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Year 4

Fronted adverbials, with a comma after them

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A fronted adverbial comes before the main clause, with a comma after it: In the morning, the farmer milks the cow.

  1. Example 1Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "Because the child".

    The child clapped because she was happy.

    Because the child was happy, she clapped.

1 / 10 T16Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "Because the child".

The child yawns because he is sleepy.

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Year 4 · Fronted adverbials

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Example · Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "Because the child".The child clapped because she was happy.Because the child was happy, she clapped.
Example · Add the missing comma.Because the cow is hungry it eats grass.Because the cow is hungry, it eats grass.
  1. Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "Because the child".The child yawns because he is sleepy.
  2. Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "Because the puppy".Grandma hugs the puppy because it is sad.
  3. Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "Because Grandma".The bag was heavy because Grandma packed it.
  4. Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "At dinner".The boys eat pasta at dinner.
  5. Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "At dawn".The keepers feed the lion at dawn.
  6. Move the adverbial to the front. Start with "At bedtime".The queens read the books at bedtime.
  7. Add the missing comma.Because the rabbit is scared it runs.
  8. Add the missing comma.Because the rabbits were scared they ran.
  9. Put a comma after the fronted adverbial.At breakfast Beth drinks juice.
  10. Put a comma after the fronted adverbial.On Thursday I opened the windows.
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Year 4 · Fronted adverbials · answer key

  1. Because the child is sleepy, he yawns.
  2. Because the puppy is sad, Grandma hugs it. or Because the puppy is sad, Grandma hugs the puppy.
  3. Because Grandma packed the bag, it was heavy. or Because Grandma packed it, the bag was heavy.
  4. At dinner, the boys eat pasta.
  5. At dawn, the keepers feed the lion.
  6. At bedtime, the queens read the books.
  7. Because the rabbit is scared, it runs.
  8. Because the rabbits were scared, they ran.
  9. At breakfast, Beth drinks juice.
  10. On Thursday, I opened the windows.
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