Fronted Adverbials Check

Year 4 EnglishFronted Adverbials2 pages

About this worksheet

A one-page Year 4 check on fronted adverbials, with the answer key on page 2. Pupils underline the adverbial in four sentences such as Before breakfast, I brushed my teeth and Quietly, the cat crept across the carpet. They add the missing comma to two sentences, move in the dark forest to the front of The owl hooted in the dark forest, and write their own fronted adverbial of time. The key gives each answer and two sample sentences. It follows England National Curriculum grammar.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

โ€œusing fronted adverbialsโ€

Items 1 to 4 ask pupils to spot them, item 7 to create one by moving it, and item 8 to write one of time.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

โ€œusing commas after fronted adverbialsโ€

Items 5 and 6 need the comma added, and items 7 and 8 need it in the pupil's own sentence.

What's inside this worksheet

Underline the fronted adverbial

Sentences 1 to 4, including At the bottom of the garden, a hedgehog slept in the leaves and Every Tuesday, we practise our spellings in class.

Add the missing comma

Sentences 5 and 6, Without a sound the fox stepped onto the path and Later that evening the rain began to fall.

Move and write

Item 7 moves the adverbial in The owl hooted in the dark forest, with a photo of a barn owl. Item 8 asks for a sentence that starts with an adverbial of time.

Answers

Underlined adverbials, the two commas added, the moved sentence and sample answers for item 8.

How teachers use it

End of unit

Hand it out as a quick check once the unit is finished. Eight items fit in a short lesson slot.

Exit ticket

Use items 5 to 8 alone. They show quickly who can place the comma and who can write one unaided.

Small-group catch-up

Sentence 3 has the longest adverbial. Watch for pupils who underline only the garden.

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