Perfect your Spanish, Italian or French with these tasks.
Use this list to practice talking about the past. Expand your vocabulary and increase your fluency with these practice tasks.
Each group is a little more difficult than the previous group.
Talk about where you went yesterday.
Talk about where you went last weekend.
Talk about where you went last summer.
Talk about what you did this morning.
Talk about what you did last night.
Talk about what you did last week.
Talk about what you did last summer.
Talk about what you ate last night.
Talk about what you ate last week.
Talk about what you ate on your last vacation.
Talk about an exciting vacation you took.
Talk about the best meal you ever had.
Talk about a great holiday meal you have had.
Talk about a great celebration you have experienced.
Talk about a meal you had while camping.
Talk about a meal you had outdoors (i.e. a picnic or a barbecue).
Describe an experience in a restaurant.
Talk about your life when you were a young child.
Talk about the games and activities you used to like as a child.
Describe a time you were in an airport.
Describe in detail a trip you took. Include the hotel room and the surrounding area.
Talk about a time you went to a museum.
Describe a time you went to a concert. Give as much detail as possible.
Talk about a time you went shopping. Provide as many details as possible about the day. Include what you were wearing, where you went, what you bought and how you felt. Talk about where you went yesterday.
Talk about where you went last weekend.
Talk about where you went last summer.
Talk about what you did this morning.
Talk about where you went yesterday.
Talk about where you went last weekend.
Talk about where you went last summer.
Talk about what you did this morning.
Talk about what you did last night.
Talk about what you did last week.
Talk about what you did last summer.
Talk about what you ate last night.
Talk about what you ate last week.
Talk about what you ate on your last vacation.
Talk about an exciting vacation you took.
Talk about the best meal you ever had.
Talk about a great holiday meal you have had.
Talk about a great celebration you have experienced.
Talk about a meal you had while camping.
Talk about a meal you had outdoors (i.e. a picnic or a barbecue).
Describe an experience in a restaurant.
Talk about your life when you were a young child.
Talk about the games and activities you used to like as a child.
Describe a time you were in an airport.
Describe in detail a trip you took. Include the hotel room and the surrounding area.
Talk about a time you went to a museum.
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Describe a time you went to a concert. Give as much detail as possible.
Talk about a time you went shopping. Provide as many details as possible about the day. Include what you were wearing, where you went, what you bought and how you felt.
Talk about a movie you have seen.
Talk about something you heard on the news recently.
Talk about a reality program you have seen.
Talk about a time you went shopping.
Say ten things you did yesterday.
Tell the plot of your favorite book.
Tell the plot of your favorite movie.
Tell your favorite children’s story.
Describe an event that happened in your community.
Describe a sports event you saw or participated in.
Describe a time you went to a theater.
Describe a time you won an event.
Describe a time you lost an event.
Talk about a time you fought with a friend. What happened? How did you feel? Were things
Describe a time when two people close to you fought. Did either of them seek your advice? If so, what did you tell them?
Perfect your Spanish by practicing expressing yourself in extended paragraphs. I like to journal or record myself. Use your practice to document your progress.
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