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title: Fronted adverbials — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Fronted adverbials

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The 14 questions of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 76 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/29-fronted-adverbials/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t1/) — «'after lunch we played' is fine, commas are optional innit». What should the pupil do? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t2/) — ★★ Which sentence uses a fronted adverbial correctly? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t3/) — ★★ «Carefully Ali carried the eggs.» What is the only thing missing? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t4/) — ★★★ «As soon as the bell rang, Max grabbed his bag and ran out of the door.» How long is the fronted adverbial? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t5/) — ★★★ Which sentence does NOT have a fronted adverbial? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t6/) — ★★★ Move the adverbial to the front: «The fox crept through the dark wood without making a sound.» — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t7/) — In a cartoon, the Grammar Gremlin says, «Fronted adverbials must be ONE word, like Suddenly.» What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t8/) — What would happen if every sentence in a story started «Then,»? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t9/) — «my lover, what's an adverbial when it's at home?» What would be a good example to give? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t10/) — «y'all, 'once upon a time' is a fronted adverbial?» Is it? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/e1/) — Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence «At noon, the omnibus departed». — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the punctuation conventionally required after a fronted adverbial? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sentence «Carefully, carried the eggs». — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/e4/) — Ascertain which of the following may serve as a fronted adverbial. — wrong ✗ · exam

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