08/03/2021

PAG 413 N 1

1 tell

2 said

3 told

4 telling

5 told

6 says

7 says

8 have just told

PAG 413 N 2

1 tell

2 says

3 I have just told

4 said

5 will tell

6 saying

7 tells

8 said

PAG 413 N 3

1 say

2 said

3 said

4 told

5 seat belt

6 told

7 handbrake

8 steering wheel

9 first gare

10 did he say

11 didn’t say

12 told

13 clutch

14 windscreen

15 says

16 has always told

17 rear view mirror

18 don’t tell

19 ring road

20 driving school

PAG 414 N 5

1 speak

2 talking

3 speak

4 speak

5 talk

6 talk

7 speaks

8 talking

PAG 414 N 6

1 don’t talk

2 do you talk

3 to speak

4 is speaking

5 speaks

6 talks

7 talking

8 speaks

9 they always talk

10 talking – to speak

PAG 415 N 7

1 said

2 tell

3 speaks

4 to talk

5 has just told

6 say

7 said

8 do they talk

9 said

10 don’t speak

PAG 415 N 8

1 talk

2 telling

3 say

4 you’re talking

5 say

6 I’m telling

7 you are talking

8 said

9 tell

10 say

PAG 415 N 9

1 “We are late. Can you pick me up from my office?” she told us.

2 Joan said she didn’t like the Julius Caesar movie because it was very imprecise on historical facts.

3 Michela had been talking on the phone for hours with her boyfriend. He was telling her that their story couldn't continue and she was telling him she couldn't live without him.

4 I never understand what my father-in-law says because he speaks a dialect that I don't know!

5 A: I have the Chinese exam next month. Do you think Uncle Luke can help me? B: It's obvious! He speaks Chinese very well and in this period he doesn't work.

6 A: Can you tell me the exact time please? B: Sorry, my watch doesn't work.

7 A: Could I speak to the principal? B: Today isn't here. What do you have to tell him?

8 A: Why were you talking about me when I walked into the classroom? B: You're wrong, we weren't talking about you!

PAG 415 N 10

1 Nel primo caso, “mi disse Amy”, si utilizza to tell; nel secondo caso, invece, “disse Amy”, si utilizza to say.

2 TO TELL si usa solo in presenza del complemento di termine; TO SAY si usa sia in presenza che non del complemento di termine, se c’è esso è sempre preceduto da TO.

3 Si utilizza I need to talk to you perché, in questo caso, to tell indica l’atto del parlare nel linguaggio colloquiale e in situazioni meno formali.