A fronted adverbial is when the adverbial word or phrase is moved to the front of the sentence, before the verb. Earlier today, I discovered fronted adverbials.

You might think of it as a little introduction which sits before the comma, and sets up the main part. So, in the explanation above, “quite simply” is a fronted adverbial (gold star if you spotted it) ...

By the ages of seven to nine, pupils will learn about fronted adverbials, adverbs, present perfect and propositions; two years later, they will move on to metaphors, similes, analogies, passive ...

A fronted adverbial is when the adverbial word or phrase is moved to the front of the sentence, before the verb. Earlier today, I discovered fronted adverbials.