1. She said that she was going home.

2. “Yes, thank you”, I said.

3. Can you tell me the time, please? I’ve left my watch at home.

4. Jane told me you had a new job.

5. Now you can tell me all the details.

6. I am really bad at telling jokes.

7. I have to tell you the truth. I have been really busy this week.

8. He told a lie that he was not married, but he was.

9. At the fair, there was a lady who told your fortune.

10. How old are babies when they learn to speak?

11. She had a sore throat and couldn’t speak.

12. She can speak English.

13. I get nervous whenever I have to speak in public.

14. When Jackcame home, his sister told him that Peter had rung him up half an hour before.

15. Last week I asked my friend to translate this article, but he said he couldn’t do it then and said he would do it two days later.

16. I gave my friend a book last week and he saidhe would return it next day.

17. The Cubans started talking in Spanish.

18. Speak up – just a bit louder!

19. The voice that spoke was cold.

20. I had never heard him talk so much before.

21. She talked in a deep loud voice.

22. “You promised to tell me your history, you know”, said Alice. (l.Carrol)”

23. He tells stories beautifully.

24. If you tell a lie, I can see it at once.

25. To tell the truth, I didn’t even know he had left.

26. First think, then speak.

27. Actions speak louder than words.

28. Great talkers are little doers.

29. Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.

30. Easier said than done.

Exercise 2. Replace to tell by to say making any other necessary changes:

E.g.:

He told me to come earlier.

He said that I should come earlier.

1. My mother told me to come back as soon as possible.

2. My friend told me to see the new film.

3. John told us to give his best regards to the whole family.

4. I told you not to go out today.

5. The doctor told me to keep the bed for a few days.

6. The teacher told us to write a composition by Friday.

7. My mother told me to buy some bread for dinner.

Exercise 3. Change the direct speech into indirect, introducing an indirect object.

E.g. :

My brother said, “Don’t forget to take your umbrella”.

My brother told me not to take my umbrella.

My brother said I shouldn’t forget to take my umbrella.

1. John said,” Don’t read it loud!”

2. The teacher said, ”Don’t forget to hand in your composition.”

3. Mother said, ”Don’t forget to wash your hands before dinner.”

4. Father said, “Don’t read when you eat.”

5. Peter said, “Don’t take my notes without permission”.

Exercise 4. Insert speak, talk, say or tell .

1. He … fluent French.

2. They were … and laughing till three in the morning.

3. Please, … to me frankly.

4. … me something about it, please.

5. He … he could do it.

6. I always … the truth.

7. Let me come in for a moment. I have something to … to you.

8. He had never … to her in that manner before.

9. They … a great deal of nonsense.

10. Then Tom … :”What’s your name?”

11. You can come and sit down if you like, and … about anything in the world.

12. Let’s … generally about life.

13. Come along! Don’t be shy! We can … over anything you like.

14. However, it wasn’t about myself I wanted to … .

15. At last he … :”You must promise me to have a good rest”.

Exercise 5. Choose the correct sentence.

1. He wants to say to you privately about business.

2. He wants to talk to you privately about business.

1. As we walked we said about the performance we had just seen.

2. As we walked we spoke about the performance we had just seen.

1. As I told before I care for you very much.

2. As I said before I care for you very much.

1. He opened his lips as if to speak.

2. He opened his lips as if to talk.

1. He doesn’t speak as the other people do.

2. He doesn’t talk as the other people do.

1. Why didn’t you talk me before.

2. Why didn’t you tell me before.

1. And before she knew where she was she was speaking him the whole truth.

2. And before she knew where she was she was telling him the whole truth.

1. The young man said before an enthusiastic crowd.

2. The young man spoke before an enthusiastic crowd.

1. As we were saying he interrupted us.

2. As we were talking he interrupted us.

Exercise 6. Correct the errors in the sentences.

1. I could say a lot of stories about my childhood.

2. Who is talking in the debate tonight.

3. I can’t talk Chinese.

4. Could you say louder, please?

5. The director will talk to the whole college about careers in business.

6. I hope you will always say me the truth.

7. He said his problems to his teacher.

8. Speak me about your holiday then.

9. The book said him what to do.

10. My daughter has just leant to say the time.

11. The Queen tells to the nation ontelevision every Christmas.

12. They said us to go away.

13. Can you say me the code for Paris?

14. I could speak a lot of stories about Jim, my best friend.

15. He is bad at saying jokes.

Exercise 7. Make up 3 sentences for each pattern:

1. I told you not to wake me.

2. Tell her not to speak about it.

3. I know what you said to her.

4. I am telling you what he said to me.

5. I was told to ask you for the book as soon as you come in.

Exercise 8. Translate into English.

1. «Теперь вы можете идти», - сказал учитель. 2. Он говорит, что знает этого человека. 3. Джон рассказал мне все. 4. Послушайте его, он говорит дельные вещи. 5. Заходи ко мне вечером, мы поговорим об этом. 6. Вы говорите по-английски? 7. Не забудь сказать твоей сестре об этом. 8. По правде говоря, я забыла об этом. 9. Кто рассказал вам эту историю? 10. Он всегда говорит о политике. 10. Говорите, пожалуйста, громче. Я вас не слышу. 11. Вчера он выступал на собрании. Его речь понравилась всем. 12. Он всегда говорит в гостях о работе. 12. Что вы говорите? Когда он приехал? 13. Само собой разумеется, вы будете жить у нас. 14. Я надеюсь, что никто не скажет ей об этом. 15. Расскажи мне что-нибудь об этом человеке. 16. Если я увижу его завтра, я поговорю с ним об этом. 17. Мы проговорили с ней до утра. 18. Он очень умный человек. Я люблю с ним беседовать . 19. Откровенно говоря, я не видела этого фильма. 20. Если я увижу его завтра, я скажу ему все, что я о нем думаю. 21. Некоторые люди много говорят и мало делают. 22. Мой друг говорит, что эта книга очень интересная. 23. Я только повторяю то, что сказала мне Елена. 24. Он никогда не лжет. 25. – Что он сказал? – Он сказал, что пора уезжать. 26. Не говорите ей об этом. Пусть это будет нашей маленькой тайной. 27. Мы поговорим об этом по дороге на станцию. 28. Строго говоря, он не должен этого делать. 29. Прекратите разговаривать. Я не слышу, что он говорит. 30. Вы говорите о вещах, о которых вы ничего не знаете. 31. Говорят, что зима будет холодной. 32. Джейн говорит, что это ее книга.

33. Можете вы добавить что-нибудь к тому, что он сказал? 34. Скажи мне все, что знаешь об этом.35. Сказать по правде мне никогда не нравился этот человек. 36. Мы все надеялись, что никто не скажет ей о том, что случилось. 37. На собрании он говорил с таким энтузиазмом, что никто не мог ему возразить. 38. Откровенно говоря, мне он тоже нравится. 39. Давай поговорим откровенно об этом событии. 40. Ктомногоговорит, тотмалоделает.

Exercise 9. Read the story, find the verbs to say, to speak, to tell, to talk. Explain their meanings in Russian. What is the main idea of the story?

The BEE

There was once a great artist in Belgium who said that his daughter should never marry anyone but an artist. But she loved a blacksmith and the blacksmith was in love with her. When she told him that her father did not allow her to marry anyone but an artist, he left his trade and studied hard in order to become a painter. He was certainly a man of great talent, as in a short time he became a good painter. One day the young painter went to the artist’s studio and, finding that the artist was not at home, decided to wait for him. Nobody had seen him come into the studio. He looked round at the pictures. At last he took a brush and painted a bee on the leg of one of the figures and then stood aside to look at it. Suddenly he heard somebody open the door. He quickly put the brush down and turned to the door. The artist was not yet in the room and did not see his visitor put the brush in its place. When he came in he at once saw the bee on the leg of one of his figures: he thought that it was a real bee and tried to brush it off. When the young painter saw this he could not help smiling. The artist smiled too when he saw his mistake and said that it wasa wonderful little painting. The young man told him the whole story and soon after that the young painter and the artist’s daughter got married.