Learning goal
I can open a sentence with useful detail and punctuate it correctly.
Key words
adverbialcommawhenwherehow
Fronted Adverbials
Use fronted adverbials to describe when, where or how something happens, with a comma where appropriate.
Try these first
- Identify: Find the fronted adverbial: 'Before sunrise, the hikers left camp.'
- Comma: Add punctuation: 'Without warning the lights went out.'
- Time: Start a sentence with a time fronted adverbial.
Try it, then check your answer
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Set up private learning journeyFind the fronted adverbial: 'Before sunrise, the hikers left camp.'
Add punctuation: 'Without warning the lights went out.'
Start a sentence with a time fronted adverbial.
What a secure answer looks like
- 1. Before sunrise
- 2. Without warning, the lights went out.
- 3. e.g. Later that afternoon, ...