English
Grammar & Punctuation
Procedural
8–9 yrs
Fronted Adverbials and Commas
前置状语与逗号
Description
Use fronted adverbials to vary sentence openings and punctuate them with commas
Mastery Evidence
- Write a sentence beginning with a time adverbial, e.g. 'Later that day, the children ran home'
- Rewrite 'The fox crept through the garden at midnight' with the adverbial fronted and a comma placed correctly
- Identify and correct a missing comma after a fronted adverbial in 'Before breakfast she packed her bag'
Assessment Prompt
When your child writes a story or a report, do they sometimes start a sentence with a phrase like "After lunch," or "Quietly, the fox moved closer," — and put a comma after that opening phrase?
