fronted adverbial commas

1. Commas for fronted
adverbials.

2. What is a fronted adverbial?
Write down or tell someone what you
think a fronted adverbial is. Where in the
sentence will you find it?

3. What is a fronted adverbial?
A fronted adverbial can be found at the front of a
sentence. It tells the reader when, why, how,
where, or how often something is happening. You
must use a comma after a fronted adverbial in a
sentence.

4. Write these sentences out underlining the
fronted adverbial.
Early one morning, I went for a walk.
Due to the lockdown, Thornhill Primary School
was closed.
As fast as I could, I ran up the steps.
Throughout the country, people were celebrating.
Several times a week, I go for a run.

5. Answers
Early one morning, I went for a walk.
Due to the lockdown, Thornhill Primary School
was closed.
As fast as I could, I ran down the steps.
Throughout the country, people were celebrating.
Several times a week, I go for a run.

6. Fronted adverbials for ‘when’.
Early one morning, I went for a walk.
Write your own sentence with a fronted
adverbial for ‘when’.

7. Fronted adverbials for ‘why’.
Due to the lockdown, Thornhill Primary
School was closed.
Write your own sentence with a
fronted adverbial for ‘why’.

8. Fronted adverbials for ‘how’
As fast as I could, I ran up the steps.
Write your own sentence with a fronted adverbial
for ‘how’.

9. Fronted adverbials for ‘where’
Throughout the country, people were celebrating.
Write your own sentence with a fronted adverbial
for ‘where’.

10. Fronted adverbials for ‘how often’
Several times a week, I go for a run.
Write your own sentence with a fronted
adverbial for ‘how often’.

11. Remember to use fronted adverbials in your
writing to help the structure and cohesion of
your writing!