How to Use "Talk" with Example Sentences

talk (n): a conversation; formal discussion

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Used with adjectives:

"The boss wants to have a brief talk with you."
(brief, little, short)

"My wife and I had a good talk last night."
(good, long, serious, heart-to-heart)

"The candidate should engage in an open talk."
(open, straight, public)

"The leaders of the two countries are having peace talks."
(peace, official, private, direct)

Used with verbs:

"Can we have a talk?"
(have)

"Let's continue our talk later."
(continue)

"The two countries conducted private talks about open trade."
(conducted, had, held)

"They will resume peace talks in the morning."
(resume, restart)

"They cancelled talks because of the threat of war."
(cancelled, ended, suspended)

Used with prepositions:

"All this talk of quitting the election is silly."
(of, about)

"I can have a talk with you?"
(with)

"They started an argument during their talk."
(during)

Used with nouns:

"He is a host of a local talk show."
(show, radio)

talk (v): to speak

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Used with adverbs:

"She talked openly about her life."
(openly, freely, constantly, publicly, briefly, directly)

"John always talks so passionately about his work."
(passionately, excitedly, enthusiastically)

"She quietly talked about her divorce."
(quietly, softly, privately)

Used with verbs:

"I can talk about it now."
(can, be + able to, need to, want to)

Used with prepositions:

"I will talk to her this afternoon."
(to, with)

"Let's talk about it later."
(about)

"I often hear him talk of his dad."
(of, about)