How to Tell a Story in English - Using Past Tense

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I appreciate your teaching method because it's understandable. I was conducting the storytelling from beneficiaries. Now, I understand that structure and goal are very important when conducting storytelling. Many thanks to all of you.

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[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice, Thao! You wrote an excellent paragraph. Nice job! Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) '...delicious, but I was most interested in gift-giving,' not, '...delicious. But I was most interested in gift-giving.' 2) '...lovely gifts for Mai and hoped she would...' not, 'hope.' 3) '...a wool scarf,' not, 'scaft.' Hope this helps you!

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I noticed that Gina has an American-English accent whereas others have British English accent. Such helpful videos! Keep up with the good work!

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson, Adem! Thanks for watching.

[@heidilu1516]

Thank all three teachers, teaching me the structure of the story and helping me build my own story. Here's below my practice and hope I could get some advice to correct it. Million thanks! Four years ago, in a warm winter, I traveled to the beautiful beach island, Fu Guo Island, in Vietnam with my friend. I had a chance to go because my friend invited me and he said he hadn’t taken a long break for years in order to make money. Therefore, he let me prepare a traveling plan, and make sure we could catch the plane. It was the first time I organized everything. To be honest, I was nervous. However, once I thought of the beautiful beach in front of me, I was so excited to work on it and thought it was perfect for everything without double-check. As we arrived at the airport, reaching the desk to check in, the most embarrassing thing happened. I booked the wrong date of tickets. The departure date was for tomorrow! It was made me hot, and I was in a devil of a hole. My friend didn’t blame me on the scene, but he might facepalm and thought I was not a careful person. After an awkwardly long silence, I rebooked departure online tickets. I bear the ticket loss and apologized to him. Finally, we arrived at the beautiful island by domestic plane from Ho Chi Ming city. We enjoyed the yummy seafood, snorkeling trip, night fishing, etc. Actually, after returning, he was once angry with me because of the mistake of tickets. It was an unpleasant quarrel. However, I still felt grateful to him because he didn’t blame me and ruin the atmosphere during the trip.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Thanks for sharing your story! Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) '...plan, and made sure we could...' not, 'make.' 2) 'It was the first time I had organized everything,' not, 'It was the first time I organized everything.' 3) '...without double-checking,' not, 'double-check.' Hope this helps you!

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I was in São Paulo in 2015. It was a crazy time in my life. I get off my job in my hometown and i went to there to try make a life as an artist. I did some classes of painting, i tried new methods and i searched for a way to become a professional artist. It's not so easy like i imagined. I spend almost all my money at these days, and i didn't sell any painting. Today i look back with a good feeling. Lots of the knowledge about art that i learned at these times, i use now. I moved to another place and here i teach painting and sell some art that help me with my expenses.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Thanks for sharing your answer, Petros! Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) If you stop working for a particular employer, you want to say: 'I quit my job in my hometown,' or, 'I left my job...' or, if it was your employer's decision, you could say: 'I was fired from my job'. 2) '...there to try to make a life,' not, '... there to try make a life'. 3) 'It was not so easy...I spent almost all...' not, 'It's not so easy...I spend almost all...'. Hope this is useful for you!

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[@oleksandrbrahynets9595]

Thanks for the video. You three, presenters, are bloody brilliant! That's my story - the best possible way to thank you for your hard work! I've recently had an interesting experience that happened to me. I was driving to Kiev in my truck,carrying lots of goods to a shop. In the city, one traffic warden stopped me. Because having a number plate coming from a different city isn't really a reason for stopping a driver, he started finding one. Within a few minutes later, he inspected my driving licence, made sure I had a first aid kit and a fire extinguisher. He asked me for a MOT test as well as for a paper from hospital where 'hasn't drunk alcohol and hasn't got any in the blood' sign had to be. Having found nothing suspicious, he went again to the rear of the last trailer of the truck of mine. I must admit that it was snowing heavily, so that it turned out that the number plate there was covered with snow. Seeing this, he took a camera out of his pocket and took a photo of it. There were a smile on his face at last. Yeah, he did find a misdemeanor that could be noticed on the other number plates on all the roads in Kiev that afternoon as well! He went again to his police car and I followed him, clearing the snow up. 'why have you got an unreadable plate?ha?' he asked. 'I beg your pardon, sir. What do you mean by unreadable? Everything is readable' I replied. 'ahah! I know you've cleared up the mess,but I've already taken a photo!' he said, showing me a picture. 'that's not my car. I can't see any numbers or letters there! ' I said seriously , laughing inside. ' what do you mean - it's not your? Look. Here they are, all the numbers and letters.. ' said the warden in a strange voice. ' well then, if they are there and, as you've just said, you can read them, you can identified the vehicle by that number plate on your photo,can't you? ' I said, celebrating my victory without him noticing this. ' here you are' he said, mumbling to himself something impossible for me to understand.

[@oleksandrbrahynets9595]

The topic of the story could be rather complicated, I'm sorry for this. It's because of the different behaviours of traffic wardens, here in Ukraine and there, in the UK. Anyway, for everybody who speaks Russian, here you are, the original : Недавно ездил на камазе в Татарстан, в городе остановил меня тамошний гибддэшник. Так как проезд на авто с номерами чужого региона не является основанием для остановки, он начал искать причину. Несколько минут он проверял документы, аптечку, огнетушитель, требовал от меня талон техосмотра, справку от врача, что я трезвый, после чего пошел осматривать автопоезд сзади. А надо сказать, в этот день шел снег, поэтому задние номера прицепа и камаза, как оказалось, были наглухо закрыты снегом. Увидев это, доблестный гибддэшник республики Татарстан вытащил фотоаппарат и сделал несколько фотографий. Ну нашёл ведь. Пока я шел за ним, я рукой очистил номера от снега. - Почему у Вас номера не читаемы,- строго спросил он. - Как,-говорю, - все читаемо. - Это ты только, что стер снег, а у меня есть фотофиксация, - сказав это, он показывает мне фотографию. - Это не моя машина на фотографии,- отвечаю я, - номеров то не видно. - Как не твоя, вон на фотке видны буквы под снегом, - говорит. - Ну раз видны, - отвечаю, - значит номера всё же читаемы? Пробурчав что-то, вернул мне документы...

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Thanks for watching and sharing this story, Alik! You used some excellent structures! Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) 'Within a few minutes,' or, 'A few minutes later,' not, 'Within a few minutes later'. 2) '...he inspected my driving license and made sure I had a...' not, '...inspected my driving licence, made sure I had a'. 3) '...paper from a hospital where the 'hasn't drunk alcohol and hasn't got any in the blood' signature had to be,' not, '...paper from hospital where 'hasn't drunk alcohol and hasn't got any in the blood' sign had to be'. Hope this helps you, great job!

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Creative thinking solved my team's problem. In the last morning Wednesday, my team was preparing the elecial equiment for the presentations in class. It is only a few minutes left before we started. "Oops!". Suddenly, we fell in panic stress. But just a few minutes later, I have an idea to deal this situation. That was using the White board market to draw the idea on the board. This can help us to present the presentation clealier. We had some trouble when we started. We gotter used it later. At the end, we also finished presenting our project. Though, it didn't look so good, at least we had a great experience. With my unusual creative thinking, we went through it successully and saved the problem of my team today.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice story, Thanh. Here are some corrections for you: 1) 'Last Wednesday morning...' not, 'In the last morning Wednesday...' 2) 'electrical equipment,' not, 'elecial'. 3) 'There were only a few minutes until we had to start,' not, 'It is only a few minutes left before we started'. Hope this helps you!

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I used to go abroad many times. In each country, I also had a problem. One time, I didn’t get out a metro and must ask police to help me. Another time, I couldn’t catch the taxi to go to airport to come back home but luckily, I met a kind guy and he took me to the airport on time. I think traveling alone will make us have many experiences and we will always remember that memories.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Thanks for sharing another good answer, +mo NGUYEN. Here are a few corrections: 1) '...I didn't get out to the metro and had to ask the police to help me,' not, 'I didn’t get out a metro and must ask police to help me'. 2) '...taxi to go to the airport,' not, '...taxi to go to airport'. 3) '...always remember those memories,' not, 'that'. Hope this helps you!

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The very valuable video, with basics of writing the story To start, the middle, the goal, tension, end with reciprocation Are all explained in a very attractive manner /with appreciation

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Glad you found the lesson useful, Bandam!

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Thank you so much for this amazing lesson. Now, I know all the things that a good story needs.

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It was an amazing course. I was able to hear English in British language. that spoke so clearly and slowly then I could understand 75 percent and also I learn how to tell the story for my friends. on top of it all. I found a nice English training group on youtube. actually, they are the very warm group. I have decided to watch their podcast 2 time each week. after hearing putting a long comment. I hope someone would be to rewrite and correct my mistakes in the comment.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice answer, Reza. Here are a few corrections for you: 1) 'They spoke so clearly...' not, 'that'. 2) '...I learned how to tell a story for my friends,' not, '...I learn how to tell the story for my friends'. 3) '2 times each week,' not, '2 time each week'. Hope this helps!

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[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

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[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice story, Fouzia! Here are some corrections for you: 1) '...hot in Marrakech. My daughter and I decided to...' not, '...hot in Marrakech we have decided my daugther and me to...'. 2) '...book a hotel downtown. I...' not, '...book a hôtel in downtown,i...'. 3) 'I was obviously focused on the price and it was the cheapest so...' not, 'i obviosly focused on the price ,it was the sheapest then...'. Hope this is useful for you!

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I am living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. About nearly 20 years ago, I returned to my homeland on Tet's holiday times in northern Vietnam. I planned a trip to Halong Bay with three friends of mine. We went to a bus station to catch a bus to Quang Ninh province where Ha Long Bay is located. Along the journey I was car sick, eventually, we reached our destination. We took a tour around the bay and watched music performances on the water screen. In the evening, we met some of my friends' old students (they taught them to prepare for a university entrance examination some years before). They were very hospitable and still called them "teachers". They took us to a restaurant and then a disco club. The following day, they took us across the border into China. It was the first time I went to a foreign country. I bought some items as a souvenir for myself and some of my friends. Everything was smooth and exciting until we came back on the third day. We took a ship instead of a bus as a new experience. Unfortunately, the ship was broken down right on the sea. We all were very scared. We had to wait in nervous for almost an hour to mend the engine. In the end, we reached our home but discovered that we had lost our camera which recorded beautiful, dramatic sightseeings and pictures of us. We were so sad and regretted it. It is a memorable adventure that I should remember all my life because it made our friendship closer. Besides, we really feel the emotion and enthusiasm of the old students (the teacher-student bond and the respect of students to the teacher are special characteristics of Vietnamese culture), the beauty of Ha Long Bay, and quite sad for the missed camera.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Hi Nguyen. Thanks for sharing your response. Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) 'About 20 years ago...' or, 'Nearly 20 years ago...' not, 'About nearly 20 years ago...' 2) '...homeland during the Tet holiday...' not, '...homeland on Tet's holiday times...' 3) 'It was the first time I had been to a foreign country...' not, 'It was the first time I went to a foreign country...' Hope this helps you!

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[@sourabh748]

Thank you so much for sharing the wonderful way to create our own story. This is my own story; Few days ago I was going for a morning walk with my two friends in early morning. By talking to each other we forgot in that area something went wrong so cops were sitting there. When we reached that area we saw two cops coming towards us we scared alot at that time we just want to disappread from there but one cop started calling us. We just went near to him he asked us, "What are you doing here? " we just scared. I spoke with my slower voice we are just coming here for morning walk. The cop replied very politely for few days this area is ban for walking. So you don't have to come here. After watching his polite face we took deep breath and said sorry for that. We just came our house after that.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice response using your story. Here are some corrections for you: 1) 'A few days ago I...' not, 'Few days ago.' 2) '...in the early morning,' not, 'in early morning.' 3) Did you 'forget' that something went wrong because you were talking to each other, or did you 'not notice' that something went wrong because you were talking to each other? Hope this helps you!

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[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice, John! Thanks for sharing. You used some excellent phrases and vocabulary! Here are a few corrections for your story: 1) '...mum one day said: "I did not...' not, '...mum one day said; I did not...'. 2) 'In a nutshell...' not 'the'. 3) '...to find all of this money,' not, '...to find all these monies'. Hope this helps you!

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last year I had a final exam so I was stressed out because I could not finish some chapters that I need to pass my exam. that I could not imagine. Moreover, I overslept the night before and I could not take my time getting ready. five minutes to the beginning of exam ,a friend of mine called me to announce that the exam delayed because of some problems. it was It was heart-stopping moment at the time but luckily I could pass exam owning to studying one more day.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Hi Sima, thank you for sharing. Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) '...chapters that I needed to pass my...' not, 'need'. 2) Always capitalize the first letter of a sentence: 'Last year...That I could...'. 3) Do you mean 'I overslept the morning before...'? Usually, you 'oversleep' in the morning, meaning you wake up later than usual. Hope this helps you!

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[@nnataart9531]

Hello. Thanks for the lesson. This is a true story. It happened many years ago, when I was a University student. I lived on the campus, and in every room of our dormitory there lived two students. Once in the dead of night, the whole dormitory had been awakened by awful screamings and yellings.There was a deep terror and a great fear in those howls. Terrified, we gathered at the door of the dark room, where those terrible sounds were coming from.We could make out only one word: " A snake!.. A snake!.." Nobody could understand anything. A snake? What snake? How could it be? Snake in the middle of the winter in the snowbound Saint-Petersburg? Somebody shouted : " Turn on the light!" Well, the light was turned on, and everyone saw two scared girls, standing on their beds. And between those beds, there was a twisted rag, which the girls used for washing the floor, and left it there, obviously, in a hurry to go out. The rag looked like a snake, and, sure enough, when their bare feet touched it in the darkness, it felt like a snake, either!

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Great story, Anna! Thanks for sharing!

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When I was a kid, I remember getting into my father's car with my brother to play. I enjoyed playing with the steering wheel and buttons on the dashboard. It was fun because it was a real car. Playing cheerfully, I saw a red button near the steering wheel, so I pushed it, and suddenly I heard a weird sound. I had started the engine, but I wasn't aware of the danger. The Beetle Volkswagen was vibrating, and I was still playing with the steering wheel. My brother was behind me in the back seat, and he was saying something to me, but I honestly don't remember what. Then I looked through the window to my father and he was running in my direction. He looked a little worried. If my father hadn't reached the car on time, perhaps I wouldn't be right now here telling my story. I think that was my first driving lesson with my father. It was fun and dangerous at the same time.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Great story, Antonio! Thanks for sharing!

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[@ДомРаздоры]

It was 12 o'clock and I was sleeping in my room.I had my exams the following day, so it was essential to get a good night's sleep. Suddenly, I saw somebody hiding in the curtains and giggling quietly! I became absolutely terrified.I've read scary stories and seen horror films for a lot of years, where ghosts, monsters and zombies lived, but I've never thought that they really exist.But, in the end, I became braver and I decided to take a look.Feeling quite scared, I opened the curtain and saw... my sister-in-law hiding there! ''You've found me!Now it's my turn to look for you.Hide!''she said, feeling joyful.I was so relieved that it was just a relative hiding, not somebody somebody from horror films!

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice story! You used some excellent phrases. Well done.

[@azizaergeshova891]

I love you Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬.Thank you for your video

[@shahabkhanmultan3992]

Very helpful thanks Ma'am & both guys lots of love from Pakistan multan 💕

[@julioabbadie9828]

I agree that telling story is interesting if you follow a detailed plan and have a clear structure

[@abdounabil8394]

Thank you for your efforts...continue

[@andriedemetriou3113]

Your violable advice are very helpful. Thanks 😊

[@sandeephamsa5579]

I am from India and I think it was summer holidays when I was studying 5th class, after finishing my final exams I went to the my grandparents house which is located near countryside. It is a beautiful place to visit. In these days one day cousin and me went to the park which was near by my grandmother house, while we were playing the football suddenly a bull enter into the park, all people those were sitting in the garden they ran away from that place, but we were frightened and unable to run quickly and the bull hit us on our back as we both fell down on the ground and we were shouting for help . Two park watchmen were ran to us very quickly nd save use from severe injuries and I can say it was very bad story in my life.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Thanks for sharing, Sandeep! Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) What does '5th class' mean? Do you mean 'studying in 5th grade'? 2) '...I went to my grandparents' house,' not, '...I went to the my grandparents house'. 3) '...located near the countryside,' not, '...located near countryside'. Hope this helps you!

[@huyenngoc8730]

There are tons of good things in your all videos. Many thanks for all of your dedication to leaners❤❤

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Glad you like them, Huyen! Thanks for watching!

[@drawingwithme3107]

Awesome speaking

[@amatokyo6327]

I really enjoyed your episodes since last year ,but l have got one thing to say , can you come up with a picture and how to write a story about it.That would be helpful for me as l am doing my GCSE this year thanks .

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Glad you enjoy the lessons, Aman. We might be able to do that in the future, so keep watching! In the mean time, we have a lesson about describing a picture which might help: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/describe-pictures.

[@malangcoly315]

As an African boy, telling stories or tales and riddles are part of our social life. We born with them and nobody taught us how to do it, that's why they called our history as a history of '' mouth to ear'' transmitted through generations to generations.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice, Malang!

[@torisarkar2348]

It was really exciting video. I learned lots of ideas to tell a complete story. It's really helping me to learn about English language.

[@Peace-yk3xl]

Thanks a lot you're helping us.

[@riazahmedrahat5964]

Thanks Oxford online English

[@shahidulislam1939]

Gina Madam and oli sir both are excellent in teaching style

[@vladimirjakovljevic6125]

Last summer my girlfriend and I traveled to Rome. It was an almost fantastic vacation. Almost... It was our last day staying there and it was early morning. We already checked out from a hotel, so we only needed to pack ourselves and then catch a plane. We relatively quickly packed everything but when we got to the exit, the doors were locked. There was a message: "The hotel is locked from 2 am to 6 am due to lack of receptionists". Our plane was at 7:30 am and we went mad. When they finally unlocked the hotel, we rushed as quickly as we could. Lucky for us, we made it, but it was though.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Nice story, Vladimir! That sounds like a stressful situation. Here are a few tips for your writing: 1) '...it was the early morning,' or, '...it was early in the morning,' not, 'it was early morning'. 2) It's better to use the past perfect here: 'We had already checked out from...' not, 'We already checked out from...'. 3) '...from the hotel...catch the plane,' not, '...from a hotel...catch a plane...'. Hope that helps!

[@vladimirjakovljevic6125]

@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Thank you very much. I've found this lesson tricky, but i gave my best.

[@scientificgene5856]

You are really good in English

[@Faithfulperson-o7n]

Thanks much for your very useful videos and i also wanted to ask you kindly if you could always use english subtitles,i mean for every words you say during the entire video, so tat we can copy them and learn everything soon,thanks much.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Thanks for the comment! All of our videos have subtitles in English, and many have captions in other languages, too. Just click on the 'CC' button to turn them on.

[@wiamyoussef3535]

I enjoyed the lesson . It was amazing

[@mohamudabdirahmanjama8248]

I do appreciate your efforts that you have given to us to learn english.. in fact you are great teacher and wish best forever. Please keep continuing this useful lessons and for us we shall promise you to grasp this knowledge that you have given us for free.

[@danielmpene9839]

i really like this lesson,and i think it going to make confortable in english

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson, Daniel! Thanks for watching!

[@englishwithbahmand9784]

Last Winter, I went to Qamishlo with my friend, Ahmed, by bus. It was a rainy day. We arrived at 9 a.m. When we get off the bus, we saw three beautiful girls wearing red dresses and looking like princess. Ahmed right away fell in love with one of them and decided to make a conversation with her, so he did that. At the time, I wasn't so brave to go and talk to strange checks, so I was amazed and surprised by Ahmed's courage and bravery.

[@tatianakniazeva8900]

Thank you so much for lessons🤗

[@bertoltbrechtdalrymple3111]

Very helpful while writing a story.

[@albertoalbertoni9529]

Thanks!

[@MariaDaSilva-bx6vw]

I appreciated so much you help guys.....you have thousands likes........

[@anakhveer5413]

I am from punjab and now i tell u very sad real story happened with me.when i was 8 years old and went for marriage of my cousin brother which was held in resort far away from our home.i was very excited and enjoyed everything in party like dancing, eatables which were chinese,punjabi,and more.when reception party finished,my all family recommend to went back to home in same car to enjoy more.we all sat together and chat about beautiful moments of marriage then suddendly our car struck with motorcycle on which three men hired.Actually at the moment,we did not understand what happened.when we get out of car,i saw the boy about 23 years old who drove bike was dead and other two men sat behind to him was injured.then after one day,i listened two other was also dead.i never ever come out of this incident .till now when i go somewhere in car ,i feel fear of accident alot

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Hi Anakh. Thanks for sharing your response. Here are a few suggestions: 1) '...and went to my cousin's brother's wedding...' not, '...and went for marriage of my cousin brother...'. 2) '...held in a resort,' not, '...held in resort'. 3) '...enjoyed everything at the party like...' not, 'in party'. Hope this helps!

[@a_cool_daddy2918]

Thank you for a great lesson, again.

[@tohidmaster8903]

Thank from Bangladesh

[@seemamanjhi.]

Both are great.... thanks sir & mam❤️❤️❤️

[@sami6551]

Thnx very much. For Different types of lesson waiting for a new...

[@bozhang6448]

Your viedo is very clear and helpful!Ms Gina's voice is very clean!I can understand u very easy.Thanl u very much,love u!

[@Adrian-vs9ku]

Today im going to talk about one of my favorite teacher, Gina. She is an English language expert and she teaches English through online classes. She is adorable, clever and stunning hot! I think I already have a crush on her. Anyways, so a month before, I was sitting and relaxing at the park while scanning my youtube recommendations. And then, out of nowhere, I saw one of Gina's videos teaching about IELTS. It was perfect as im about to book my IELTS exam the next month. But suddenly, melancholic events happened next. Someone grabbed my phone and ran towards the market, which is next to the park. I tried to catch him, but in a glimpse of time he was gone. I immediately went to police and report all the things that happened. I was so frustrated and furious that time. So now, im a little bit paranoid when someone is sitting next to me or looking at my gadget. The things that happened to me that time will always be a lesson that I will never forget. Hi Gina! Can you please review my story for any grammatical errors.. thank you! Mwah 😘

[@zaamraapi1255]

Very good lesson

[@eryawatson6106]

hi..gina....I start to study together with my student at Elemantary School,,, I want them to make their own story....this video help me more,, and a big hope I can study more n more from your other video..big thanks..

[@Rs-iw6bo]

Hi sir I am an Indian and its my first time of watching your video .I loved this one.sir it's request you please avail a video to me on American speaking Language . I'm very much fond of it.How a beginner can learn? American Language.I am waiting sir. ....

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Hi Rahul, you can watch videos on the American accent and learn about the vocabulary. We also have some American teachers if you'd like to try some lessons: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/about-our-online-english-teachers.

[@БактыгулПазылбекова]

Thank you so much👏 See you from Kyrgyzstan!

[@Sagyn_ve]

Башкача эле болот экенсин булар кокустан эле Кыргызстан деп калса 😊😊

[@janylaialmazbek6445]

The video is so helpful, as well as examples. The most interesting is that you took my country as an example, (KYRGYZSTAN ♥️)

[@pradeepkrishantha2252]

Hi

[@adakalkan5469]

I add comments every video👍🏻 It was useful ☘️ And I read 6 book every months🌅 I love your videos🎈 Thanks A Lot👏👏

[@prakashchaudhary8491]

Till the class 10th my English was not good enough to understand and respond someone in English I was unable to right even small sentence accurately Becoz i completed my high school STUDY from hindi medium school and for hindi medium school it is quite challenging to learn English as compare to English medium But after my high school i went to the college for my diploma where i got all those subject syllabus in English and as a hindi medium student it was quite challenging to understand and learn English But time passed i did hardwork over my English to improve it and 8 month persistent hardware i got some improvement to write and understand little bit, but nevertheless there is so much to learn yet and work on progress, now i want to write and speak English accurately like a native English speaker this is my goal. The more i learn better i become, and i decided to never quite learn English specially focusing on my grammar pronunciation which is very important in order write and speak English accurately, Recently I watched a video when i gone through the comments of that videos i saw a lady who written in the comment box she is 64 year English and she love to learn English along with it she also mentioned in her comment she saw some more people in his eqavalent age they also learning English and its motivated a lot to learn English, This is why i m telling becoz nowadays there are some people out there they created stereotype in their mind once u become older u can't learn anything which is completely avoided. There is no age for learning whether u r child teenager older elder doesn't matter anyone can learn at any age just u shud have desire aspirations to learn some something.

[@Oxfordonlineenglish1]

Wow, nice response Prakash! You are absolutely right. You can learn and excel at any age!