Describe a past job and the tasks you did.
The idea
Use the past simple, such as worked, for a finished job; add a workplace and specific duties.
Examples
- I worked in a small hotel last year.
- My sister helped customers in a bookshop.
- We prepared meals for a school.
- He answered phone calls at a clinic.
- I managed stock and checked deliveries.
- They worked with a team of five people.
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Watch out
Do not use a present-tense verb for a job that has ended. Some past forms, such as wrote, are irregular.
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I ___ in a café two years ago. (worked / work)
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worked
worked places the café job in the past.
She ___ emails for the manager. (wrote / write)
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wrote
wrote is the past form of write and describes her email duties.
We ___ customers at the front desk. (greeted / greeting)
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greeted
greeted describes the completed front-desk duty.
Practice round
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I ___ in a café two years ago. (worked / work)
She ___ emails for the manager. (wrote / write)
We ___ customers at the front desk. (greeted / greeting)
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a previous workplace and two things you did there.