Fronted Adverbials and Direct Speech

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although”

Section 4, where pupils choose the conjunction for each sentence.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause”

Section 4 uses because for cause, and the fronted adverbials pupils write in section 1 often show time or place.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Using fronted adverbials”

Section 1, with two sentences to rewrite.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Learning the grammar for years 3 and 4 in English Appendix 2”

All four sections come from the Year 3 and 4 grammar in English Appendix 2.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Using commas after fronted adverbials”

Section 1 reminds pupils that the fronted adverbial must be followed by a comma.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns”

Section 2, with the girls' changing room, the dogs' bones and my parents' car.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Using and punctuating direct speech”

Section 3, where pupils add inverted commas and punctuation to two spoken lines.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 accurately and appropriately when discussing their writing and reading.”

The tips and headings use the terms fronted adverbial, plural noun, inverted commas and conjunction.