Key learning points

1. A fronted adverbial is a sentence starter followed by a comma that expresses detail about time, place, manner or cause.
2. A fronted adverbial can be a single word, phrase or clause.
3. A clause is a group of words that contains a verb.
4. A phrase is a group of words with no verb.
5. A variety of fronted adverbials are useful to achieve text flow.

Common misconception

Keywords

• 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