SEQUENCE CONNECTORS

DUE30022 Communicative English 2

Sequence connectors are words
and phrases that are used to
show the order in which things
happen in a process.
 At the beginning…
At the start of the process…
First of all…
Initial Stage

Initially,…
…commences with…
The first part of the process is…
The initial stage shown on the flowchart is…
The process starts with…
To begin with…
To start with…
At first,… (but later…)
 After having finished…,…
After that,…
Before that,..
Prior to…
Middle Stage

As soon as…
Following that stage,…
Having completed… the… moves onto…
Subsequently,…
The following step is…
In the next step…
The second/ third/ fourth stage is…
This is followed by…
When that stage is completed…
…, after which…
…, and then…
When the flowchart splits

Some… while others…

There are then two possibilities,…
Alternatively,…
When two actions happen

At the same time,…

When this happens…
simultaneously

Simultaneously…
During…
While…
In the meantime…
Meanwhile…
 Finally,
Lastly,
Final Stage

Eventually,
The last stage is…
The final step is…
In the last stage…
…brings the process to a close…
The process concludes with…
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