Here are 5 ways to describe actions happening one after another:
IN A ROW – when something happens day after day or every week, etc, without interruption.
Ex: It was raining four days in a row.
RUNNING – when something keeps happening regularly.
Ex: That football club won the championship third year running.
ONE AFTER ANOTHER – when one thing happens immediately after the previous one.
Ex: There were three shots, one after another.
CONSECUTIVE – if days, years or occasions come one after another with no other days in between.
Ex: We’ve made a profit for five consecutive years.
SERIES – events happening one after another.
Ex: He gave a series of presentations at the conference.
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