Year 6 - English
Single words, phrases and clauses in fronted adverbials
Key terminology, including determiners, fronted adverbials and parenthesis
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils review previous learning about four types of determiner and fronted adverbials. They also review using brackets, dashes and commas for parenthesis and how to use synonyms and antonyms effectively as well as learning about new functions of prepositions and adverbs.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to write a paragraph with a variety of fronted adverbials: single words, fronted adverbial phrases and fronted adverbial clauses.
Key Notes
- A fronted adverbial is a sentence starter followed by a comma that expresses time, place, manner, cause or contrast.
- A fronted adverbial can be a single word, phrase or clause.
- A clause is a group of words that contains a verb.
- A phrase is a group of words with no verb.
- Varied fronted adverbials are useful to achieve text cohesion.
Vocabulary To Learn
- fronted adverbial: a sentence starter followed by a comma
- comma: a punctuation mark used after any fronted adverbial
- phrase: a group of words with no verb
- clause: a group of words that contains a verb
- adverbial clause: a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may find it difficult to vary both words/phrases/clauses and time/manner/place/cause.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A fronted adverbial is a sentence starter followed by a comma that expresses time, place, manner, cause or contrast. A fronted adverbial can be a single word, phrase or clause.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'fronted adverbial'
a sentence starter followed by a comma.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may find it difficult to vary both words/phrases/clauses and time/manner/place/cause. Correction: Ensure pupils have access to examples of both the different structures and purposes of fronted adverbials.
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