Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.
Last night, the coach's speech _______ all the players on the team to show up for the optional Saturday practice.
A) advising
B) encouraged
C) encourages
D) inspires
Explanation: this is the word for past tense use and it even had ed as the suffix. Proving that it’s past tense. The sentence starts off with past tense so the word needs to be past tense!