How To Use Say VS Tell
hi I’m Vanessa from speak English with
Vanessa comm and I have something to say
I have something to tell you
let’s get started even some of my
highest students mix up say Intel so
today I want to give you some examples
to help you use it naturally but first I
want to tell you the wrong way to use it
I hear a lot of my students say my wife
tells to me to pick up my clothes my
wife says me to pick up my clothes
oh let’s change this a little bit the
biggest difference between say Intel is
that Tao has no - I told my wife I was
going to leave in 10 minutes she told me
that she was going to be ready after an
hour tell someone so we need to use
words like me him her you directly after
tell I told her she told me he told you
we need it directly after so except for
a few set expressions like tell the
truth usually we have him/her directly
after tell if you want to use said we
have a few more options you could say my
wife said that she wanted me to pick up
my clothes she said that she wanted me
to pick up my clothes or you could say
my wife said pick up your clothes in
direct quotations she said pick up your
clothes or you could say my wife said to
me to me pick up your clothes so with
the word said we have a few more options
so make sure when you’re using tell you
don’t use too let’s see some other
sentences I want to tell you a story
first using tell and then using say so
that you can see the difference a few
weeks ago my student told me that she
would be visiting the US soon so I told
her some recommendations for nice
is to visit I told her let’s use this
with say last month my student said to
me that she would be visiting the US
soon she said that she would be visiting
the US soon so I said that I have some
recommendations for great places that
she could visit I said that I had some
great places for her on my website I’m
going to be giving some more sample
sentences and details to help you feel
comfortable using these two commonly
used words so if you’re not on my
website click the link below this video
and you can get the full free lesson now
I have a challenge for you can you write
a sentence in the comment section using
say and tell correctly I’ll check your
sentences and try to give you some
feedback so that you know that you’re
using them naturally I’ll see you later
good bye