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Personal object

We usually follow tell with a personal object (the person that we are speaking to). We usually use say without a personal objectEx. 3 Insert the right tense of tel牯猠祡ㄍ䌠牡汯玅楡蕤敨⁲潭桴牥琠慨⁴桳⁥慷⁳畨杮祲മ′慍祲楬蕮薅慳摩玅敨眠湡整⁤潴朠潨敭മ″桗瑡礠畯愠敲玅祡湩蕧薅薅椠⁳湵敢楬癥扡敬㐍圠慨⁴l or say
1 Carol…said…her mother that she was hungry.
2 Marylin………said…she wanted togo home.
3 What you are…saying…………… is unbelievable
4 What did she…tell…….you when she saw you?
5 Please tell….me the truth.

Ex. 2 Insert the right tense of the verb to tell
1 John………told………Terry that he was tired.
2 Stella………told……her friends that she has a new job.
3 What are you…telling…….me ? I can’t hear you.
4 If you……tell…. me so, it must be true.
5 Yesterday Jim ……told…his girlfriendthat he needed her.

Ex1 Insert the right tense of to say
1 John ……said……….that he was tired.
2 Stella… said…………………that she has a new job.
3 What are you……saying….? I can’t hear you.
4 Ifyou…say….so, it must be true.
5 Yesterday Jim ……said…”I need you”

Say and Tell



Say and tell have similar meanings. They both mean to communicate verbally with someone. But we often use themdifferently. The simple way to think of say and tell is:
You say something You tell someone something


Ex. 4 Match pictures and sentences
1 You always tell me that you love me.Show it to me.
2 What we will say in this meeting must be kept a secret.
3 When you finish the story, tell mum I want her to read me a story too.

Ex 6 Choose the correct alternative

1. Hetell/say/told me he would be home late.
2. He said/told/say he'd call me before he left the office.
3. What do the papers told/tell/say about the incident ?
4. Did he tell/say/told you what time he'dbe back ?
5. Tell me what you eat and I will said/say/tell you who you are.
6. Do you know how to say/told/tell “thank you” in Russian ?
7. She went to see a fortune teller, who...