Unit 21: Phân biệt Say - Tell - Speak - Talk

I. LÝ THUYẾT: 

  Nghĩa Ví dụ
Say Là động từ mang nghĩa “nói ra” hoặc “nói rằng”, chú trọng nội dung được nói ra.  
Tell

Là động từ mang nghĩa:

♦ “kể, nói với ai điều gì đó (tell somebody something)

♦ bảo ai làm gì (tell somebody to do something)

♦ cho ai biết điều gì (tell somebody about something)”

♦ I need to tell you something.

♦ Mom told me to wash the dishes.

♦ I'll tell him about your problem.

Speak

♦ Nhấn mạnh đến việc “phát ra tiếng, phát ra lời” mang nghĩa “nói chuyện với ai (speak to somebody)

♦ “Speak” thông thường theo sau nó không có tân ngữ. nếu có thì đó là danh từ chỉ thứ tiếng.

♦ Can I speak to Mr.Smith?

♦ She can speak English fluently.

Talk

♦ “talk” cũng mang nghĩa là “nói chuyện với ai”, “trao đổi với ai về chuyện gì” nhưng khác “speak” ở chỗ nó nhấn mạnh đến động tác “nói” hơn. 

♦ Thuờng gặp trong các cấu trúc : talk to sb (nói chuyện với ai), talk about sth (nói về điều gì), talk with sb (chuyện trò với ai).

♦ My sister is talking on the phone with her friend.

♦ They are talking about you.

 

II. BÀI TẬP:

 Complete the sentences with "say, tell, speak or talk"

  1. Don’t ................ him about our plans.
  2. I waited for an answer, but she didn’t ................ a word
  3. He ................ that he would wait for me at the library
  4. He ................ us that he was going to buy a new car.
  5. Do you ................ English?
  6. Come here, Mike. We need to ................
  7. To ................ you the truth, I don’t remember anything
  8. Did the director ................ at the conference?
  9. Do you know how to ................ good-bye in Arabic?
  10. We spent the whole evening ................ about old friends.
  11. Can you ................ me the time?
  12. Do you agree with me! – You are ................ me!
  13. His illegal work was ................ tales by the police.
  14. That problem does not need ................ of.
  15. The boy ................ to her very clearly about the task.
  16. “I’ll ................!” is a way to express the agreement.
  17. It’s hard ................ which is the right way leading to her house.
  18. That is ................, you are fired.
  19. – The Earth moves around the Sun. – Without................
  20. She ................ her husband down.