Sequence Practice

Which of the following sentences best completes the paragraph?

Amy needs pink paint to paint her flamingo, but she doesn’t have any. First, she puts a puddle of white paint on her palette. _____. Finally, she uses a paintbrush and mixes the two colors together.

• Then, Amy continues to paint her flamingo.

• Then, Amy puts a few drops of red paint on top of the white.

• Then, Amy throws the paintbrush away.

John and his grandma decide to bake some cupcakes. ____. Next, they spoon the batter into a cupcake pan. Then, they put the pan into the preheated oven. After 20 minutes, they take the pan out of the oven, and let the cupcakes cool. Finally, they spread frosting on top of the cupcakes.

• First, they make the batter

• Then, they find a cupcake recipe.

• First, they turn off the oven.

Which of the following sentences best completes the paragraph?

Blake decides he wants to buy a new video game. First, he looks online to find out how much it costs. Next, he realizes he doesn’t have enough money to buy it right away. Then, he asks his mom if he can earn money by doing some extra chores. _____. Finally, he has enough money to buy the video game!

• Then, he gets tired of doing extra chores.

• Next, he accidentally loses some of his money.

• After several weeks of doing extra chores, he counts his money again.

Jordan bounced into the living room wearing athletic shorts, a Tshirt, running shoes, and sweatbands around his wrists and forehead. “Whoa!” exclaimed his teenage brother. “It looks like someone is up for a serious workout.” “Yep,” said Jordan. “I’m going to jog on Mom’s treadmill for 45 minutes. I’ve decided that I need to get in shape.” “Good for you!” Tate replied. “But do me a favor and wait until Mom gets home from grocery shopping. You know she’s always saying that her treadmill is not a toy, and to stay away from it.” “I don’t want to wait for Mom to get home,” Jordan replied. “If I wait for Mom, I just know that I’ll lose my drive to do this. No, I’m going to start now. I’ll be careful.” Jordan reached down to touch his toes, and then he stood up and stretched to one side and then the other. “Here I go!” He jogged downstairs to where his mother’s treadmill was. Hmm. I don’t know exactly how to work this thing, but it can’t be that hard to figure out. He planted himself on the belt and pushed a few buttons. Suddenly, the treadmill began to whirr loudly, and the belt was moving. Jordan was caught off guard by the fast pace of the belt. He tried to take a step, but in the blink of an eye, he was lying on the ground behind the treadmill, the belt still moving and boring into his shoulder. Jordan screamed in agony. A few seconds later, Tate was by his side. “Ooh, you got a real bad friction burn from the belt moving against your skin. See why you should have waited for Mom?” “It hurts!” wailed Jordan. Tate helped his brother up the stairs, where they met their mother, who had just arrived home from shopping. “You were on my treadmill, weren’t you?” she said, lips pursed. “My treadmill is not a toy.”

Which of the following events happened just before Jordan jogged downstairs?

• Jordan stepped on the treadmill and pushed a few buttons.

• Tate advised Jordan to wait until their mom returned home.

• Jordan’s mom left to go grocery shopping.

• Jordan did some stretches.

Jordan bounced into the living room wearing athletic shorts, a Tshirt, running shoes, and sweatbands around his wrists and forehead. “Whoa!” exclaimed his teenage brother. “It looks like someone is up for a serious workout.” “Yep,” said Jordan. “I’m going to jog on Mom’s treadmill for 45 minutes. I’ve decided that I need to get in shape.” “Good for you!” Tate replied. “But do me a favor and wait until Mom gets home from grocery shopping. You know she’s always saying that her treadmill is not a toy, and to stay away from it.” “I don’t want to wait for Mom to get home,” Jordan replied. “If I wait for Mom, I just know that I’ll lose my drive to do this. No, I’m going to start now. I’ll be careful.” Jordan reached down to touch his toes, and then he stood up and stretched to one side and then the other. “Here I go!” He jogged downstairs to where his mother’s treadmill was. Hmm. I don’t know exactly how to work this thing, but it can’t be that hard to figure out. He planted himself on the belt and pushed a few buttons. Suddenly, the treadmill began to whirr loudly, and the belt was moving. Jordan was caught off guard by the fast pace of the belt. He tried to take a step, but in the blink of an eye, he was lying on the ground behind the treadmill, the belt still moving and boring into his shoulder. Jordan screamed in agony. A few seconds later, Tate was by his side. “Ooh, you got a real bad friction burn from the belt moving against your skin. See why you should have waited for Mom?” “It hurts!” wailed Jordan. Tate helped his brother up the stairs, where they met their mother, who had just arrived home from shopping. “You were on my treadmill, weren’t you?” she said, lips pursed. “My treadmill is not a toy.”

Which of the following events happened last?

• Jordan fell off the treadmill.

• Jordan apologized to his mom for using her treadmill without her permission.

• Jordan’s mom saw Jordan and began to lecture him.

• Tate came to help his brother.