Fronted Adverbials and Commas
Use fronted adverbials to vary sentence openings and punctuate them with commas
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Move an adverbial to the front and punctuate the opening.
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Move an adverbial to the front and punctuate the opening.
Move an adverbial to the front and punctuate the opening.
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The Lion and the Mouse
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The Lion and the Mouse supports Fronted Adverbials and Commas. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Write a sentence beginning with a time adverbial, e.g. 'Later that day, the children ran home'
- Rewrite 'The fox crept through the garden at midnight' with the adverbial fronted and a comma placed correctly
- Identify and correct a missing comma after a fronted adverbial in 'Before breakfast she packed her bag'
“When your child writes a story or a report, do they sometimes start a sentence with a phrase like "After lunch," or "Quietly, the fox moved closer," — and put a comma after that opening phrase?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 8–12
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