When a sentence starts somewhere else, a comma marks the join
Lesson 10 of 14 Year 4
Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildIf the when, where or how comes first, put a comma after it.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: Every morning · Every morning, we feed the cat.
Tick: In the kitchen · In the kitchen, Polpetta stirs the soup.
Tick: We wash the pans in the kitchen.
4 · Help Polpetta
The comma is wrong because The soup is who the sentence is about, not a when, where or how part. It cannot move to the end, so nothing was fronted and it takes no comma: The soup is fresh today.
2 · Find the 3 mistakes
1
First wash
First, wash
2
Every morning we
Every morning, we
3
The cook, wipes
The cook wipes
After lunch, we clean the tables is the decoy (already right).
MediumCould that opening part move to the end? Then it is fronted, and it takes a comma.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: After school, Later that day · After school, I help in the café.
Tick: Under the counter, With a smile · With a smile, Mia handed out the menus.
Tick: We keep the spare menus under the counter., The spare menus are kept under the counter.
4 · Help Polpetta
The soup is the subject, who the sentence is about, not a when, where or how part. Try moving it to the end: is fresh today the soup is nonsense, so nothing was fronted and the comma has to go.
2 · Find the 4 mistakes
1
First wash
First, wash
2
Every Friday we
Every Friday, we
3
Before you leave check
Before you leave, check
4
The washing-up, is
The washing-up is
After lunch, wipe every table is the decoy.
SpicyMove it to the end. If it goes, it was fronted, and the comma was earning its keep.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Before the rush, we laid the tables. We laid the tables before the rush.
Outside the café, a queue formed before nine o'clock.
Polpetta dropped the tray. Polpetta is who the sentence is about and will not move to the end, so no comma.
4 · Help Polpetta
The comma marks the join after a fronted part. At seven is at the end now, so there is no join to mark and the comma does nothing: The café opens at seven. Put it at the front and it needs one: At seven, the café opens.
2 · Find the 6 mistakes
1
First wash
First, wash
2
Every Friday we
Every Friday, we
3
Before you leave check
Before you leave, check
4
The washing-up, is
The washing-up is
5
the floor, at the end
the floor at the end
6
has gone lock
has gone, lock
After lunch, wipe every table is the decoy. The commas round who never shouts are a different job and stay.