Sir, please tell us the difference between say and tell and talk and speak. This is
one of the questions my students have asked me a number of times. So in this
lesson, I'm going to talk about a difference of all these words. At the end
of this video, you will be able to use these words without any confusion; and I
have a bonus quiz for you at the end of the video on this topic. So please
watch the video completely. Let's start with SAY and TELL. These are the verbs in
present tense. But both of these verbs are irregular verbs. So in past tense, the
form changes. It becomes SAID and TOLD. These words are slightly different in
their definitions. SAY means to express something with words. TELL means to give
information to a person and that's the most important difference between these
two words. When you use TELL, you must have a person following the verb, it could
be a name or a pronoun, but there must be a person following.
They told me to do it.
So, to help you understand, I will use some examples: What are they cooking?
She didn't say. What are they cooking? She didn't tell me. She didn't give me the
information. What did he say? What did he tell you? What information did he give you?
Say hi to Paula for me! Tell her, I said hi.
I want to say something about our teacher. I want to tell you something
about our teacher. I said that their new car is beautiful.
I told them that their new car is beautiful. Did he say how it happened? Did
he tell you how it happened? I said that I would meet him on Sunday. I told him that
I would meet him on Sunday. One of the most important differences about these
verbs is that TELL must have a person following it.
Now, what about SPEAK and TALK? just like 'say' and 'tell', speech is irregular
verb. So the past form of SPEAK is SPOKE. But TALK is a regular verb. So all
you need to do is to change the verb to its past form is to add -ed. TALKED. Now
SPEAK and TALK are synonyms and most of the times you can use either one of
these words. But there are a few slight differences in the way that they are
used.SPEAK tends to be a bit more formal. It also refers to more general topics
than TALK. Usually when you use TALK, you might add it with the
preposition 'about'; TALK ABOUT SOMETHING. So it's a little more specific. SPEAK
you can use quite generally, for example, "Can I speak with you?" This is quite general.
We are not specific about what we want to speak about. But it also sounds a
bit more formal, it sounds important. "Can I talk with you?" So this is a little
more casual or it is informal. It doesn't sound as important. And if we add 'about',
we can add some more detail. "Can we talk about your brother?" "So let's talk about
prepositions quickly." Which words can you use with these verbs? You can "talk to
someone" or you can "speak to someone". You can "talk with someone" or "you can speak
with someone". You can "speak about something or someone" or you can "talk
about something or someone". Most importantly, you can use SPEAK when you
are talking about languages. For example, "They speak French." Not "They talk French".
"How many languages do you speak?" Not "How many languages to you talk?" "I speak
three languages." Not "I talk three languages." But remember that these two
words SPEAK and TALK are synonymous and the difference is very slight so you can
usually use them interchangeably. Well that's it! I hope you enjoyed the lesson
and if you did, please subscribe to my channel if you haven't already. And here
is the promised quiz. Practice yourself and check the answer. THANK YOU :)
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