USE TIME CONNECTIVES IN YOUR STORIES

foreign you learned how to use time connectives time collectives are also known as temporal connectives or time conjunctions they are words or phrases that help describe when an event happened for how long it lasted or when it will happen in the future they give the reader time frame first then next after at the same time later earlier finally we use time connectives lot in our conversations because knowing the timing of events is important to us can you tidy your room before you leave sure I'll do it now meanwhile can you make me sandwich time connectives are also important to use when writing we certainly need to use them when writing biographies instructions newspaper articles and journals establishing time frame is key here so make sure you use plenty of time connectives when writing in these genres today got up early after relaxing breakfast we headed to the beach all morning we enjoyed snorkeling and saw some amazing fish much later the wind got stronger so flew my kite meanwhile Tom built sand castle as you can see time connectives are usually used at the start of sentences often to begin paragraphs though this doesn't always need to be the case my next paragraph could begin before bed we search for crabs on the beach though it's perfectly alright to use time connectives at later parts of the sentence if you wish we search for crabs on the beach before bed let's look at time connectives in action it had been David's idea and really bad one at that one by one we'd all agreed to do it but we were all now wishing we'd been strong enough to have said no we climbed into the boat and began paddling across the lake how should we begin the next paragraph wonder well if you want to explain about something that happened before we climbed into the boat we might use the word earlier earlier I'd left note on my dad's car to tell him where was going but little did know that soon afterwards the note had been blown away in the wind or perhaps want to explain something that was happening at the same time meanwhile the robbers were on the island dividing up their spoils or maybe want to move the story forward in time and don't want to explain in detail about the journey across the lake much later after grueling Crossing we arrived at the far bank and slid our boat ashore silently you can see why creating time frame is so important for your readers it makes your story plots more engaging and clear and time collectives give the reader feeling of pace and tension in nutshell time connectives allow your reader to become more immersed in what's happening so from now on when writing your stories make sure you give your readers sense of time passing by using time connectives