Year 4 · English
Fronted adverbials worksheet for Year 4
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TheLearnDenYear 4 · English
Part 1 · Mina in the greenhouse
Fronted adverbials
Name: ____________________
Choose an opening that tells your reader when, where or how.
1 Find the whole opening
Underline the whole opening. Circle its comma. Choose when, where or how.
Tap each word you want to underline, then tap the comma to circle it. Tap again to undo a mark.
A
B
C
2 Move the time phrase
Move before lunch to the front. Add the comma. Keep the other words.
Mina watered the seedlings before lunch.
3 Find the comma place
Add one comma to this sentence. Circle the last word of the opening.
Tap a word to circle it. Use the choice below to put in the comma.
Your sentence:
TheLearnDenYear 4 · English
Part 2 · Choose for your reader
Fronted adverbials
Name: ____________________
4 Who or where?
A · Underline the words that tell you what grew.
B · Underline the whole opening that tells you where.
5 Choose for your reader
Choose the opening that gives the detail your reader needs. Say why, or write a few words.
TheLearnDenYear 4 · English
Part 3 · Write and check
Fronted adverbials
Name: ____________________
6 Improve Mina’s paragraph
Choose one sentence. Add a useful time, place or manner opening. Copy your three-sentence paragraph below. Change only that sentence; keep the other two unchanged.
The wind shook the greenhouse door. Mina checked the seedlings. She closed the window.
Underline your opening and circle its comma.
Now underline your opening and circle its comma. Tap a word or comma to mark it; tap again to undo.
- The opening adds useful information.
- The main part is still a complete sentence.
- The comma follows the whole opening.
- The other two sentences stay unchanged.
7 Try a new setting
Move at sunset to the front. Add the comma. Check your capital letter and full stop.
The boat reached the shore at sunset.
Read your writing aloud. Does it tell the reader what you wanted?
Answers and notes for the adult helping
Use the answers to talk through your choices. There can be more than one useful writing answer.
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