tell
gb/tˈɛl/ us/tˈɛl/
A1
อังกฤษ
~ 200
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
A1
action
1
Say something to someone
To give information to someone by speaking or writing.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to tell [someone] [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'tell' with 'say'. 'Tell' is usually followed by a person: 'Tell me', not 'Tell to me'.
คำพ้องความหมาย
inform (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
withhold (To deliberately not give information.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
tell the truth
|tell a story
|tell a joke
|tell someone something
|tell the difference
หัวข้อ
communication
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She told me the results of the test.
- Please tell him that I will be late.
- He told the class an interesting story.
- I can't tell you how much I appreciate your help.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Please tell me your name.
- Can you tell him the news?
- I will tell you about my trip.
- She told her friend a funny story.
คำกริยา
A1
action
2
Give an order or instruction
To say to someone that they should do something.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to tell [someone] to [do something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes forget to use 'to' before the verb: 'She told me go' should be 'She told me to go'.
คำพ้องความหมาย
instruct (More formal and often used in professional or educational contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
ask (To request politely rather than command.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
tell someone to stop
|tell someone to wait
|tell someone what to do
หัวข้อ
communication
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The teacher told us to open our books.
- I told him to call me when he arrived.
- She told her children to clean their rooms.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- My mom told me to eat my food.
- The boss told us to work faster.
- I told him to come here.
คำกริยา
B1
action
3
Recognize or distinguish something
To know or understand something by seeing or hearing it.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to tell [something] from [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse this with 'guess', but 'tell' here means you know from evidence, not chance.
คำพ้องความหมาย
distinguish (More formal; often used in academic contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
confuse (To mistake one thing for another.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
tell the difference
|tell apart
หัวข้อ
perception
|thinking
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- I can tell from your face that you're upset.
- You can never tell what will happen next.
- Can you tell the twins apart?
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I can tell she is happy.
- Can you tell which is bigger?
- I can tell the two cats apart.
คำกริยา
B1
action
4
Reveal a secret about someone
To say something secret about someone, especially to an authority.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to tell on [someone]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'tell on' with simply 'tell'; 'tell on' specifically means reporting wrongdoing.
คำพ้องความหมาย
betray (More emotional; implies disloyalty.)
คำตรงข้าม
protect (To keep someone's secret or avoid exposing them.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
tell on someone
|tell tales
หัวข้อ
communication
|social
|law
|relationships
ตัวอย่าง
- He told on his classmate for cheating.
- Don't tell anyone what I said.
- She told the police everything she knew.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He told the teacher I was late.
- She told on me to my mom.
- I told the police about the man.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
tell
IPA
GB/tˈɛl/
US/tˈɛl/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
tell (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (tell)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: tell
- 3rd Person Singular: tells
- Present Participle: telling
- Past: told
- Past Participle: told
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
tells
verb
telling
verb
told
verb
Core family
teller
noun B1
Related words
retell
verb B1
Negative and opposite forms
untold
adjective B2
Advanced or less common
telltale
adjective B2
foretell
verb B2
จุดสำคัญด้านไวยากรณ์
- Irregular past: told Verb
- Irregular past participle: told Verb
วลีและสำนวน
tell a story
1/tˈɛl ə stˈɔɹi/
fixed phrase
Recount events in words
To talk about events, real or made up, in detail.
ตัวอย่าง
- Grandpa loves to tell stories about his youth.
- She told a story about a dragon.
tell on (someone)
1/tˈɛl ˈɔn sˈʌmwˌʌn/
phrasal verb
informal
Report wrongdoing to authority
To say to an authority that someone did something wrong.
ตัวอย่าง
- If you don't stop, I'll tell on you.
- She told on her brother for breaking the vase.
tell the difference
1/tˈɛl ðə dˈɪfɹəns/
fixed phrase
Recognize how things differ
To see how two things are not the same.
ตัวอย่าง
- Can you tell the difference between these fabrics?
- I can’t tell the difference between these two shades of blue.
- It's hard to tell the difference between the twins.
- Can you tell the difference between fake and real leather?
tell the truth
1/tˈɛl ðə tɹˈuθ/
fixed phrase
Say what is true honestly
To say what is true and not lie.
ตัวอย่าง
- Please tell the truth about what happened.
- He finally told the truth after many lies.
- He finally told the truth after hours of questioning.