Question

Complete the sentence with say or tell (in the correct form)
Jack _______ me that he was fed up with his job.
A) Tell
B) Told
C) Said
D) Say

Answer 1

Hint: Verbs are action words example run, eat, play etc. Verbs have three forms: the first form of the verb, the second form of the verb and the third form of the verb. Examples begin, began, begun.

Complete answer : Say means to utter something and tell means to utter or say something to someone. The difference is minor but it changes the meaning of the sentence altogether. The grammar is also changed when we use say or tell.
The given sentence is in the past tense as it is written “that he was fed up with his new job”. Was here tells us that the action happened somewhere in the past time. Told is the second form of tell and said is the second form of say.
Now let us look into the given options
Option B is the correct answer because it agrees with the sentence in the meaning Jack uttered to me that he was fed up with the job, so the utterance was made towards me whereas option C is incorrect because said does not express any utterance towards someone. Also we use “told me” and “said to me” but the word “to” is not present so option B is correct and C is incorrect.
Both option A and D tell and say are the first forms of the verbs and the sentence is the past tense so both these options are not correct.

Hence option B is the correct answer

Notes: To answer these types of questions we must know what verbs are and what are the three forms of verbs.