Tell or say

Say can refer to any type of speech. Say is never followed directly by a person as an object: you must use 'say something to someone' for this.

Tell is used to report that someone has given information or an order. The verb tell is always followed by the person that the information or order is given to.

Intermediate
English exercise "Tell or say" created by felin (28-01-2006) with The test builder
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1. Come on ,0saytell me everything.
2. You know what they tellsay0 about London, don't you?
3. She's always saying0telling lies
4. Mum! The teacher saidtold0 a rude word in class today.
5. I hate the way she keeps telling0saying me what to do.
6. What did you saytell0 to him?
7. 0TellSay me about your holiday then.
8. He gave her his email address but he wouldn't tell0say what his phone number was.
9. 'How do you say0tell 'goodbye' in Spanish?'
10. She said0told goodbye to all her friends and left.
11. He told0said me I wasn't invited to the party.
12. She said0told me all about her holiday in Spain.
13. I couldn't understand a word of what he was trying to tellsay0 to me.
14. He told0said me this funny story about what happened to him on holiday.
15. He wouldn't tell0say what the problem was.
16. Can you say0tell me the way to the station?
17. What did they saytell0 about the car?
18. I've got something to tellsay0 to you.