What is different between tell and say?
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What is different between tell and say?
We use say and tell in different ways in reported speech. Say focuses on the words someone said and tell focuses more on the content or message of what someone said: We use say with direct speech.
Is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need to use a noun often because the person or thing has been mentioned earlier?
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a noun that does not need to be named specifically. There are a number of other types of pronouns.
What are the three forms of tell?
Conjugation of verb ‘Tell’
| V1 Base Form (Infinitive): | To Tell |
|---|---|
| V2 Past Simple: | Told |
| V3 Past Participle: | Told |
| V4 3rd Person Singular: | Tells |
| V5 Present Participle/Gerund: | Telling |
When to use Ask and Tell?
How to use Say, Tell and Ask
- Say. We say: hello and goodbye, please and thank you, happy birthday and congratulations. Say hello to your sister for me. We said goodbye at the airport.
- Tell. Tell is usually followed immediately by a person. Said is not:
- Ask. Ask is used for questions: What is your name?
What types of pronouns are there?
Types of pronouns
- Possessive pronouns.
- Personal pronouns.
- Relative pronouns.
- Reflexive pronouns.
- Indefinite pronouns.
- Demonstrative pronouns.
- Interrogative pronouns.
- Intensive pronouns.
Can a single word be a phrase?
In syntax and grammar, a phrase is a group of words which act together as a grammatical unit. Phrases can consist of a single word or a complete sentence. In theoretical linguistics, phrases are often analyzed as units of syntactic structure such as a constituent.