Year 4 · SPaG · Fronted adverbials and commas
Year 4 descriptive adverbials worksheet and PowerPoint
To use fronted adverbials of manner (how), with a comma after them.
Adverbials of manner
An adverbial of manner tells you how something happens. It makes your writing more descriptive. Put it at the start of the sentence and add a comma.
| how | Without a sound, the cat crept away. |
|---|---|
| feeling | With a smile, she opened the door. |
| speed | Quick as a flash, the thief ran off. |
Examples
- In a hurry, we packed our bags.
- With great care, he carried the glass.
Key words
- adverbial of manner
- tells you how
- descriptive
- gives the reader a picture
- fronted adverbial
- an adverbial at the start of a sentence
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Write six sentences about a character who is sneaking out of a house. Start each one with a different adverbial of manner and put a comma after it.
Pupil target: I can start a sentence with a how adverbial.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the descriptive adverbials PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 5 of 60 in the Year 4 SPaG scheme, in the block “Fronted adverbials and commas”.
Other lessons in this block
- What is an adverbial?
- Recognising fronted adverbials (1)
- Time adverbials
- Place adverbials
- Recognising fronted adverbials (2)
- Using fronted adverbials
- Fronted adverbials together
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