How to tell a story

1. Tenses

1.1. present simple

1.1.1. dramatic effect

1.1.2. jokes

1.2. past simple

1.2.1. sequence

1.3. past continuous

1.3.1. background

2. make good use of vocabulary

2.1. amazing

2.2. terrifying

2.3. awesome

2.4. nice

3. before

3.1. link your ideas

3.2. keep it simple

4. beginning

4.1. firstly

4.2. first of all

4.3. to begin with

4.4. to start off with

5. to continue

5.1. then

5.2. after that

5.3. next

6. interruptions

6.1. suddenly

6.2. unexpectedly

7. ending

7.1. finally

7.2. eventually

7.3. in the end