sayto say something (say is followed immediately by a noun clause)Andrew said that Max was right.If you want to put a personal object after say, use the word to.He said to his father that Max was right.tellto tell someone something (tell is followed by an object noun or pronoun)Can you tell me the way to the station, please?
1-Can you ________me the way to the station, please?
2-He didn't ________a word.
3-She ________her name was Sue. The word is not followed by an object, so use said (Simple Past von say).
4-Let me ________you something about my hobbies.
5-Forget everything I just ________.
6-Why didn't you ________him that before?
7-Why didn't you ________that before?
8-They ________nothing to me.
9-You don't need to ________us that.
10-What did Eric ________when he saw the new bike?
Say and Tell
Put in 'said' or 'told'
1) Julie _______ that she would join us after work.
2) She _______me that she was going running this evening.
3) John ______us that he couldn't come to the party.
4) John_______ that he had been to the cinema at the weekend.
5) She______ them she wanted to quit.
6) David _______that he was going to arrive at eight.
7) They_______ that they didn't want to meet us on Tuesday.
8) I_______ him I wasn't impressed.
9) Lucy _______Julie that she was leaving on Wednesday.
10) We________ that we were going on holiday the following week.
11) Jack_______ my mother he would be in Spain this week.
12) I _______that I hated mushrooms.
13) She______ she loved chocolate.
14) They ______they were meeting Luke today
15) They_______ us they were going to the museum this afternoon.
16) He________ he wouldn't start without us.
17) I_______ them I'd bring pudding.
18) Jonathan_______ it would rain today.
19) They______ us that it was fine to come late.
20) The boss______ me that I should do some more work on this report
