Adverbials

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Why do we use adverbials?

We use adverbs to give more information about the verb.

We use adverbials of manner to say how something happens or how something is done:

The children were playing happily.

He was driving as fast as possible.

We use adverbials of place to say where something happens:

I saw him there.

We met in London.

We use adverbials of time to say when or how often something happens:

They start work at six thirty.

They usually go to work by bus.

We use adverbials of probability to show how certain we are about something.

Perhaps the weather will be fine.

He is certainly coming to the party.

Try these tasks to practice your use of adverbials

What are fronted adverbials?

Fronted adverbials, words or phrases that describe the action in a sentence, are introduced to KS2 children in Year 4. Find out how to identify them and how your child will be taught to use fronted adverbials in their writing in our parents' guide to primary grammar concepts.

An adverbial is a word or phrase that has been used like an adverb to add detail or further information to a verb. (An easy way to remember what an adverb is: it adds to the verb.)

Adverbials are used to explain how, where or when something happened; they are like adverbs made up of more than one word.

For example: 

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In the sentences above, the verbs are in pink and the adverbials are in blue.

'Fronted' adverbials are 'fronted' because they have been moved to the front of the sentence, before the verb. In other words, fronted adverbials are words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence, used to describe the action that follows.

A comma is normally used after an adverbial (but there are plenty of exceptions to this rule).

For example:

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"In reality, adverbials are very free in their placement, appearing in different positions in the sentence, not just sentence final:

• sentence initial—[Yesterday], I ran a marathon.
• sentence final—I ran a marathon [yesterday].
• preverbal—I [always] run well in the heat.
• postverbal—I handed the baton [quickly] to the next runner.
• within the verb group—I have [never] won a race

Examples and Observations

• My sister usually visits on Sundays.
• When she isn't working, my sister visits on Sundays.
• My sister visits on Sundays when she isn't workin

Placement of Adverbials

"In reality, adverbials are very free in their placement, appearing in different positions in the sentence, not just sentence final:

• sentence initial—[Yesterday], I ran a marathon.
• sentence final—I ran a marathon [yesterday].
• preverbal—I [always] run well in the heat.
• postverbal—I handed the baton [quickly] to the next runner.
• within the verb group—I have [never] won a race.
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• What is the difference between the terms adverb and Adverbial? The two are often confused and this isn’t surprising, given that they sound so similar. Here are the National Curriculum definitions:
  
  
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EVALUATION

Question 1

Our team played the first half terribly, but we won the game ...

despitewhatevernotwithstanding

Question 2

Peter behaves ... he didn't know where we are.
asas thoughyet

Question 3

Helen is a beautiful girl ... she is stupid.
butalthoughhowever

Question 4

... she was ill, she managed to win the race.
Even thoughDespiteHowever

Question 5

... nobody expected her, she cropped up.
DespiteYetAs

Question 6

I'll close the window ... you don't get cold.

so as toin order toso that
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