Childhood memories “When I was …” and the life-in-the-past project

When means “at the time that”: “When I was five, I lived in a village.” When the sentence begins with a when-clause, put a comma after it: “When I was little, I couldn’t read.” The past of can is could: “I could swim when I was six.” Negative: couldn’t. Question: “Could you ride a bike when you were seven?” — “Yes, I could.” Past Simple verbs: lived, went, played, liked, had. Be: “I was five.” “We were in the garden.” Compare then and now: “When I was little, I liked cartoons; now I like football.”