Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 3

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.