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Today I would like to make a post for a WARM UP activity which can be used in English lessons based on lessons from VOA "Everyday Grammar".

I am Kaveh and I like to talk.
You don't say. Well, I'm Lucia and I like to tell stories.
Well, you always speak your mind.



📝Examples:

  • We talked about the new project.
  • Can I talk to you?

According to the Oxford Dictionary TALK - 1️⃣ Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.

📝More examples:

  • ‘the two men talked’
  • ‘we'd sit and talk about jazz’
  • ‘it was no use talking to Anthony’
  • [with object] ‘you're talking rubbish’

▶️Synonyms:



📝Examples:

  • She speaks four languages.
  • Professor Reid spoke about climate change.

According to the Oxford Dictionary: SPEAK - 1️⃣ Say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling.
📝More examples:

  • ‘in his agitation he was unable to speak’
  • ‘she refused to speak about the incident’

▶️Synonyms: talk, say, say anything, say something



📝Examples:

  • She didn't tell me her sister was in town.
  • I told you about the movie plot.

According to the Oxford Dictionary: TELL - 1️⃣ [reporting verb] Communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.

▶️Synonyms:






📝Examples:

  • What did Sally say?
  • Tom said (that) Jimmy was sick.

According to the Oxford Dictionary: SAY 1️⃣[reporting verb Utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, a feeling or intention, or an instruction.

📝More examples:

▶️Synonyms:

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➪ Lesson "Everyday Grammar: Tell, Say, Speak, Talk" from VOA website.

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Say/tell/talk (v.)

A VERY common mistake with Russians!
Here’s a basic rule;
Say something
Tell someone
Talk about something/talk to someone

“Can you tell me what they said when you talked to them? I need to know what you were talking about”.

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