Listening for the order in which events occur is an important skill. You will need to listen to what happened first, second, and so on.
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES THAT INDICATE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
before / after / while / during
between … and …
later
earlier
prior to
preceding that
until that time
every second year
each day
in the first half of the century
at the turn of the century
in the 1980s
initially
at the outset
subsequently
ultimately
at last
in the end
PRACTICE 1
Listen to the audio and put these actions in the correct chronological order.
Write 1 for the first action, 2 for the second, and so forth.
1
Fill out application
Submit application
Get references
Pay a deposit
Receive notification of apartment
Sign lease
2
Leopold Mozart published a book.
Wolfgang Mozart began to compose music.
Leopold began taking Wolfgang on tours of Europe.
Wolfgang Mozart settled in Vienna.
Wolfgang's mother died.
3
Left home
Had picnic
Made sandwiches
Went swimming
Checked into motel
4
Find partner
Choose topic
Get professor's approval
Design research
Start research
5
Walk through rose garden
Show tickets
View pond area
Visit greenhouse
Photograph butterfly garden
