📚 English · Grammar & Punctuation
Linking paragraphs with adverbials
Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (later, meanwhile, after a while), place (nearby, far away, beyond the wall), and number (secondly, finally, in addition) to guide the reader through a multi-paragraph text
Typical age: 9–11 years
“When your child writes a multi-paragraph story or report, do they use linking phrases — like "Meanwhile, far away…" or "By the following morning…" — to guide the reader smoothly from one section to the next?”
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- Fronted Adverbials and Commas
Fronted adverbials are one of the key mechanisms for linking paragraphs (e.g. Meanwhile, Later that day)
- Cohesion within paragraphsREQUIRED
Linking across paragraphs builds on within-paragraph cohesion; learners must achieve cohesion within paragraphs before linking between them