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Say and Tell

The document provides exercises to practice using the verbs 'say' and 'tell' in different contexts. There are 3 exercises with multiple parts each asking to fill in the blanks with 'said' or 'told' or variations to complete sentences using those verbs correctly.

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Say and Tell

The document provides exercises to practice using the verbs 'say' and 'tell' in different contexts. There are 3 exercises with multiple parts each asking to fill in the blanks with 'said' or 'told' or variations to complete sentences using those verbs correctly.

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Mildred Barbarán
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Say or Tell

Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with “said” or “told”
1. They ______________us not to wait for a long time.
2. They ______________ to us not to wait for a long time.
3. They ______________not to wait for a long time.
4. Johnson ______________Winnie would come soon.
5. Johnson ______________to Jane to come soon.
6. Johnson _______________ Winnie to come soon.
7. I _________________my brother to clean her room.
8. My boss ______________ everybody to do their work.
9. The teacher ______________to the class to hand in their homework.
10. The principal _________________the class would go on an excursion
soon.

Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with “said” or “told”
1. He ____________me the truth.
2. She _____________she was right.
3. The secretary ____________boss was away on holiday.
4. The secretary_____________ to boss she was away on holiday.
5. The secretary _______________ boss she was away on holiday.
6. She ______________ Mary about the accident.
7. She _______________Mary had an accident.
8. He ____________ to me that the results would be announced in three
days.
9. They __________her all about the accident.
10. They ___________ her accident was serious.
11. They ____________ to her even though we had asked them not to tell.
12. The teacher ____________the students to resume their work.
13. The teacher _____________the students would resume their work.
14. The teacher _______________ to the students to resume their work.
15. I _________________everything what I wanted.
16. She ______________to him without any necessity.
17. They _______________that they would call the following week.
18. I _______________you, that was enough.
19. I _______________you were old enough to decide on your own.
20. She ________________ to the children to come back home right after
the party.

Exercise 3
Fill in the blanks with “said” or “told” or “say” or “tell”
1. Please don’t ____________me that you haven’t done everything.

2. The teacher ______________her students to be quiet in the library.

3. The teacher ____________her students were quiet in the library.

4. I cannot ___________that I like this party, but all in all it seems O.K.

5. Johnson _________________Mary to be there on time.

6. Johnson ____________Mary would be there on time.

7. They did not ________________that their car was broken.

8. I will never _______________where I have hidden your present.

9. Can you please ______________me where the bus station is?

10. I will _______________ the children all about that story.

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