CHRONOLOGICAL

CONNECTORS(SEQU
ENCE CONECTORS)
Student: Sergio Armando Suarez Garcia 7B
Techer: Arnoldo Lares Hernandez
Maintenance Industrial
English Class
 DEFINITION SEQUENCE CONNECTORS

 The sequence connectors are the words in the English language that
are used to connect views, ideas from one sentence to another
sentence and are used to provide paragraph attachment.

 Also, it connects the linking words, some conjunctions which are

related to the sequence connectors.
 FUNCTION OF SEQUENCES
CONNECTORS

 The main function of connectors in English grammar is to join

words or sentences of what you want to express. The correct usage
of connectors gives coherence to what you write or express orally.
In addition to joining words, sentences or paragraphs, the sequence
connectors are very helpful to organize your ideas when you want
to tell someone what happened at a particular time in a logical
sequence. Now I invite you to read the following text in which you
will find the correct use of connectors.
 USES OF SEQUENCES CONNECTORS
Here is a list of connectors that we can use to show the sequence
 Sequence connectors are used to link opinions and order of events or ideas
from one sentence to the next and to give
paragraphs coherence. Connectors help us In the middle
In the beginning • After.
organize the events of the beginning, middle and • First.
• ​After a while.
end of a story. • Firstly.
• After that.
• ​Once.
• Afterward.
• Once upon a
• Also.
time. • And.
• One day.
• ​As.
• To begin with.
• As soon as.
• ​Before.
Interruptions
• All of sudden. • Later.
• But then. • Moreover.
• Suddenly. • ​Next.
• Unexpectedly. • The moment.
• Then.
• When
EXAMPLES
 MORE EXAMPLES
In the beginning
 First, I went to the barber shop.
 I had three reasons to visit my granny. Firstly, she always listens to me and
gives me a good advice.
 Once they finished their meals, they hopped into the bus.
 Once upon a time, there was a sweet little girl.
 One day, she went to the river with her friends.
 We had an awful time! To begin with, my girlfriend got sick on the first day.
Interruptions
-She showed up all of a sudden without any invitation.
-For years my family used to ride a bicycle, but then they bought a
car.
-Suddenly, we heard a strange noise.
-Unexpectedly, the children in the bedroom started crying.
In the middle
-They were tired after playing so many matches last weekend.
-But after a while I noticed things.
-We went to the movies and after that out for ice cream.
-My mom found a recipe on the Internet. Afterward, she went to the supermarket to buy the
ingredients.
-We had dinner and then went out.
-I was really busy today. I had to send some e-mails and I also had to finish the project.
-She went to the zoo and bought a stuffed hippopotamus.
-As the cat left the kitchen, the rats came out.
-As soon as he woke up, he checked his phone for messages.
-Before he came, we didn't have a good teacher.
-Later, I took a shower.
-She worked in a shop. Moreover, she studied very hard.
-I had a math class and next an English class.
-It was the moment I knew I love her.
-I called my mother and then I charged my cell phone.
-I was happy when I was younger.
Simultaneously
-She talked during the whole meeting.
-I was studying. Meanwhile, my brother was in the
swimming pool.
-She was cooking while the baby was sleeping.