a great friend of many known poets especially Campoamar and he has met him in Valencia. Then he adds that he is a native of Valencia. Dona Laura tells him that she also has spent several seasons in her youth at the villa called Maricela, which is not far from the city of Valencia. The name Maricela surprises Don Gonzalo and he goes on to tell her that he has seen the most beautiful woman there. The moment he tells her name Laura, both look at each other intently. Precisely at this point, they begin to recognize each other.

Answer: The protagonists Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo loved each other in their young. Every day in the morning, he used to pass by on horseback down the rose path under Laura's window. While passing, Gonzalo used to toss up her balcony a bouquet of flowers, later in the afternoon while he was returning by the same path, he would catch the flowers she would toss him. As days pass by, Laura's parents thought of marrying her to a well-known merchant in their locality. One unfortunate night, while Gonzalo was waiting under her window to hear her songs, the merchant came there unexpectedly and insulted him. This led to a quarrel and later turned into a duel. At sunrise, the rich merchant was severely wounded by him. The merchant was highly regarded in the locality as he was a rich man in the city. Gonzalo became apprehensive of consequence and he decided to conceal for a few days. Therefore, he left the place as well his love

Answer: The young lovers, Laura and Gonzalo pine after they separated. Soon after Gonzalo flees to Valencia, then he joins the army in Africa and meets a glorious death on the Warfield. At this, Laura mutters about the story which is concocted cleverly by him and she pretends to sympathize with him, saying that he must have been distressed by the calamity. Taking it as a strong pinot, Gonzalo pretends to say that it is indeed a calamity, but also tries to express his resentment and presumes that on the contrary Laura might have forgotten him and she must have spent days chasing butterflies in the garden without any regret. Dona Laura protests saying no to his comment that it is a woman's way. She narrates a story of her version that the silver maiden awaited the news of Gonzalo for a year. As she did not receive any letters from him and one day she went to see him after sunset, wrote his name on the sand, sat on a rock. Knowing the threnody of her the waves took her into the sea. He mutters himself that it is a worse lie than his. They mutter themselves that they got married after the breakup. From their conversation and reaction to each other, we can conclude that Laura is more passionate as understood by the way she narrates the end of her friend. Now they are very friendly and sweet to each other without unveiling their true identity.

Answer: Don Gonzalo is an old gentleman of seventy years old, gouty and impatient. He is found to be in an ill-natured state at his first appearance itself. When he enters the park, he finds that the bench on which he used to sit is being occupied by the three priests. So he gets irritation and expresses his annoyance by remarking that the priests are idling their time away instead of sitting in the church. Juanito suggests that he could sit on the bench on which Dona Laura is seated. But he tells him that he wants a bench to himself. This instance shows that he is an ill-tempered man. After having no alternatives, he decides to share the bench. While he comes towards the bench he scares the birds away. To this, Laura gets annoyed with him and criticize his actions but Don Gonzalo replied to her in an impolite manner. He seems to be quite rude when he replies to her. The way he justifies his action shows her that he is indeed an ill-natured person. Therefore, she assumes and questions that why must people get so fussy and when they reach a certain age.

Answer: In the play A Sunny Morning, irony has been built throughout the play. There are several instances of irony. The protagonists in the play seem to be very old but their mentality serves like young in a humorous way. After settling on her bench, Dona Laura sends Petra to chat with the guard and makes fun of her. Later when he cleans his shoe from his handkerchief, she mocks at him. Gonzalo starts reading lines aloud from Campoamar's work, she again teases his sight. These three instances make readers laugh. We could guess the characters that they are the old lovers before they recognize each other. Gonzalo reads aloud the lines that " all love is sad but sad as it is" and " twenty years pass. He returns. And each beholding the other exclaims can it be that this is he? Heavens, is it she? These lines are much relevant to this play and taken as dramatic irony and also give a hint that they got separated and their love ended with sadness. After long years, they are meeting and unveiling their identity as Campoamar’s lines. When they unveil their identity, both start to conceal the emotions by narrating the concocted story of their end. Thus, a careful reading of the play reveals that there is a relationship between the old lady and the old gentleman.

Answer: In the beginning of the play, the protagonists enter the park with their servants. The conversation between these two seventy years old gets begun sarcastically with each other accusing the other of encroaching on their private space. Later they start to criticize their actions as haters. However, their feelings towards each other at the beginning of the play become more evident only when Don Gonzalo walks towards her bench, he scares away all the birds. So she warns him in a rash, in return, he arrogantly replies which provokes her to make a personal comment later as he does so. After a few heated exchanges between them, they take a pinch of snuff which makes them relief. Soon after taking snuff, they start conversation friendly. By the end of the play, we find a total change in their attitudes towards each other. In the course of their conversation, they discover that they were lovers once in their youthful days. But neither of them is ready to disclose their identity. However, the animosity that we witness at the beginning of the play is no longer there when they are ready to depart. Before taking leave of each other, they formally thank each other for having met. Both think that it's been a great pleasure to meet and ensure that they are coming to the park the next day. Both of them wave farewell and leave the place as friends.

Answer: Once Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura realize that they are the same old young lovers of Maricela who were separated in life by fate, they make up fictitious stories and conceal their identity. If they are revealed their identity both of them would have been utterly shocked and would have accused each other of deceiving the other. They know that both of them had held the other in high esteem and both of them had fallen deeply in love in their past. They wonder when both realize that they are the lovers of Maricela. They have changed a lot in their appearance. Don Gonzalo has become seventy-year-old and uses a parasol and big glasses to read books. So-called beauty, the silver Maiden has also become old and her appearance has changed too. That is why Dona Laura after listening to Don Gonzalo's praise of her beauty as The Silver Maiden now feels ashamed to confess that she is the old silver maiden of Maricela. Similarly, Don Gonzalo knows that he is grotesque and so wishes to keep his image as a gallant horseman who every day passed under her window by on horseback. Thus they think that it would be better to conceal their identity rather than complaining to each other.

Answer: A Sunny Morning is a short play, written by the Quintero brothers. It is a refreshingly new romantic comedy. It tells the story of Don Gonzalo and Dona Laura, who are ardent lovers at their young age. But their love is not a successful one as they had to part from each other in life. They meet each other in a park in Madrid during their old age. The story is presented in a new pattern, unlike the conventional romantic stories. The play begins on a sunny morning at a park, the entire play occurs on an autumn sunny morning. Here the title, sunny morning refers to the youthful of the day and the weather seems to be very pleasant and fresh. The main characters are old age, in spite of this, the way they think is very much similar to the young minds. At the beginning of the play, she mocks Petra and tells her to chat with her lover. Generally old age people don't support and talk about love unlike them. When Gonzalo enters the park, they sarcastically accuse each other like young people. This youthfulness metaphorically refers to the title of the play.

Answer: During the conversation with Dona Laura, Don Gonzalo gives a romantic description of the silver maiden. Dona Laura realizes that the old man is none other than her former lover Gonzalo. Then, both of them together narrate their romantic affair until they come to the end of their story. Don Gonzalo rounds it off telling her that his cousin had to hide for a few days and later to fly. At this point, Dona tells him that he seems to know the story well. Don Gonzalo also tells her the same. Dona Laura tells him that she heard the story from her friend. Don Gonzalo picks up the same lie and tells her that he heard the story from his cousin. Both of them are now convinced that they were the former lovers of the romantic affair they had just reconstructed. Dona Laura wants to probe further into the affair. Therefore, she demands an explanation about Gonzalo's vanishing from Valencia. In reply, Don Gonzalo tells her that after staying hidden indoors in Valencia for some time, his cousin went to Seville and then came to Madrid, where he wrote letters to Laura. But, since the letters were intercepted by her parents, she did not get his letters at all and so she did not write back to him. He tells her that Gonzalo, then in despair, believing that he had lost his love forever, joined the army, went to Africa and there is a trench met a glorious death grasping the flag of Spain and whispering the name of his beloved Laura. Immediately, Dona also creates a story. She tells him that after waiting for a year for Gonzalo, she went to the beach after sunset one evening. She wrote his name on the sand and then sat down on a rock, her gaze fixed upon the horizon. Then the waves slowly crept up to the rock, where the maiden was sitting and the high rising tide rose with a boom and swept her out to sea. Thus ended the sad love affair.

Answer: A Sunny Morning' presents the story of two young lovers who were once passionately attached to each other. Their love would have ended in their marriage but they were separated by a cruel blow of fate. Gonzalo was a young man living in Valencia. Not far from his house there was a villa near the sea, known as Maricela. There lived a beautiful young lady Laura Lorente and everyone called her ‘The Silver Maiden'. A romantic affair developed between the two. Gonzalo used to pass by on horseback every morning down the rose path under her window and tossed up a bouquet of flowers to her balcony which she would catch. Later, in the afternoon, when he returned by the same path, he would catch the bouquet of flowers she tossed him. However, the parents of Laura wanted to marry her to a merchant against her wish. One night when Gonzalo was waiting under her window her merchant-suitor came there unexpectedly and insulted Gonzalo. Soon, there resulted in a duel (fight) in which Gonzalo injured the merchant. Since the merchant was well known in that locality, Gonzalo fled to Seville and then to Madrid. Though the lovers tried to contact each other through letters, their letters were intercepted and they were separated forever. However, the ways of fate being strange, both the lovers Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo who are now in their 70's, meet again in a retired corner of a park in Madrid. Though initially, they make rude remarks about each other, they gradually discover that they were the very same lovers of their youth when they were living in Maricela in Valencia.

Answer: Narrating his story as his cousin's, Dona Gonzalo said that his cousin loved the Silver Maiden every morning, he would pass on horseback, tossing up a bouquet of flowers. She too would toss them in the evening. Once, when Gonzalo's cousin waited under her window to hear her singing, a merchant, whom she was expected to marry, appeared and insulted the cousin. There was a quarrel that led to a duel. As a result, the merchant was badly wounded. And so, his cousin had to conceal himself for a few days. Fearing the consequences of a duel with a person highly regarded in that locality, he had to take refuge in his house. He went to Seville and, then, to Madrid. He wrote many letters to Laura. None of the letters ever reached her, so they went unanswered. He thought that he had lost his love forever, joined the army, went to Africa and there in a trench, met a glorious death, grasping the flag of Spain and whispering the name of his beloved, Laura.

Answer: The play A Sunny Morning' is a romantic comedy that blends both the elements of romance and comedy. The play deals with the love story of Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo and the dialogues of the play are humorous and lively. The play begins in the park where Dona Laura and Don Gonzalo meet when they are old. They both were lovers when they were young. But now, both do not recognize each other. Once, when they start talking, they understand the reality but both do not want to reveal their identities. One day when Dona Laura was feeding the pigeons with bread crumbs, Don Gonzalo, the old man, comes with his servant and sits on the same bench. Laura gets angry with Gonzalo for frightening the birds. Both get annoyed with each other. He starts reading poems from his book. Then, he tells her that he belonged to Valencia, a city in Spain. Laura is surprised and tells that she too spent her youth there in a villa called Maricela. When Gonzalo asks her if she remembered the name Laura, she lies to him that she was a friend of Laura. They both discuss the story of Laura's friend and Gonzalo's cousin which was really their own story. Laura tells him that her friend waited for her lover for many years and later was married to a merchant. Gonzalo replies that his cousin joined the army and died as a soldier. In the play, we find that both the central characters do not reveal their true identity. They hope to meet every morning there. The play ends on a positive note and we find a beautiful mix of romance and comedy, last like a sunny morning cold and heat and depart from the park. Here, we see that they do not acknowledge the fact of being old but lost lovers; rather they prefer to think that they have befooled each other with their fictitious stories. In fact, they do not want to remember their past and they want to be frozen in time in each other's memories, as they once were. Their such an attitude makes us think that everything is fair in love and war'.

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