Single words, phrases and clauses in fronted adverbials | English

Starter quiz

What is introduced by a determiner?
- a phrase
- a noun ✓
- a clause
- a verb
Match the types of determiner to the examples.
- article
  
  ⇔
  
  the ✓
- possessive pronoun
  
  ⇔
  
  their ✓
- quantifier
  
  ⇔
  
  some ✓
- demonstrative
  
  ⇔
  
  those ✓
Select all the clauses that contain a possessive pronoun.
- this is our house ✓
- because they took his shoes ✓
- we saw many people there
- my sister rushed in ✓
Select the sentences that contain quantifiers.
- Give me those books.
- Give me some books. ✓
- I want to see lots of work. ✓
- I want to see your work.
Which determiners could be used in this gap? '__________ food is excellent today!'
- your ✓
- these
- the ✓
- many
Select all the sentences with two determiners.
- Give this letter to your teacher. ✓
- Give my thanks to the secretary. ✓
- Give some money to your nan. ✓
- Give this money to Miss O'Neill.

What piece of punctuation separates the fronted adverbial from the rest of the sentence?
- exclamation mark
- full stop
- comma ✓
- apostrophe
Which of the following can be a fronted adverbial?
- a word ✓
- a clause ✓
- a phrase ✓
- a relative clause
Match the types of fronted adverbial to the examples.
- fronted adverbial single word
  
  ⇔
  
  Next, ✓
- fronted adverbial phrase
  
  ⇔
  
  Just then, ✓
- fronted adverbial clause
  
  ⇔
  
  After we had waited a long time, ✓
Match the types of fronted adverbial to the sentences that use them.
- fronted adverbial single word
  
  ⇔
  
  Soon, this will all make sense to you. ✓
- fronted adverbial phrase
  
  ⇔
  
  Before morning, we must get some sleep. ✓
- fronted adverbial clause
  
  ⇔
  
  Before morning comes, we must get some sleep. ✓
Match the types of fronted adverbial to the examples.
- fronted adverbial of time
  
  ⇔
  
  At that moment, ✓
- fronted adverbial of manner
  
  ⇔
  
  Full of sadness, ✓
- fronted adverbial of place
  
  ⇔
  
  In the distance, ✓
- fronted adverbial of contrast
  
  ⇔
  
  Although I wasn't hungry, ✓
- fronted adverbial of cause
  
  ⇔
  
  Because it was snowing, ✓
Which of these sentences begins with a fronted adverbial clause of contrast?
- When it began snowing, we rushed outside.
- Because it was snowing, we rushed outside.
- Even though it was snowing, we rushed outside. ✓

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A fronted adverbial is a sentence starter followed by a comma that expresses time, place, manner, cause or contrast.
A fronted adverbial can be a single word, phrase or clause.
A clause is a group of words that contains a verb.
A phrase is a group of words with no verb.
Varied fronted adverbials are useful to achieve text cohesion.

Pupils may find it difficult to vary both words/phrases/clauses and time/manner/place/cause.

Ensure pupils have access to examples of both the different structures and purposes of fronted adverbials.

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