talk
Talk can be a verb or a noun.
used as a verb
When you talk, you say things.
Nancy's throat was so sore that she could not talk.
Don't use ‘talk’ to report what someone says. Don't say, for example, ‘He talked that the taxi had arrived’. Say ‘He said that the taxi had arrived’.
I said that I would like to teach English.
If you mention the person who is being spoken to, you use tell.
He told me that Sheldon would be arriving in a few days.
➜ See say
➜ See tell
Don't confuse talk with speak.
➜ See speak - talk
used as a countable noun
If you give a talk, you speak for a period of time to an audience.
Colin Blakemore came here and gave a talk a couple of years ago.
used as an uncountable noun
If there is talk about something, people are discussing it.
There was a lot of talk about me getting married.
used as a plural noun
Talks are formal discussions intended to produce an agreement, usually between different countries or between employers and employees. People hold talks.
Government officials held talks with union leaders yesterday.