Translation
To give out words, often followed by the exact words someone used. Unlike tell, it does not need the name of the person you are speaking to.
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Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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You are asking which words the other person spoke.
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"Says" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Said" is the past form, used for words already spoken.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(41)A Little Thing
1 min read 路 Core 1000
A Day Together
2 min read 路 Core 1000
The First Day
2 min read 路 Core 1000
The New House
2 min read 路 Core 1000
A Day at the Farm
3 min read 路 Core 1000
A Rainy Afternoon
3 min read 路 Core 1000
At the Doctor
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Cooking Together
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The First Day at Work
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Market Day
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Market Morning
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Sports Day
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Journey
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Late Bus
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The New Neighbour
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Phone Call
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Surprise Party
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Before the Doors Open
4 min read 路 Core 5000
One Sheep Short
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Boat in the Garden
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Broken Window
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Letter She Never Sent
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Long Way Home
4 min read 路 Core 1000
The Passenger
4 min read 路 Core 5000
Two Gardens
4 min read 路 Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read 路 Core 1000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Night Route
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Register
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read 路 Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read 路 Core 5000
Grammar articles
(64)Adverb position in English: before or after the verb?
Advanced English articles: zero article and the with places
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
As vs like in English: the difference, with examples
Both, either and neither in English: rules and examples
British vs American English Grammar: got, gotten and more
Have something done and get something done in English
Cleft sentences in English: it-clefts and wh-clefts
Comparatives and superlatives in English: rules and chart
Compound nouns in English: is car park one word or two?
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: rules and list
This, that, these and those in English: chart and examples
Discourse Markers in English: well, anyway, actually
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining and there is
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, so do I
For, since, already, yet and still in English, with examples
Future continuous and future perfect in English: examples
Future in the past in English: was going to, would, about to
Future tense in English: will vs going to, with examples
Gradable and ungradable adjectives in English, with examples
English greetings and survival phrases for beginners
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish
Indirect Questions in English: Word Order and Examples
English Question Words and Interrogative Pronouns
Inversion and subject-verb-object word order in English
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Linking Words in English: although, despite, however
Mixed conditionals in English: rules, examples and exercises
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Modals of deduction in English: must, might, could, can't
Numbers in English: how to say, write and spell them
Participle clauses in English: -ing, -ed and having done
Advanced passive in English: get-passive, it is said that
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past continuous in English: was/were + -ing, with examples
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have
Past simple in English: rules, -ed spelling and examples
Phrasal-prepositional verbs in English: 16 with examples
Phrasal verbs with come in English: 13 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with get in English: 16 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with look in English: 12 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with take in English: 12 meanings, examples
My, your, his, her: possessives in English (chart)
Prepositions in English: in, on, at and more, with examples
Present continuous in English: am/is/are + -ing, examples
Present perfect continuous in English: have been + -ing
Present perfect in English: rules, for and since, examples
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many, few, little
Question tags in English: rules, examples and aren't I
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English, with examples
Relative clauses in English: defining and non-defining
Reported speech in English: backshift table and examples
Reporting verbs in English: a list of patterns and examples
English Slang and Informal Words: What Real People Say
The subjunctive in English: if I were you, I suggest he go
The 12 English tenses: one chart with forms and examples
There is and there are in English: rules and examples
Time clauses in English: when, while, until, as soon as
To be in English: am, is and are (chart and examples)
Used to, would and be used to in English: past habits
Verb patterns with objects in English: want, make, let, see
I wish and if only in English: grammar rules and examples
Prefixes in English: un-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-, mis- rules
Suffixes in English: word building with -ness, -ful, -ly
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 5: Doing and being.