What are sequence words? | Teaching ESL reading and writing

What are sequence words? Sequence words or linking words help us understand what’s happening in a story of a piece of text. They tell us what’s happening in the beginning, middle, or end of the story. They can also tell us that something is interrupting something else. They are also known as transition or chronological words. Keep on watching for the most important examples of sequence words to use in the beginning, middle, and ending of a sentence. ------- • Check out this blog post for more details and 50 more examples of sequence words: https://www.eslactivity.org/sequence-words-list/ • Watch this in depth video on how to use sequencers in English by @englishwithemma here: https://youtu.be/sFrHK7cHzkA?si=VVPLWNFQBfAcCLW4 • Want another video to improve your English? Watch my 10 phrases we use daily video here: https://youtu.be/bdfOUbNP9Xg ------ Check out my book ESL/EFL Teaching Practice and Methodology here: https://amzn.to/3CFNEWs https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.instagram.com/jackie.bolen/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en #teachingenglishwithjackie #teachingenglish #sequencewords -------------------------------------------------------- Transcript: Hi, today I'm going to talk about sequence words. Sequence words describe the order of things in time. They are used to help people understand events like what's first, what's next, what's last and how things are related to each other. They're very important in writing and also we use them in speaking as well, but they are most important in writing and even writing a paragraph, a sentence, something like that, you will want to use sequence words. I'm going to talk about some of the most important sequence words that you might want to be aware of. So first of all is beginning words. You could say things like; first, initially, to begin with, one day, or first of all. So you would all see these words kind of at the beginning of a paragraph, or the beginning of a story. Maybe an email that tells a story something like that. Next there are some sequence words for describing the middle. Things like; next, meanwhile, secondly, in addition to, are all middle sequence words. The next sequence words are to describe the end of things. For example; finally, in the end, eventually, by this point, things like that are sequence words used for the end. There are also sequence words used to interrupt something. So things like; suddenly, unexpectedly, but then, so. if you're talking about something, then suddenly something else happens you could use these kind of sequence words. Timestamp: 0:00 Intro 0:09 What are sequence words? 0:30 The most important sequence words 0:36 beginning sequence words 0:53 middle sequence words 1:03 end sequence words 1:16 interrupting sequence words 1:30 Outro Tags: what are sequence words, sequence words, sequence word, sequence in a sentence, sequence words list, sequencing vocabulary, sequence writing examples, signal words list, sequence words, sequencing words examples, time sequence words, list of sequence words, what is a sequence word, time order words examples, sequence of ideas, example of sequence of events, sequence in writing, sequencing english, sequence ideas, sequencing in English, sequencing examples, example of a sequence, transition sequence words,