Fronted adverbials: single words, phrases and clauses

I can choose when to use a fronted adverbial single word, fronted adverbial phrase or fronted adverbial clause.

Fronted adverbials: single words, phrases and clauses

I can choose when to use a fronted adverbial single word, fronted adverbial phrase or fronted adverbial clause.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

1. A fronted adverbial is a sentence starter followed by a comma that expresses detail about time, place, manner or cause.
2. A fronted adverbial can be a single word, phrase or clause.
3. A clause is a group of words that contains a verb.
4. A phrase is a group of words with no verb.
5. A variety of fronted adverbials are useful to achieve text flow.

Common misconception

Pupils may not understand that the function of some words (e.g. before/after) depends on context.

Emphasise that sometimes these words are acting as subordinating conjunctions and sometimes they start phrases.

Keywords

• Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
• Comma - a punctuation mark used after any fronted adverbial
• Phrase - a group of words with no verb
• Clause - a group of words that contains a verb
• Adverbial clause - a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction

Gather banks of different types of fronted adverbial for children to use and explicitly refer to the different types of fronted adverbial you are using whenever you model writing to the class.

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