Friday

Sequencing a Story



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. Then / Finally, we had pizza at a café. 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.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


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