EASY ENGLISH CONVERSATION: How to tell a story in English

Telling stories during conversations can be difficult for English learners, but it’s an important skill to have and a great way for people to get to know you. In this class, I will teach you how to tell a story during a conversation. I will teach you key expressions we use to start telling a story including: “Did I ever tell you about...”, Let me tell you about...”, “That reminds me of...”, and “You’ll never guess what happened!” I will teach you key words and some grammar (i.e. simple past tense, past continuous tense) that we often use when we tell a story. Finally, learn a great phrase to use if no one laughs at a funny story: “You had to be there.” https://www.engvid.com/easy-english-conversation-how-to-tell-a-story-in-english/

More Easy English Conversation videos:
Talk about interests and hobbies https://youtu.be/azaCzXkxlIw
"Did you know...?" or "Do you know...?" https://youtu.be/p1D3GmN_24A

In this lesson:
0:00 Conversation Skills: Telling a Story
0:39 How to start telling a story
1:12 "Did I ever tell you about the time...?"
1:59 "That reminds me..."
2:45 "Let me tell you about..."
3:13 "You'll never guess what happened!"
3:36 "I have a funny story for you."
4:02 Short or long?
5:22 Signal Words: first, then, next, later, finally
7:00 Telling stories in the simple past tense
8:38 Telling stories in the past continuous tense
10:42 How to end a story