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Talk and Speak
Talk and Speak
Exercises
EXERCISE 1.
Put the correct form of the verb to speak or to talk in the gap.
- Victoria is in a bad mood. Don’t try to __________ to her now.
- My grandmother ________ so quietly that I can barely hear her.
- My uncle, on the other hand, _________ loudly all day long!
- On the Irish TV channel you can hear people _________ Gaelic.
- The President of the United Nations, in last night’s conference, ________ about the conflicts in the Middle East.
EXERCISE 2.
Put the correct form of the verb to speak or to talk in the gap.
Sara arrived at Opening at 10:00 for her English lesson. Her teacher, Edward, refused __________ any Italian, so it wasn’t easy __________ to him. Sara asked another student a question, and Edward said “Don’t _________ any Italian in this class! You must __________ only English.” Then Sara and another student did a role-play. They _________ for about ten minutes on the theme of “Being in a restaurant.” Sara always enjoys doing role-plays because she likes the opportunity _______ with other students. Unfortunately, outside the school, she doesn’t _________ very much English. She asked Edward, “Do you think I’m __________ good English? I don’t think I’m _________ very well.” Edward said, “Don’t ________ nonsense! I think you are __________ very well.
EXERCISE 3.
Match a phrase on the left to a phrase on the right.
- Can I
- on the phone for an hour last night.
- I refuse to speak to you
- what I was talking about.
- I talked
- speak to Elena, please?
- Would you please speak
- until you apologise to me.
- She didn’t know
- more loudly? I can’t hear you.