1. Cách sử dụng – SAY
- She said (that) she loved learning at TIMMY. (Cô ấy nói là cô ấy rất thích học ở TIMMY)
- Linda said that she had visited Hanoi 3 times (Linda nói rằng cô ấy đã tới thăm Hà Nội 3 lần)
2. Cách sử dụng – TELL
- My grandmother is telling us the Grims stories. (Bà tôi đang kể cho chúng tôi nghe truyện cổ Grim)
- Please tell me why! (Hãy nói với tôi tại sao)
- My mother told me to clean the floor. (Mẹ tôi bảo tôi lau sàn)
- Tell me something about yourself.(Cho tôi biết vài thông tin về bạn)
3. Cách sử dụng – SPEAK
- She’s going to speak in public about her new MV (Cô ấy sắp phát biểu trước công chúng về MV mới của cô ấy)
- Jane can speak English and French (Jane có thể nói tiếng Anh và tiếng Pháp)
- “Can I speak to Susan?” (Tôi có thể nói chuyện với cô Linda được không?)
4. Cách sử dụng – TALK
- They are talking about new movie. (Họ đang nói chuyện về bộ phim mới)
- I really want to talk to Ben about my plan in future (Tôi rất muốn nói chuyện với Ben về kế hoạch sắp tới trong tương lai)
5. Exercise
1. We weren’t ___________ about these new requirements.
told
said
talked
2. You’ll have to ___________ to my manager about that.
say
speak
tell
3. No, that’s not what I ________ to him.
said
told
BOTH ARE CORRECT
4. Let’s ________ over lunch.
tell
say
talk
5. Some of the things he ________ worry me.
spoke
talked
said
6. You should ________ her that we’re going to be late.
tell
speak
say
7. Do you ________ English?
talk
speak
tell
8. I don’t know what to ________ to you.
BOTH ARE CORRECT
say
tell
9. He has been ________ lies to everyone.
talking
saying
telling
10. Let’s ________ sports. = Let’s talk about sports.
speak
talk
BOTH ARE CORRECT
Key: 1 Told, 2 Speak, 3 Said, 4 talk, 5 Said, 6 Tell, 7 Speak, 8 Say, 9 Telling, 10 Talk