Year 5 · SPaG · Linking ideas
Year 5 adverbials of time, place and number worksheet and PowerPoint
To recognise and use adverbials of time, place and number to link ideas and to order a text.
Adverbials that link ideas
An adverbial is a word or phrase that tells you more about the verb. Some adverbials link one sentence or paragraph to the next. They can show time, place or number (the order of points).
| time | Later that day, we went home. After lunch, it rained. |
|---|---|
| place | Behind the shed, we found a nest. In the distance, a bell rang. |
| number | Firstly, wash your hands. Secondly, dry them. Finally, tidy up. |
| comma | put a comma after an adverbial at the start of a sentence |
Examples
- Meanwhile, the cook peeled the potatoes.
- First of all, we mixed the flour and eggs.
Key words
- adverbial
- a word or phrase that tells you more about a verb
- time adverbial
- says when: later that day
- place adverbial
- says where: behind the shed
- number adverbial
- puts points in order: firstly, secondly
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 instructions for making a sandwich in six sentences. Start each one with an adverbial of number or time, such as firstly, next or finally.
Pupil target: I can use adverbials to link and order ideas.
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 adverbials of time, place and number PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 40 of 43 in the Year 5 SPaG scheme, in the block “Linking ideas”.
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