To help your listener follow your instructions, you need to arrange the instructions using words to show time order. They allow us to understand the sequence of events in chronological order, from first to last. Here are the words or phrases to denote time order.
To begin
- First
- First of all…..
- In the first place….
- Number one…….
- The first thing to do is…..
To continue
- Then….
- Next….
- After that….
- Following that….
- In turn….
- Second…..
- Number two….
- Later….
- Henceforth….
