What's next?

I downloaded this template from one of my montessori resources. Its a sequence game; the child is to choose which one comes next. N can do this surprisingly well. I'm not sure if it's conincidence but he seem to get this game every time- even with different pictures. What really helped was i say out the sequence aloud giving emphasis to the answer for eg, i'd say 'apple, orange, BASKET (louder)' and i repeat it another time before asking him what's next.