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Fronted adverbials

Year 4 · Lower Key Stage 2 · E4-G-FRONT — Fronted adverbials, followed by a comma

Draft — awaiting teacher review

Builds on: Words for when and why; a or an (Year 3)

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Concept Anchor

An adverbial is a word or group of words that tells us when, where or how something happens. A fronted adverbial comes at the start of the sentence and has a comma after it.

Worked example

We played chess after lunch.

  1. 1.'after lunch' tells us when.
  2. 2.Move it to the front.
  3. 3.Put a comma after it.
  4. 4.After lunch, we played chess.
II

Guided Check

Move the adverbial to the front: The cat slept under the table.

    III

    Independent Diagnostic Practice

    Q1Year 4E4-G-FRONT — Comma after a fronted adverbial·Fluency·●○○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    Which sentence has the comma in the right place?

    Q2Year 4E4-G-FRONT — Identify a fronted adverbial·Reasoning·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    Without a sound, the fox crept away. Which words are the fronted adverbial?

    Q3Year 4E4-G-FRONT — Adverbials of place·Problem Solving·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    Which fronted adverbial tells us where something happened?