Question

2501 1 We spoke about where we would go for our next holiday. We [[spoke]] about where we would go for our next holiday. talked When just one person does all or most of the talking, either speak or talk may be used: 'He spoke/talked about his years in the army.'When two or more people have a conversation, the usual word is talk (NOT speak ): 'We must have been talking for hours.' 'If someone brings me a problem, we just sit down and talk about it.'

Accepted Answer

speak ? We talked about where we would go for our next holiday. We [[talked]] about where we would go for our next holiday. talked | spoke

Idx	2501
Keyword	speak
Sub Entry Number	1
Type of Sentence	?
Error Sentence	We spoke about where we would go for our next holiday.
Correct Sentence	We talked about where we would go for our next holiday.
Cloze Error Sentence	We [[spoke]] about where we would go for our next holiday.
Cloze Sentence	We [[talked]] about where we would go for our next holiday.
Cloze Answer	talked
Choices	talked \| spoke
Explanation	When just one person does all or most of the talking, either speak or talk may be used: 'He spoke/talked about his years in the army.' When two or more people have a conversation, the usual word is talk (NOT speak ): 'We must have been talking for hours.' 'If someone brings me a problem, we just sit down and talk about it.'

Holiday Speak Talked Talk Spoke Person Talking Spoke/Talked