Fronted adverbials
Grade 4: an adverbial at the start of a sentence, comma after a fronted adverbial, adverbials of time, place and manner, spot the adverbial.
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Which sentence starts with a fronted adverbial?
- Kites are fun to fly.
- Later that day, we flew kites.
- We flew kites and ran.
- We flew kites later that day.
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Later that day, we flew kites.Which of these could be used as a fronted adverbial?
- Every morning,
- Sam and Mia
- is running
- the red ball
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Every morning,A fronted adverbial comes at the start of a sentence. (True or false?)
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TrueWhat punctuation usually follows a fronted adverbial?
- A colon
- A comma
- A full stop
- A question mark
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A commaWhich sentence uses a comma correctly?
- After lunch we played, outside.
- After lunch we, played outside.
- After lunch, we played outside.
- After, lunch we played outside.
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After lunch, we played outside."After the storm we cleaned up." should have a comma after "storm". (True or false?)
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TrueWhich fronted adverbial tells you WHEN?
- Before breakfast,
- In the forest,
- Under the bridge,
- Very quietly,
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Before breakfast,Which fronted adverbial tells you WHERE?
- Behind the shed,
- Last night,
- Soon after,
- Without a sound,
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Behind the shed,Which fronted adverbial tells you HOW something happened?
- Across the field,
- At midnight,
- With great care,
- Yesterday,
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With great care,Add a comma: "Early in the morning the birds sang." Where does it go? (Answer out loud)
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After "morning"What type of adverbial is "In the distance,"?
- Manner
- Number
- Place
- Time
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PlaceWhich sentence starts with an adverbial that tells you WHEN?
- After the show, we clapped.
- Quietly, we left the room.
- Under the table, we found a coin.
- We clapped after the show.
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After the show, we clapped."Under the old bridge, a troll lived." starts with an adverbial of time. (True or false?)
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FalseName the type of fronted adverbial: "Two days later, it rained." (Answer out loud)
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Time (when)Rewrite with a fronted adverbial: "We ate lunch at noon." (Answer out loud)
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At noon, we ate lunch.Which sentence has a fronted adverbial of place?
- A farm appeared over the hill.
- Over the hill, a farm appeared.
- Slowly, a farm appeared.
- Soon, a farm appeared.
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Over the hill, a farm appeared.
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