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Reported speech 2: Say vs Tell

Reporting verbs say and tell:

Say y tell son verbos similares que producen mucha confusión. 

1. Cuando utilizamos "tell" tenemos que añadir el objeto directo (me, you, us), le decimos a alguien algo. Por ejemplo:
John told me (that) he was going to be late. ==>"You tell somebody something"

2. "Say" se utiliza para decirle algo a alguien. Es muy utilizado en direct speech acompañado del "to". Por ejemplo:


Ann said goodbye to me and left.==>"You say something to somebody"

También se utiliza con el reported speech sin el "to", por ejemplo: 
John said (that) he would be late. ==>"You say Something"






Activity 2: Say vs Tell
Say vs Tell activity



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