Sequencing a Story

Choose the correct answers.

Hello, I'm Bart and I had a great birthday yesterday. ¹First / Next, I met my friends at the shopping centre and they bought me a present. ² Then / Finally, we had pizza at a café. ³ Finally / Next, we went to the cinema and saw a very funny comedy. ⁴Then / First suddenly, my parents arrived. They took me to an amazing restaurant for dinner.⁵ Next / Finally, we went home and I went to bed, tired but happy.

SEQUENCING QUIZ

Provide an appropriate sequencing word to fill in the gaps:

My friend and I visited Rome last summer. (1) ________, we flew from New York to Rome in first class. It was fantastic! (2) _________ we arrived in Rome, we (3) ______ went to the hotel and took a long nap. (4) ________, we went out to find a great restaurant for dinner. (5) ________, a scooter appeared out of nowhere and almost hit me! The rest of the trip had no surprises. (6) __________, we began to explore Rome. (7) ________ the afternoons, we visited ruins and museums. At night, we hit the clubs and wandered the streets. One night, (8) ________ I was getting some ice-cream, I saw an old friend from high school. Imagine that! (8) _________, we caught our flight back to New York. We were happy and ready to begin work again.

Multiple answers are possible for some gaps:

1. First of all / To start off with / Initially / To begin with
2. As soon as / When
3. immediately
4. Then / After that / Next 
5. Suddenly / Unexpectedly 
6. Then / After that / Next 
7. During
8. while / as 
9. Finally / In the end / Eventually

So That vs So

How to Write Well

Basic Writing Skills

GRAMMAR

1. Each sentence must have its subject: EXERCISE 1 EXERCISE 2
2. Word order: statements, questions, adjectives, frequency adverbs, manner, time and place adverbials: EXERCISE 1    EXERCISE 2   EXERCISE 3 EXERCISE 4 EXERCISE 5     EXERCISE 6  
3. Subject-verb agreement: compounds of SOME, ANY, NO, EVERY with a singular verb: EXERCISE 1.
4. Uncountable nouns with a singular verb: EXERCISE 1    EXERCISE 2
5. Use of articles. EXERCISE 1 Omission of “the” before a noun used in general sense (REVIEW       NO ARTICLE    GRAMMAR CHALLENGE): EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4


6. Like + V-ing: EXERCISE 1 (avoid me like football EXERCISE 2)
7. A lot of/much/many: EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2
8. This/these, that/those: EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2
9. Short Writing Activities

SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION

1. Capital letters: EXERCISE 1        EXERCISE 2
2. Nationality adjectives: EXERCISE 1 
3. Apostrophes: EXERCISE 1        EXERCISE 2       EXERCISE 3
4. Question and exclamation marks: EXERCISE 1
5. Spelling of –ing forms: EXERCISE 1    EXERCISE 2
6. Spelling of 3rd person verb forms (present simple) and plural nouns: EXERCISE 1