How To Tell Stories in English Learn English Vocabulary
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topic is going to be explaining memories
how to explain your memories so I’m
going to explain some grammar points and
a few expressions that you can use to
talk about your memories so I thought
this would be a nice topic for this time
of year near the end of the year when we
want to maybe reflect on the things we
did earlier in the year so as we wait
for everybody I want to review a couple
points from last week last week our
topic was cooking verbs and so I had a
couple of questions some people asked a
couple questions but of course I always
try to include a review from some some
part of my life the way that I used the
points we talked about so I always try
to include like a tweet or something
from Instagram or whatever so this week
I
said like the first sentence I said I
launched a cooking project then
immediately got insanely busy and
haven’t made anything special in weeks
so I talked about cooking yeah but here
I said I’m thinking about baking up some
lasagna so we use the verb baking or too
big last week to refer to cooking things
in an oven so I used the word in my
everyday life here in this way in this
case I used baking up like we use up
after like a cooking or a creation
related verb to kind of give the ID
likes to give the idea of like finishing
something like to finish up something or
to cook up something to bake up
something so I used it in this way
but with this kind of casual up
afterwards so this is how I used it in
my everyday life so maybe you use some
of our words too but there were a couple
of good questions from last week’s
livestream I want to quickly address
last week someone named Dave Moby asked
can the verb blend replace mix in this
context the verb is blend blend ble nd
not necessarily blend means to mix and
to break down to make smaller like to
puree something or to make a mush out of
something so we can’t always replace
blend and puree they can’t they’re not
interchangeable so that’s what also tea
fellas asked what is the past tense of
saute the past tense of sautee is
sauteed we treat it like a regular
irregular past tense verb so sauteed is
the correct answer
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yes I know the beginning was very fast
because I had a lot of points to review
but I’ll slow down now so let’s begin
today’s topic if you’re just joining
today we’re going to talk about how to
explain memories we’re going to talk
about how to explain your memory
so let’s begin um let’s see Kyle can I
steal the mouse for just a second
thank you okay we have to share the
mouse okay great thanks Kyle okay so um
we’re going to start today with maybe a
phrase that many of you already know the
expression when I was a child maybe many
of you know the expression when I was a
child so we use or a lot of people use
when I was a child to introduce kind of
a memory to introduce something from
their childhood but in American English
we don’t often use the word child to
talk about ourselves like child actually
sounds a little bit formal instead it’s
a little more common for us to use the
phrase when I was a kid when I was a kid
so kid is a little more casual kid
sounds like a small person who’s just
running around having fun child sounds a
little more formal so we tend to use
child a little uh a little less often
than kid we also use the expression when
I was little when I was little so
meaning physically when your body was
little like your your you were smaller
than you are now so when I was little or
when I was a kid
these are two expressions that we use to
introduce memories so I want to talk
about these today when you use these
expressions when I was a kid or when I
was little you probably need to use the
past tense after this so when I was a
kid plus past tense statement a past
tense action something that you did in
the past something when you were young
when you were little when you were a kid
so I want to use this as our first
question for today so please get ready
to type your comment so when you were a
kid think about when you were a kid when
you were young when you were little what
did you do when you were a kid what did
you do when you were a kid so for
example when I was a kid I played video
games everyday so past tense I play
video games everyday or when I was a kid
I fought with my brother a lot fought is
the past tense of a fight fight
so I’m when I was little I fought with
my brother a lot that’s sort of true or
when I was a kid I always wanted to eat
candy I always wanted to eat candy so
you can explain a repeated action with
this grammar too when I was a kid I went
to school every day or when I was a kid
I played some sport so what did you do
when you were a kid what did you do when
you were a kid no it’s our Facebook
scream okay
it’s Facebook okay I don’t see Facebook
good okay when I was a kid I used to
play football a lot nice Sherif okay on
YouTube great you’re the first one
excellent so when I was a kid I used to
play football a lot and we’re going to
talk about used to a little bit later in
today’s broadcast so when I was a kid I
used to play football very nice great a
lot of comments on YouTube so when I was
a kid I played the drums a lot great
Vinicius Carlos says when I was a kid I
played video games every day I played
video games every day Cesar says when I
was a kid I ate a lot of candies good
okay monie says when I was a kid I
played a lot good okay not taya on
Facebook she asks can we use when I was
a little kid yes absolutely when I was a
little kid so little means very very
young so kid means like a young person
but little kid means very very young but
yes you can use a little kid
absolutely okay when I was a kid I
usually ate ate too much candy so not
eat make sure to use past tense when I
was your past past tense I ate a lot of
candies okay when I was a kid I ate
sugar so please use past tense past
tense in this part past tense here okay
when I was a kid I hated to go to the
dentist good very nice very nice when I
was a kid I used to sing English songs
with my parents okay others on YouTube
when I was a kid I used to play cricket
a lot good
I used to play cricket a lot you don’t
need every time in that sentence when I
was a kid I used to that was too fast I
something he comes I used to come to the
USA that comment disappeared very
quickly when I was a kid I had a music I
I had a band and I was a singer very
nice very nice okay good so this is our
sort of review phrase I think maybe many
of you know this expression but I want
to point out that we often use this when
I was a kid instead of when I was a
child so please think about this when I
was a kid or when I was little these two
are pretty good okay
good ones still coming in when I was a
kid I was a good kid good okay very nice
when I was a kid I used to read
children’s books also remember the
plural the plural form is different kid
the plural form is kids child the plural
form is children please be careful of
these points so just a couple a couple
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okay so if you’re just joining today
today our topic is memories we’re
talking about explaining memories today
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for a second and go to our next point
okay so next I want to introduce some
phrases that you can use to introduce
like a shared memory a memory that you
shared or a memory that you think
somebody else has experience with so I
want to talk about two expressions first
well I’ll just show them both to you at
the same time so these expressions are
do you remember when and do you remember
the time do you remember when and do you
remember the time so maybe somebody eye
aside some of you if you follow me on
Twitter I signed a little bit of review
homework there is a song it’s a song
called remember the time that I thought
would be a great way to practice today’s
grammar point
if you looked at that great great
because we’re going to talk about that a
lot today so do you remember when and do
you remember the time so you can use
these expressions for experiences that
you shared with another person in the
past so you can use this one do you
remember when also commonly to talk
about like world
or to talk about news items in the past
as well so please keep that in mind okay
um so you could say for example like do
you remember when we went camping last
year or do you remember the time we had
that crazy party for example um so these
are ways that we can use these
expressions but as I said in the in the
song that I was referencing so if you
want to check it out it’s Michael
Jackson’s remember the time it’s a
perfect perfect way to practice this
though so in that it’s a series of
questions and examples about memories so
it’s like do you remember a time plus an
example of the memory so I want to talk
about one of the expressions that’s used
there I’m gonna steal a mouth sorry for
just a second just a second sorry and
then we’ll go back to it sorry okay
thanks
so I want to talk about an expression
where we use do you remember Plus how
plus a past activity expression so for
example like do you remember how we used
to go drinking every weekend or do you
remember how you used to stay up so late
every night for example so in these
expressions how means the way of doing
something so we use these expressions to
mean like they’re kind of like an
introduction to the memory so we use
them sort of to in to introduce a shared
experience and then give more details
about it so I want to try to practice
this with our next question for today so
let’s use a pattern like this like a do
you remember when question to think back
to your childhood again and please
remember let’s use past tense to respond
to this question past tense so it’s the
next question is gonna be if we’re ready
I think okay so the question will be do
you remember when you were in elementary
school what did you like to do what did
you like to do so hopefully you can
remember elementary school like yeah I
remember elementary school well meaning
I can remember it easily I remember
details for example or you could say I
don’t really remember elementary school
that’s fine but hopefully you remember
um elementary school so you can say then
in response to this question what did
you like to do you can say I liked plus
a noun phrase some activity you liked to
do so for example yeah I remember
elementary school well I liked reading
books I liked reading books I especially
liked reading fantasy books I loved that
I loved that when I was in elementary
school so do you remember when you were
in elementary school what did you like
to do what did you like to do is our
second question for today so what did
you like to do in elementary school I
liked reading books I liked I liked
reading books late at night like in my
bed I would read books in my bed of it
like a flashlight and my parents would
get mad at me yeah I liked I liked
staying up late I still like staying up
late actually so what did you like to do
when you were in elementary school what
did you like to do okay some people are
saying do you remember when do you
remember when questions yes good good
good good so but when you were in
elementary school what did you like to
do what did you like to do I liked
reading books late at night hmm okay
I remember how me and my best friends
played played remember to use past tense
so I liked is in past tense so for
example my friends and I played football
and watched Tom and Jerry so past tense
played football watched Tom and Jerry
again I liked okay good I like to play
with my friends very nice money says I
liked to study I like to study good on
Facebook too I like to play
hide-and-seek hi Messiah okay I liked I
liked don’t forget this D
forget this poor dear I liked to play
volleyball good um I like to watch my
teacher explain lessons okay um I like
to play hide and seek is a game
we’ll use um I like to play hide and
seek play hide and seek
good good good good Tariq says I liked
to study I liked to study very nice I
remember elementary school I played so
many of you are using the progressive
tense so a lot of you are saying like
are for example some of you are saying I
like playing or whatever I’m seeing many
of you are using this pattern to respond
to this question why is this wrong this
is wrong because like is oh thanks Cal
like is present tense I’m asking you a
past tense question what did you like to
do past tense what did you like to do so
not like playing I like playing but I so
this I like playing no you can use I
liked playing so you can use the
progressive yes you can use the
progressive after your past tense so it
should not be sorry cut it should not be
it should not be present tense it should
be I liked playing sorry go it’s it’s
just I like to playing I liked playing
okay so please use past tense so still
many of you okay good I liked to play
football and watch and watch Jim
Carrey’s math good one good I like to
play badminton as well I like your
videos why thank you good I liked to
play cards good Yuto says I like to eat
sushi because I’m Japanese haha well I
also like to eat sushi and I am NOT
Japanese mmm I liked playing football I
just remember I liked eating glue you
actually liked eating glue I’ve heard of
kids who have it I’ve
ever I’ve never understood the interest
in eating glue there that’s very funny
thank you okay
that’s very funny Holly says I didn’t
like anything oh really
nothing you didn’t like anything in
elementary school sad face sad face for
sure for sure
I liked to sleep in the classroom good
okay
everyone is now using the past tense
good good good excellent excellent okay
Cesar says I liked eating my sandwich at
lunch time me too that is still the
highlight of my day is eating okay oh
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okay but if you’re just joining live we
are talking today about how to explain
your memories your memories so we’ve
talked about some expressions to
introduce your memories but I want to
talk about two grammar points for
explaining your memories so I mentioned
that there’s a really perfect song for
talking about this a song called
remember the time and I want to you
borrow two lyrics from that song to
illustrate to explain our next grammar
point
okay these these these two lines are
first do you remember so we just studied
this one yeah do you remember how we
used to talk so here I want to focus on
used to then the next line is an example
example we’d stay on the phone from
night till dawn so night meaning
nighttime and dawn until the Sun comes
up this weed means we would we would so
these are the two points I want to focus
on for the last part of this lesson when
to use use two and would to talk about
your habit so we have two points here
used to which
we see in this sentence this lyric and
would we would hear these are both used
to talk about past habits past habits
but what’s the difference kind of
difficult right how do we know if we
should use use to or would so a key
difference we can only use would we can
only use sorry we can only use would if
we already understand it’s a past tense
situation so I we need to know that this
situation or the conversation is about
something in the past about something
yeah can we see that one again cough
sorry the yes that one please
so here we know it’s a past tense
situation because there’s this question
do you remember how we used to talk this
is like the introduction we’re talking
about a past tense situation so to give
the example we’d we would this we’d
remember is we would stay on the phone
so we can use would in this case because
we understand it’s a past tense
situation to begin with so when you want
to use would you need to make sure that
you and your listener or this everybody
in the situation understands it’s a past
tense situation or must understand that
it’s a past tense situation so everybody
must know okay I have limited space on
the board so to use would I’ll put here
you must know it’s a past tense
situation you must know it’s a past
tense situation however used to we can
use any time so we don’t have to we
don’t have to know that it’s a past
tense situation like I can be I can
begin a conversation with used to like I
used to play video games everyday that’s
fine I can begin my conversation with
used to I cannot begin with I would play
video games ever
that’s not correct because I haven’t
introduced a past tense situation here
so please introduce a past tense
situation here before you use wood so I
used to play video games everyday great
conversation starter or part of a
conversation but we cannot say I would
play video games every day so please
keep these two points in mind when
talking about wood and you can see here
after you use wood we would stay so the
verb follows wood we’d stay on the phone
we’d play video games every day we’d go
to a restaurant every month so please
use the verb after stay so we would I
would you would to talk about your past
habits so both used to and wood are used
to talk about past habits so here must
know it’s a past tense situation anytime
is used to so let’s practice this let’s
practice this with our last question
today we’re almost out of time
yeah last question today what is
something you used to do please share an
extra detail with the word wood what’s
something you used to do one and please
share an extra detail with wood like
we’ve just talked about this year so for
example oops
I’ve lost my example sentences okay so
for example I could say I used to I used
to play golf every spring I’d I would
every spring I’d practice with my team
mates after school so I used to to
introduce I used to play golf verb
phrase I’d practice with my teammates
after school okay or another one I used
to have dinner with my family a lot we’d
we’d go out and celebrate when my
brother and I got good grades so what’s
something you used to do what’s
something you used to
do what’s something I used to do once so
when I was a little kid I used to go to
school every day okay so I used to go to
school every day then let’s try to use
would let’s try to use would to give a
detail share a detail about this
activity so two points here two points
what did you do what something you used
to do so you don’t do it now plus a
detail plus a detail okay so I used to
bla bla bla now used to in my case I
used to play golf or I used to have a
dinner with my family a lot I used to
bla bla bla I used to I used to eat
onion but nowadays I eat onion good I
used to eat onion is fine but one of the
key points of used to is this action
this action here this verb phrase you
don’t do this action now you don’t do
this action now so I used to uh Oh
denílson fantastic okay I used to read
comic books I’d read a lot of different
kinds of comics good
perfect perfect so that was really nice
two points there fantastic Thanks okay I
used to play soccer every day I’d eat
after that perfect very nice okay I used
to watch cartoons with my cousin we’d
play while watching perfect nice one
nice one I used to play piano
so here the just the regular verb I used
to play piano
I’d play for hours nice one Nelson thank
you I used to swim I’d go to the
swimming pool every weekend oh I’d have
to go to the swimming pool every weekend
nice more complex grammar okay
I used to go to church every weekend
good so like I’d Papa Blas add some
detail with wood to practice these two
points I used to work to make money I
thought okay okay do you no longer work
you don’t work anymore
so remember used to it sounds like you
know long
do this action no longer do this action
okay I used to play a lot
I’d play video games maybe again and
again for example or I used to play
soccer I’d kick the ball into the
neighbor’s house good okay very very
nice very nice so please keep these two
points in mind when talking about your
memories your past habits okay they’re
used a bit differently all right but we
are out of time unfortunately every
everyday we’re out of time unfortunately
today so I need to wrap it up thanks for
your nice example sentences though
sounds really good alright but we have
to finish unfortunately unfortunately so
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