Quiz time: say or tell?

Keep reading for the answers and explanations!

The most important difference between "say" and "tell" is this:
We say something or we say something to somebody.
We tell somebody or we tell somebody something.
After "tell", there is a person.

More examples:
Daniel said, "I'm hungry!"
Daniel said (that) he was hungry.
​What did you say to her?
They told me to come back later.
Peter told Jane (that) he loved her.
​She told everyone my secret!

The other phrases just have to be learnt:

say
sorry
please/thank you
yes/no
hi/hello/goodbye/good morning
a prayer
a few words

tell
the truth/a lie
a joke
the time
a story
the difference
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He always smiles and says hello.
Every night, he says a prayer before he goes to sleep.
These shoes look the same to me. I can't tell the difference.
It's wrong to tell lies.