Explain why the comma is needed: After the long journey, they finally arrived.
To separate the clauses and to show the fronted adverbial of time
Identify the type of fronted adverbial: Under the table, the cat slept. (time, place, or manner?)
place
Add a suitable fronted adverbial (time): __________, the sun began to set.
Teacher's Choice
Add the missing comma: Before dinner we finished our homework.
Before dinner,
Which word is the fronted adverbial? Yesterday, we went to the park.
Yesterday
Add the missing punctuation: In the morning we went swimming.
In the morning,
What is a fronted adverbial?
A word/phrase at the start of a sentence that gives extra information about time, place, manner, etc.
Identify ALL fronted adverbials: Before lunch, in the playground, the children played happily.
Before lunch, in the playground,
Fix the punctuation: Without thinking he grabbed the bag.
Without thinking,
True or false: A comma usually comes after a fronted adverbial.
True
True or false: A fronted adverbial must always be one word.
false