Signal Words in Sequence

Sequence Words

English Class 9th grade

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What are sequence words?

Identify the sequence words...

She was recently elected Prime Minister. Previously, she worked as a lawyer in Toronto. She won the party leadership last year. Afterwards, she won the election. When she won the party leadership, she was still working as a lawyer. After winning a seat in the House of Commons, you must make sure you have a majority of seats.

What are sequence words?

• Sequence words, help the reader connect events in an informational text or story.

• Sequence words help you follow the order of events in a story.

• A comma follows all sequence words at the beginning of a clause or sentence except for then.

• There are many sequence words. These are the ones will be working with: first, then, next, after, that, afterward, following that, last, and finally.

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Identify the transition words.

Lastly, the teacher told me where I needed to sit.

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Therefore, we need to finish our homework on time.

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After that, I walked home with my head held high.

Open Ended

First, we painted the outside of the house._______ , we will need to paint the inside of the house.

Multiple Choice

I cleaned my room. _________my mom let me go out and play.

• Therefore

• Next

• First

Multiple Choice

Here is a list of things I liked about your presentation. ________, I appreciate your hard work.

• Next,

• Finally,

• In conclusion,

Fill in the Blanks

Read each sentence and use a transitional word to show sequence.

Susan played basketball at the park. Susan walked home.

Multiple Choice

John and David went to the movies. They went to get ice cream.

• After,

• Then,

• Next,

Multiple Choice

First, they went to the movies. Next, they bought candy. They entered the theater.

• Finally,

• In conclusion,

• After that,

Activities

• Book page 90

• Workbook page 44

• Google Docs worksheet