Spoonful #39: TIMELY Transitions

This category of transitions helps make your essays and other documents structured and orderly. It's about TIME we covered these very useful TRANSITIONS THAT INDICATE TIME.

Brace yourself, because there are a huge number of transitions in this category. In fact, I'm sure I might have missed a few!

First, firstly, at first, second, third, fourth, etc., then, initial, before, after, afterward, beginning, end, ending, earlier, later, whenever, since, following, from then on, from, to, last, later, meanwhile, near, next, now, hour, soon, still, while, when, during, finally, started, finished, suddenly, until, eventually, for a brief time, and any hour, day, or month of the year. Phew!

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:

• The pizza should be delivered soon. I hope the driver didn’t get lost!
  
  
• I finally figured out the correct answer after staring at the problem for an hour.
  
  
• The beginning of the movie was sadder than the ending.
  
  
• The show started an hour earlier, so you missed the first half.
  
  
• The show is not over until the actors take their final bows at the end.
  
  
• While Missy was driving to work, she saw a deer by the roadside. She slowed down to watch the deer for a brief time, then continued on her way to work.
  
  
• Following Sally's initial view of a solar eclipse, she made the decision to become an astronomer.
  
  
• You’re up next, so get ready to play. 
  
  
• Bobby's broken ankle should heal in time for the last soccer game of the season.
  
  
• Eventually, my dog learned how to bark when she wants to go outside. Of course, she also barks when she wants a cookie or just wants to play!
  
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So many transitions categories, so little TIME. There are a few more transitions to cover, so stay tuned. 

Sincerely,
​Laura Fineberg Cooper