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Say ou tell ?

Many learners of English , especially beginners don't differentiate between to say and to tell .Here is a detailed explanation about the uses of these two verbs. Read this carefully, then do the task :

A- construction :

                      Lorsqu'on veut indiquer à qui la personne s'adresse, SAY doit être suivi de la préposition TO. TELL est immédiatement suivi du complément :

                          Exemple : ' you are late ' he said to me.

                                           He told him (that) he was late.

B-Emplois : 

             A-   say s'emploie surtout au discours direct , il est placé en début ou en fin de phrase .On peut également le trouver au  discours indirect , il est alors en début de phrase .

                         Exemple : He said to me ; ' you are late '

                                  He said to him (that ) he was late .

             B-Tell s'emploie le plus souvent au discours indirect .On peut cependant le trouver au discours direct, il est alors placé à la  fin de la phrase :

                         Exemple : He told him ( that ) he was late

                                        ' You are late ' , he told him.

             C- Tell s'emploie également pour exprimer un ordre :

                         Exemple : She told them to sit down.

             D- Tell a le sens de raconter , il est suivi le plus souvent de  about ou de how

                         Exemple :Tell us about your trip to America.

                                        She told us how she had met her husband.

                  Tell how peut être suivi de l'infinitif :

                                         I told them how to go there.

TASK :Choose the verb that best completes the sentence and pay attention to the tense . Good luck.

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