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