Interactive English Grammar Tests
Say, Tell, Talk, or Speak? 1
It can be hard to know when to use say, tell, talk, or speak. Practice now with our free interactive test:
Say and tell have different uses in English:
Talk and speak are physical actions. Their meanings are quite similar, with a few key differences:
Complete each gap with say, tell, talk, or speak in the appropriate form. There are twenty questions and the pass mark is 85%, so you need 17 correct answers to pass:
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#1. Generally ________, there will be room for around a hundred guests at the wedding.
#2. Look, would you just ________ me the truth about Brian, please?
#3. ‘And then she told me to get lost!’ ‘What an awful thing to ________!’
#4. When Janet resigned in front of the board, I was so shocked I could hardly ________!
#5. Robbie ________ a joke in class, but nobody saw the funny side of it.
#6. Could you ________ up a bit, please? I’m a bit deaf.
#7. I’ll give you the stuffing with the turkey for free. Now, I can’t ________ fairer than that.
#8. ‘John said the company is close to collapse!’ ‘No! He’s ________ utter rubbish.’
#9. It’s vital that I ________ to my doctor about the test results that I got.
#10. Peter ________ good morning to Alice when he met her in the car park.
#11. Darren has really enjoyed ________ to his kids on the way home from Scotland.
#12. ‘You can’t park here, mate.’ ‘OK, whatever you ________.’
#13. Just stop ________ me what to do!
#14. When the plane had finally landed, we got in a taxi and ________ for hours.
#15. My sister was ________ on the phone to her music teacher for half an hour.
#16. I was trying to ________ them about the paintings, but they preferred the gift shop.
#17. Geoff? Good. Phil here. OK. We need to ________ business.
#18. OK, everyone get ready. I’m going to take the picture. ________ cheese!
#19. I didn’t know that you ________ Norwegian fluently.
#20. The grass snake was as big as a python – I’m ________ you!
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