Fronted adverbials: single words, phrases and clauses | English

Starter quiz

Tick the words that are types of determiner.
- demonstrative ✓
- noun
- article ✓
- possessive pronoun ✓
- quantifier ✓
Match the type of determiner to the sentence that uses it.
- article
  
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  We had a great time. ✓
- possessive pronoun
  
  ⇔
  
  It was our birthday. ✓
- quantifier
  
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  Let's have some cake. ✓
- demonstrative
  
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  I'll have this piece. ✓
Which type of determiner is used in this sentence? 'We had plenty of time to get there.'
- demonstrative
- quantifier ✓
- article
- possessive pronoun
Match the word to its meaning and the example.
- word
  
  ⇔
  
  a single word (fire) ✓
- phrase
  
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  a group of words with no verb (a bright fire) ✓
- clause
  
  ⇔
  
  a group of words with a verb (a bright fire blazed) ✓
Which part of this sentence makes complete sense on its own? 'Just then, the bear roared.'
- just then
- then the bear
- the bear roared ✓
Which of the following are phrases?
- just then ✓
- we saw a bright star
- all of a sudden ✓
- a bright star ✓