先…然后…
First…, then…
HSK 3HSK 3.0 · 2
S + 先 + V1，然后/再 + V2 (，最后 + V3)
Used to list steps in order: 我们先吃饭，然后去看电影. 先 is an adverb, so it follows the subject (我先…). The next step can use 然后, 再, or both (然后再…), and 最后 introduces the final step. 先…再… is typical for plans and requests about the future.
HSK 3 reading (ordering sentences) and listening (sequence of events).
Examples
我们先吃饭，然后去看电影。
Let's eat first and then go to the movies.
你先洗手，再吃水果。
Wash your hands first, then have some fruit.
他每天早上先跑步，然后吃早饭，最后去上班。
Every morning he runs, then has breakfast, and finally goes to work.
先想清楚，然后再说。
Think it through first, then speak.
Exercises
1.我们 去超市，然后回家。
2.你先休息一下， 再工作。
3.Choose the correct sentence:
4.做这个菜，先放油，然后放肉， 放盐。