How to talk about your past

Use these tips to help you speak about your past in English.

Born

Remember to use the past form of the verb "to be" with "born":
+ I was born
+ You were born
+ He was born
+ We were born
+ They were born
Examples
+ I was born … (in 1990)
+ He was born … (twenty five years ago)
+ They were born … (in London / in hospital / at home)

How to talking about the past (part1)

1 Talking about past events and situations:

   We use the past simple:

• when we are talking about an event that happened at a particular time in the past

We arrived home before dark
The film started at seven thirty.

Will or Going to - How to use going to

There is no one 'future tense' in English. There are 4 future forms. The one which is used most often in spoken English is 'going to', not 'will'.

We use 'going to' when we want to talk about a plan for the future.