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Say, Tell, Speak or Talk?
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
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"say or "tell" in a dream
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
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Say or Tell - rules and exercises
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 147

Say or tell
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
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SAY or TELL
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
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SAY or TELL - when to use them
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 66

SAY OR TELL?

SAY (SAID, SAYING), being�intransitive,�is able to stand alone without�a personal�object. Example: Megan said that she loved you.

SAY can be used with direct speech. Example: Megan said: "I love Peter"

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SAY can be at the end of a sentence without leaving a question hanging.

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TELL (TOLD, TELLING), being transitive, needs a personal object (the person that we are speaking to). Megan told me that she loved you.

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Read the following text and choose the correct words to complete it.

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TEACHER�S PET

The other day an issue arose in the classroom. Roberto��that Omar was the teacher�s pet. The teacher �us�that he didn�t have any preferences. Omar was �Roberto that he was jealous because�he had better grades in English�when Gabriel �him that sometimes Roberto had better grades than him. Then Hugo : "I think both Omar and Roberto are the teacher�s pets." Luis�was �Omar that he wasn�t the best student and Omar : "My grades prove that I�m the best." When Gabriel �the teacher that�he allowed Omar to �bad things about others, the teacher : "Don�t �things you can�t prove."��The girls �them to stop arguing, they �that the teacher didn�t have any pets, and then the boys started �that the teacher�s pets were THE GIRLS!! And that�s what the boys .