How to Tell a Story in English

Do you want to learn how to tell a story in English?

As you are learning English I'm sure you've had those times where you wanted to tell a story to someone about something you did or a place you had visited.

In this English lesson I will go over some simple techniques for telling simple small stories in English. I'll show you how to write a good English introductory sentence to get started, and how to write a few good sentences to share your experiences while having an English conversation.

I hope you enjoy this English video lesson!


⌛ Remember: Always watch the video three times. Twice today with English subtitles on, and once tomorrow with the English subtitles off. This will reinforce the English you have learned!

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✅ TRANSCRIPT:
Hi Bob the Canadian here. I thought today would be a good day to teach you a little bit about how to tell a good story in English. You know, the, the kind of story that you tell a friend or a co-worker after you've been gone for the weekend or after you did something fun.

For myself, last weekend my wife and I went to Niagara Falls. And it was a really fun trip. But if you look at that sentence, if you look at the sentence, "Last week my wife and I went to Niagara Falls.", there's three interesting things about that sentence that you can use to tell your own story.

For instance, I started by talking about WHEN we went. I said, "Last weekend...". And there's a lot of ways that you can start a sentence when you're talking about time.

So for instance I could say, "Yesterday..." I could say, "A couple days ago..." I could say, "Last weekend or last week..." You notice how I'm getting further back in time with each statement. So I could say, "Last weekend / Last week..." I could say, "A couple weeks ago..." I could say, "A few weeks ago..." That would be further in the past than a couple weeks ago. And I could say, "Last month..." "A couple months ago..." You can see how I get further and further in the past, but when you tell a small story to people you know you can, you can always start with the WHEN.

So in my story again I said, "Last weekend..."

The second part of that sentence I just said WHO I was with. So we started with the WHEN and then I stated the WHO. I was with my wife. So, "Last weekend my wife and I…."

The third thing I said was the WHERE. So we have the WHEN, the WHO, and then the WHERE. So the WHERE was, "Niagara Falls".

So, "Last weekend my wife and I went to Niagara Falls."

So if you're telling your own story, if you're sharing with someone something that you did that is a great starting sentence and you should probably practice that a little bit. You should probably write down a few practice sentences like, "A couple of days ago my friend and I went to a restaurant for dinner." So it's the same format, the, the WHEN, the WHO, and the WHERE.

Or, "A few months ago my dad and I went to Portugal." So that would be a great example of a starting sentence again.

After you've introduced the WHEN, the WHO, and the WHERE you then want to say a few things about the trip. So, "Last weekend my wife and I went to Niagara Falls. While we were there we went for a couple of walks. We saw Niagara Falls. And we went to some of the popular tourist areas."


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