Starter quiz

  • Match the labels to the examples of fronted adverbials.
    • word
      ⇔
      Soon,  ✓
    • phrase
      ⇔
      Before long,  ✓
    • clause
      ⇔
      Before we go home, ✓
  • What tells us that 'as the sun rose' is an adverbial clause?
    • It begins with a subordinating conjunction.  ✓
    • It is a type of subordinate clause.  ✓
    • It does not make complete sense on its own.  ✓
    • It needs a main clause in order to make complete sense.  ✓
    • It does make complete sense on its own.
  • Tick all the sentences that start with a fronted adverbial clause.
    • When we had finished, we packed up.  ✓
    • Then, we packed up.
    • Before lunch, we finished our projects.
    • Before we could go to lunch, we finished our projects.  ✓
  • Decide which version of each sentence shows a fronted adverbial clause.
    • Because the forest was so dark, we could barely see.  ✓
    • We could barely see because the forest was so dark.
    • While Jun waited patiently, Miss Ofoedu marked his work.  ✓
    • Miss Ofoedu marked Jun's work while he waited patiently.
  • Tick all the sentences which begin with fronted adverbials of time.
    • Then, it began to hail.  ✓
    • While the hail fell, we huddled indoors.  ✓
    • Frustrated, we ate our lunch quietly.
    • Before we could even finish, lunch was over.  ✓
  • Sam says the following sentence contains a fronted adverbial clause. Do you agree? As a surprise, Mr Clarke let us have extra play.
    • Yes, because it starts with the subordinating conjunction 'as'.
    • Yes, because 'As a surprise' contains a verb.
    • No, because there is no verb in 'As a surprise', so it's not a clause.  ✓
    • No, because a clause cannot begin with 'As'.
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