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SAY / TELL / TALK / SPEAK


Uses Examples



Say
-Used with direct and indirect
speech

-Say is most used without a
personal object
If we want to put a personal
object after say, we use to.

-She said that it was my last
chance.
-He said Good morning
-And I say to all the people of
this great country





Tell
-Used with direct and indirect
speech after tell, we usually say
who is told, i.e., tell someone
something.
- only used to mean instruct
or inform
- tell is used to tell someone to
do something
- tell is not used before objects
like a word, a name, a
sentence, a phrase.



- she told me that she would
be late.
- She told me that was my
last chance.
- I don't want to tell you
again to get your homework
done.



Talk
- There is not very much
difference between speak and
talk.
- talk is the more usual word to
refer to conversational
exchanges and informal
situations

- When she walked into the room
everybody stopped talking.


Speak
Is often used for one-way
communication and for
exchanges in more serious or
formal situations.
- Speak is the usual word to
refer knowledge and use of
languages.
- I'll have to speak to that boy-
he's getting really lazy.
- After she had finished reading
the letter, nobody spoke.
- She speaks three languages
fluently.

Worksheet
Name: _____________________________________
Level: ______________ Class: __________________
Date: _______________________________________


Result: _______________

Teacher: _____________

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Complete the sentences with: To tell, to speak, to speak, to talk in the
correct form:

a) I don't want to ___________ about this.

b) ________ her that Im coming tomorrow.

c) What did you __________ to her?

d) I __________ my mom that I planned to come home for Christmas.

e) We have to ___________ that we plan to launch the new product this
week.

f) We have to ____________ them that we plan to lunch the new product
this week.

g) What did your boss _________ to you about.

h) We __________ about a lot of different topics.

i) He __________ that he was satisfied with my work.

j) Why didn't you ___________ me?


KEY:

a) talk b) tell c) say d) told e) say f) tell g) talk h) spoke i) said j) tell
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