The words FIRST, NEXT, THEN, and LASTLY are called SIGNAL WORDS. Signal words introduce the steps in a process or sequence of events, FIRST is the beginning of the event, NEXT is the second event, THEN is the third event, and LASTLY is the end of the story or narrative. Source: English_gr_4_learners_matls_q1_p.50 What happens first? What happens after that? And what happens last? These are the questions that you should think of before you start. Try to look at the pictures, which comes first, next, then and lastly? it had fruits Out came a tiny leaf es it had more leaves and taller branches Juan planted a seed 7​