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定义
to say: 说，陈述
He said he was coming 他说他在路上了。
This is an irregular verb:
I say / I said / I have said
Say... (or "Let's say..."): 说… 快说…（让我们谈论）
Say, are you free Friday night? 快说，你周五晚上有空吗？
You'll need, say, three hours to finish this job; that should be enough time. 喂，你需要三个小时来完成这项工作，三小时足够了。
(Could you) say it again?: （你能）再说一遍吗？
示例
- "Don't say I didn't warn you..."
- "Xavier : You don't need to say anything – just please bring me my soup!"
- "Brian Jones (on intercom) : Bruno, there's a guy here who says he's your grandfather... Xavier Delavigne?"
- "Horatio : Oh, and if someone says something crazy to you, you just say "Cheers, mate"."
- "I say tomato, you say tomato, I say potato, you say potato, but ironically enough I don't understand a word you're saying."
- "I feel like Brian Jones is going to walk in here any second and say "Hello chaps."
- "Horatio : Oh, and if someone says something crazy to you, you just say "Cheers, mate"."
- "Lucie : I said stop!"
- "So, you were saying?"
- "Remember: if you don't understand what they are saying, just nod your head and say..."
- "The bartender says, "We don't get many kangaroos in this bar."
- "Philip (reading) : Dear Brian Jones, I am here to apologize for all of the awful things I have said and done to you in the past."
- "Listen Todd, I've got one: A rabbi, a priest and an imam walk into a bar, the barman takes one look at them and says "Is this some kind of joke?"
- "Definition: to say that one is sorry for some wrongdoing or fault."
- "Here's another joke: A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, my wife thinks she's a chicken."
- "Or should I say "the tube"?"
- "What were you saying?"
练习 1
Conjugate the verbs in the blanks below with the correct form of the verb:
Yesterday, Philip Cheeter suddenly hungry. It was almost 2:00 in the afternoon, and it seemed to him that he hadn't anything in days. He to feel that if he did not eat something soon, he was going to faint. He Kevin in his office and asked him if he wanted to go to lunch. 'No, I my wallet this morning, so I can't go,' Kevin. 'Oh, that's too bad,' Philip. 'But, if you want to pay for me, I can you the money tomorrow,' Kevin. Philip long and hard. He that Kevin would never pay him the money. But he did not like to eat alone. 'Ok,' Philip finally , 'but you can't order the most expensive dish, like you the last time'. 'Sure, sure,' Kevin. And they .
Yesterday, Philip Cheeter suddenly hungry. It was almost 2:00 in the afternoon, and it seemed to him that he hadn't anything in days. He to feel that if he did not eat something soon, he was going to faint. He Kevin in his office and asked him if he wanted to go to lunch. 'No, I my wallet this morning, so I can't go,' Kevin. 'Oh, that's too bad,' Philip. 'But, if you want to pay for me, I can you the money tomorrow,' Kevin. Philip long and hard. He that Kevin would never pay him the money. But he did not like to eat alone. 'Ok,' Philip finally , 'but you can't order the most expensive dish, like you the last time'. 'Sure, sure,' Kevin. And they .
Conjugate the verbs in the blanks below with the correct form of the verb:
Yesterday, Philip Cheeter suddenly [not done] felt 1 hungry. It was almost 2:00 in the afternoon, and it seemed to him that he hadn't [not done] eaten 2 anything in days. He [not done] began 3 to feel that if he did not eat something soon, he was going to faint. He [not done] found 4 Kevin in his office and asked him if he wanted to go to lunch. 'No, I [not done] forgot 5 my wallet this morning, so I can't go,' [not done] said 6 Kevin. 'Oh, that's too bad,' [not done] answered 7 Philip. 'But, if you want to pay for me, I can [not done] give 8 you the money tomorrow,' [not done] declared 9 Kevin. Philip [not done] thought 10 long and hard. He [not done] knew 11 that Kevin would never pay him the money. But he did not like to eat alone. 'Ok,' Philip finally [not done] responded 12, 'but you can't order the most expensive dish, like you [not done] did 13 the last time'. 'Sure, sure,' [not done] said 14 Kevin. And they [not done] left 15.
Yesterday, Philip Cheeter suddenly [not done] felt 1 hungry. It was almost 2:00 in the afternoon, and it seemed to him that he hadn't [not done] eaten 2 anything in days. He [not done] began 3 to feel that if he did not eat something soon, he was going to faint. He [not done] found 4 Kevin in his office and asked him if he wanted to go to lunch. 'No, I [not done] forgot 5 my wallet this morning, so I can't go,' [not done] said 6 Kevin. 'Oh, that's too bad,' [not done] answered 7 Philip. 'But, if you want to pay for me, I can [not done] give 8 you the money tomorrow,' [not done] declared 9 Kevin. Philip [not done] thought 10 long and hard. He [not done] knew 11 that Kevin would never pay him the money. But he did not like to eat alone. 'Ok,' Philip finally [not done] responded 12, 'but you can't order the most expensive dish, like you [not done] did 13 the last time'. 'Sure, sure,' [not done] said 14 Kevin. And they [not done] left 15.
1 felt: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to feel' needs to be put in the past simple tense (preterit). To feel: I feel / I felt / I have felt.
2 eaten: Because it is preceded by 'hadn't', 'to eat' needs to be put in the past participle form. This forms the past perfect tense. To eat: I eat / I ate / I have eaten.
3 began: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to begin' needs to be put in the preterit tense. 'To begin' is an irregular verb: I begin / I began / I have begun.
4 found: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to find' needs to be put in the preterit tense. To find: I find / I found / I have found.
5 forgot: Because we are speaking of the past (this morning), 'to forget' needs to be put in the preterit tense. To forget: I forget/ I forgot/ I have forgotten.
6 said : Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to say' needs to be put in the preterit tense. To say: I say/ I said/ I have said.
7 answered: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to answer' needs to be put in the preterit tense. 'To answer' is a regular verb.
8 give: Because it is preceded by 'can', 'to give' needs to stay in the infinitive, but we remove the 'to'. This is what happens after modal verbs like 'can', 'could', 'should' or 'must'. Examples: Bob could help you; Polly should see a doctor about that rash.
9 declared: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to declare' needs to be put in the preterit tense. 'To declare' is a regular verb.
10 thought: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to think' needs to be in the preterit tense. To think: I think/ I thought/ I have thought.
11 knew: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to know' needs to be put in the preterit tense. To know: I know/ I knew/ I have known.
12 responded: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to respond' needs to be put in the simple past tense. 'To respond' is a regular verb.
13 did : The phrase 'the last time' indicates that Kevin ordered the most expensive dish once, in the past, requiring the simple past tense form of the verb. We use the auxiliary here to replace 'ordered'. To do: I do/ I did/ I have done.
14 said: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to say' needs to be put in the preterit tense. To say: I say/ I said/ I have said.
15 left: Because we are speaking of the past (Yesterday), 'to leave' needs to be put in the preterit tense. To leave: leave/left/I have left.
练习 2
Fill in the blanks below with the appropriate form of the verb. Don't forget auxiliaries and modals when necessary! If you think a verb should not change, please write it again.
Yesterday, at 9:32 AM, Horatio a big building. The man at the desk him if he him. Horatio : 'I want to a doctor'. The man him: 'This is a bank, not a hospital.' 'But I from my ears', said Horatio. The banker , 'I am sorry sir, I can't help you with that'. Horatio 'In that case, me all of your money'. 'Is this a robbery?' the banker . 'Maybe,' said Horatio.
Yesterday, at 9:32 AM, Horatio a big building. The man at the desk him if he him. Horatio : 'I want to a doctor'. The man him: 'This is a bank, not a hospital.' 'But I from my ears', said Horatio. The banker , 'I am sorry sir, I can't help you with that'. Horatio 'In that case, me all of your money'. 'Is this a robbery?' the banker . 'Maybe,' said Horatio.
Fill in the blanks below with the appropriate form of the verb. Don't forget auxiliaries and modals when necessary! If you think a verb should not change, please write it again.
Yesterday, at 9:32 AM, Horatio [not done] entered 1 a big building. The man at the desk [not done] asked 2 him if he [not done] could help 3 him. Horatio [not done] said 4: 'I want [not done] to speak 5 to a doctor'. The man [not done] told 6 him: 'This is a bank, not a hospital.' 'But I [not done] am bleeding 7 from my ears', said Horatio. The banker [not done] replied 8, 'I am sorry sir, I can't help you with that'. Horatio [not done] said 9 'In that case, [not done] Give 10 me all of your money'. 'Is this a robbery?' the banker [not done] inquired 11. 'Maybe,' said Horatio.
Yesterday, at 9:32 AM, Horatio [not done] entered 1 a big building. The man at the desk [not done] asked 2 him if he [not done] could help 3 him. Horatio [not done] said 4: 'I want [not done] to speak 5 to a doctor'. The man [not done] told 6 him: 'This is a bank, not a hospital.' 'But I [not done] am bleeding 7 from my ears', said Horatio. The banker [not done] replied 8, 'I am sorry sir, I can't help you with that'. Horatio [not done] said 9 'In that case, [not done] Give 10 me all of your money'. 'Is this a robbery?' the banker [not done] inquired 11. 'Maybe,' said Horatio.
1 entered: This is the best choice here. This verb needs to be put in the simple past tense (or preterit). We know this because the term 'yesterday' indicates that this action took place in the past.
2 asked: This verb needs to be put in the simple past tense (or preterit). We know this because the term 'yesterday' in the previous sentence establishes the past tense time frame of this action.
3 could help: 'Could help' is the best choice here. This verb requires the modal verb 'could' to express the conditional sense which the sentence requires. The man is asking IF he can help or is capable of helping Horatio -- it is not certain if he will be able to. Therefore we use 'could' to express the sense of possibility within the question. 'Could' is also the past tense form of can. We can assume that the man asked Horatio 'Can I help you?' at the time this conversation took place.
4 said: We must put this verb in the past simple tense (preterit) to correctly complete this construction. The time period (yesterday) was established earlier in this paragraph. The verb 'to say' is irregular say/said/said.
5 to speak: The verb 'to want' can only be followed by another verb in the infinitive form. Example: The cat wanted to go outside. We must use the full infinitive form of the verb 'to speak' to correctly complete this construction.
6 told: 'Told' is the correct choice here. It is the past tense form of the verb 'to tell' in the 3rd person. This entire dialogue takes place in the past tense, which was established in the first sentence of the exercise.
7 am bleeding: The verb 'to bleed' is frequently used in the present progressive (or present continuous) tense to describe the 'act of bleeding'. Here Horatio is expressing that he is 'bleeding at the current moment'. The present progressive tense is formed by the auxiliary 'to be' + the 'ING' form of the verb (to bleed).
8 replied: The verb 'to reply' should be put into the simple past tense. The past tense was established in the first sentence of this exercise. Note that many verbs which end in 'y' change to 'ied' in the past tense (to cry, to marry).
9 said: This is the correct choice. The verb 'to say' should be put into the simple past tense. The past tense was established in the first sentence of this exercise. Note that 'to say' is an irregular verb: say / said / have said.
10 Give: Horatio is giving a command or a direct order to the banker here. The imperative form is constructed by using the infinitive form of the verb (to give) without the infinitive marker 'to'.
11 inquired: This is the correct choice. The verb 'to inquire' should be put into the simple past tense. The past tense was established in the first sentence of this exercise.
练习 3
Let's have a look at a few interesting verbs!
From the list below, select the sentences which use the terms speak, say, talk, and tell correctly.
There may be more than one correct answer!
From the list below, select the sentences which use the terms speak, say, talk, and tell correctly.
There may be more than one correct answer!
Let's have a look at a few interesting verbs!
From the list below, select the sentences which use the terms speak, say, talk, and tell correctly.
There may be more than one correct answer!
From the list below, select the sentences which use the terms speak, say, talk, and tell correctly.
There may be more than one correct answer!
This is grammatically incorrect. When used with an object, the term "speak" must be directly followed by "to". This sentence should read "I need to speak to you about an important matter".
This is a correct use of the term "to tell". To "tell" shares a similar meaning with "to inform (someone of a fact)". Examples: "I told my family the good news", "Don't tell me you like broccoli?!". Additionally, to "tell somebody to do something" is to "instruct" them to do it. Note that this verb is irregular: tell/told/told.
This is a correct use of the verb "to say". This is the format used in literature to record direct speech. This could also be written "shouted Emily", "cried Emily", "exclaimed Emily" etc. However, it is not possible to use the term "spoke", "talked", or "told" in a construction such as this.
This is a correct use of the verb "to speak". Among other things, we use the verb "to speak" when we want to express that we do or do not speak a foreign language. Examples: "I spoke good German when I was younger, but now I have forgotten most of it", "I was speaking to my mother when someone knocked on the door". Note that this verb is irregular: speak/spoke/spoken.
This is grammatically incorrect. The term "tell" cannot be followed by "to". Rather, it is followed directly by the object of the sentence. This sentence could therefore read "I'm telling my father about the party last night".
This is grammatically incorrect. We cannot "say something someone". Although we can "say something to someone", a more natural construction here would be "He told me that he'd love me forever...". The verb "to say" must be followed by "to" when it carries an object: "I remember saying to him that his eating habits were unhealthy".
练习 4
Many of the irregular verbs below were used in the dialogue you just heard. Conjugate them appropriately.
Yesterday, I a valuable lesson about business. I was on the street in front of my house, when a man approached me and he wanted my shoe, so I it to him. Then a few hours later, he came back and the other one. I him to tell all his friends about me and my shoe business. Over the course of the afternoon, he many customers to me and I a lot of money. By the end of the day, I had enough to open my own shoe store! Like they say, "there's no business like shoe business!".
Yesterday, I a valuable lesson about business. I was on the street in front of my house, when a man approached me and he wanted my shoe, so I it to him. Then a few hours later, he came back and the other one. I him to tell all his friends about me and my shoe business. Over the course of the afternoon, he many customers to me and I a lot of money. By the end of the day, I had enough to open my own shoe store! Like they say, "there's no business like shoe business!".
Many of the irregular verbs below were used in the dialogue you just heard. Conjugate them appropriately.
Yesterday, I [not done] learned 1 a valuable lesson about business. I was on the street in front of my house, when a man approached me and [not done] said 2 he wanted my shoe, so I [not done] sold 3 it to him. Then a few hours later, he came back and [not done] bought 4 the other one. I [not done] told 5 him to tell all his friends about me and my shoe business. Over the course of the afternoon, he [not done] sent 6 many customers to me and I [not done] made 7 a lot of money. By the end of the day, I had enough to open my own shoe store! Like they say, "there's no business like shoe business!".
Yesterday, I [not done] learned 1 a valuable lesson about business. I was on the street in front of my house, when a man approached me and [not done] said 2 he wanted my shoe, so I [not done] sold 3 it to him. Then a few hours later, he came back and [not done] bought 4 the other one. I [not done] told 5 him to tell all his friends about me and my shoe business. Over the course of the afternoon, he [not done] sent 6 many customers to me and I [not done] made 7 a lot of money. By the end of the day, I had enough to open my own shoe store! Like they say, "there's no business like shoe business!".
1 learned: The simple past tense is the best way to describe a single completed action (yesterday). The verb "to learn" is irregular: learn / learned or learnt / learned or learnt.
2 said: The simple past tense is the best way to describe a single completed action (yesterday). The verb "to say" is irregular: say / said / said.
3 sold: The simple past tense is the best way to describe a single completed action (yesterday). The verb "to sell" is irregular: sell / sold / sold.
4 bought: The simple past tense is the best way to describe a single completed action (yesterday). The verb "to buy" is irregular: buy / bought / bought.
5 told: The simple past tense is the best way to describe a single completed action (yesterday). The verb "to tell" is irregular: tell / told / told.
6 sent: The simple past tense is the best way to describe a single completed action (yesterday). The verb "to send" is irregular: send / sent / sent.
7 made: The simple past tense is the best way to describe a single completed action (yesterday). The verb "to make" is irregular: make / made / made.
练习 5
Let's have a look at a few interesting verbs!
From the list below, select the sentences which use the terms speak, say, talk, and tell correctly.
There may be more than one correct answer!
From the list below, select the sentences which use the terms speak, say, talk, and tell correctly.
There may be more than one correct answer!
Let's have a look at a few interesting verbs!
From the list below, select the sentences which use the terms speak, say, talk, and tell correctly.
There may be more than one correct answer!
From the list below, select the sentences which use the terms speak, say, talk, and tell correctly.
There may be more than one correct answer!
This is grammatically incorrect. When used with an object, the term "speak" must be directly followed by "to". This sentence should read "I need to speak to you about an important matter".
This is a correct use of the term "to tell". To "tell" shares a similar meaning with "to inform (someone of a fact)". Examples: "I told my family the good news", "Don't tell me you like broccoli?!". Additionally, to "tell somebody to do something" is to "instruct" them to do it. Note that this verb is irregular: tell/told/told.
This is a correct use of the verb "to say". This is the format used in literature to record direct speech. This could also be written "shouted Emily", "cried Emily", "exclaimed Emily" etc. However, it is not possible to use the term "spoke", "talked", or "told" in a construction such as this.
This is a correct use of the verb "to speak". Among other things, we use the verb "to speak" when we want to express that we do or do not speak a foreign language. Examples: "I spoke good German when I was younger, but now I have forgotten most of it", "I was speaking to my mother when someone knocked on the door". Note that this verb is irregular: speak/spoke/spoken.
This is grammatically incorrect. The term "tell" cannot be followed by "to". Rather, it is followed directly by the object of the sentence. This sentence could therefore read "I'm telling my father about the party last night".
This is grammatically incorrect. We cannot "say something someone". Although we can "say something to someone", a more natural construction here would be "He told me that he'd love me forever...". The verb "to say" must be followed by "to" when it carries an object: "I remember saying to him that his eating habits were unhealthy".
