Telling a story

[gamondeluxe]

An important skill in English is telling a story or an

anecdote. The problem is the way you express to get

attentions of listeners.
Fairy stories usually begin by saying "Once upon a

time". However, If you intend to tell a story which you

heard from others, you can simply say this way "That

reminds me!" or "Funny you should say that. Did I ever

tell you about..." or "Hearing your story reminds me of

when..."
Fist, you should make it short and try to use simple

grammar and structure for everyone can easily capture

the main idea of your story
Second, using conjunctions is an effective way to make

listeners keep up with the flow of your story
You can find so many popular conjunctions in English

such as:

Namely
In addition /+ to
As well as
Also
Too
Furthermore
Moreover
Apart from

Besides
In short
In brief
In summary
To summarise
In a nutshell
To conclude
In conclusion
Due to / + the fact that
Owing to / + the fact that
Because / Because of
Since

As
Therefore
So
This means that
As the result

But
However
Although / even though
Despite / + the fact that
In spite of / + the fact that
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
While
Whereas
Unlike

In theory
In practise

Finally, you should remember that you are telling a

story- not a lesson. Try to lead listeners to join the spirit

of the story which you want to transport to them.

Certainly, everyone can do and do very well by

practising