To je téme, ktorá nedá spať viacerým. Pozrime sa na jednoduché pravidlo, ktoré vieme uplatniť a už si ich nikdy nepopletieš.

TELL

• používame, ak za ním nasleduje OSOBA, ktorej danú informáciu hovoríme
• TELL SOMEONE
• I told David that he is a good boy.

SAY

• používame, ak za ním nasleduje daná INFORMÁCIA
• SAY SOMETHING
• I said that you don´t need it.
  

SAY s osobou

• Avšak, ak povieš slovo SAY a za ním chceš povedať osobu, ktorej tvoje slová adresuješ, použi predložku TO
• SAY TO SOMEONE
• I said to him that I don´t love him.

1. Použi správne slovo SAY alebo TELL. Nezabudni ho dať do správneho času.

1. You´ve never ........................ me that you two were dating.
2. You know what they ....................: "Never step into the same river twice."
3. Jane .................. that she would join us later.
4. I´ve never .......................... it to anyone.
5. I don´t know what he was thinking, but he .................. her that he never loved her.
6. She kept ............................. herself that she´s beautiful and it really helped her self-confidence.
7. I ................. no! You can´t go out unless you do your homework!
8. Have you ever ........................... anything and then you wanted to take it back?
9. Sue ...................... to David that he was a great help.
10. I wanted to ........................... you something, but I fogot what it was.