Participial and Absolute Phrases

Choose the participial phrase:

• meet with the dean

• work from home

• removing his glasses

• hum a tune

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the participial phrase:

• calling the babysitter

• take the phone

• just falling

• bring the book

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the participial phrase:

Ron loved his new hiking shoes, wearing them even to church.

• Ron loved

• new hiking shoes

• wearing them

• wearing them even to church

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the participial phrase:

Her sister, using a calm voice, told us to stand still.

• Her sister

• using a calm voice

• told us to stand still

• stand still

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the absolute phrase:

• the boy watched

• his eyes bulging in the dark

• the girl stopped

• the dog slept

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the absolute phrase:

• his hands raw

• he reached

• a flat place

• the top of the mountain

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the absolute phrase:

A seared man, his charred clothes fuming where the blast had blown out the fire, rose from the curb.

• A seared man

• his charred clothes

• his charred clothes fuming where the blast had blown out the fire

• rose from the curb

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the absolute phrase:

Their iPads restricted, the students could no longer play Clash of Clans.

• Their iPads restricted

• the students could

• no longer play

• no longer play Clash of Clans

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B