To practice speaking in the past tense, use these questions as a starting point. Answer the question and continue speaking to tell a story or elaborate on your answer.
* With these -ed ending words, there may be words that end with a “D” sound because of the “b, g, l, m, n, r, w, v, y, a, e, i, o, u” before the “-ed.” There may also be words that end with a “T” sound because c/k, f (gh or ph), j, (dge),p, s, z, sh, ch before the “-ed,”….or may end with the regular “-ed” sound because there is a “d or t” before the “-ed.”
| accelerated | Do you believe your comprehension of English has accelerated? |
| accumulated | What was the amount of your accumulated income last month? |
| acquired | Do you believe you have acquired a reputation for being honest or dishonest? |
| advanced | How have you advanced in your career? |
| advocated | How have you advocated for marginalized groups? |
| aligned | Do you feel your work ethic is aligned with your coworkers? |
| analyzed | Describe the last time you analyzed a co-worker’s work |
| aimed | Have you ever felt a comment was aimed at you even though it wasn’t directly said to you? |
| assembled | When was the last time you and your work team assembled for a project? |
| assigned | What is the worst project you were assigned? And why? |
| appraised | Do you think employees should be appraised as a team or individually? |
| accomplished | What was the last thing you accomplished at work? |
| achieved | What is the most recent milestone you feel you have achieved? |
| administered | Have you ever administered CPR before? |
| advised | Have you ever been advised by your parents to do something one way, but you did it your own way? |
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