English Skills with Readings 8th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 23

Here is a list of the various events described by the writer of paragraph 1. Number the events in the correct time sequence by writing 1 in front of the first event that occurred, 2 in front of the second event, and so on.
Since I arrived in the Bay Area in midsummer, I have had the most difficult period of my life.
_______ I had to search for an apartment I could afford.
_______ I had to find a job so that I could afford my own place.
_______ My stepmother objected to my living with her and my father.
_______ I had to paint the apartment before I could move in.
________ I had to find an alternative to unreliable bus transportation.
________ I had to register again for my college courses because of a counselor's mistake.
Your instructor may now have you rewrite the paragraph on separate paper. If so, be sure to use time signals such as first , next , then , during, when , after , and now to help guide your reader from one event to the next.