Appositives Participial Phrases and Absolute Phrases

What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

Mr. Essell, a Michigan fan, won his NCAA bracket.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

• Appositive

• Dependent Clause

What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

Mr. Case, our assistant principal, made an announcement.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

• Appositive

• Dependent Clause

What phrase is underlined in the following sentence?

Listening to music with her headphones, Sam studied for her test.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

• Appositive

• Dependent Clause

What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

Mrs. Milton ran out of the office, her coffee spilling onto the hallway floor.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

• Appositive

• Dependent Clause

What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

Fists raised, the protesters screamed at the speaker.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

• Appositive

• Dependent Clause

What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

He studied hard for his quiz, putting in the time it took to do well.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

• Appositive

• Independent Clause

What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

Panicking about the tornado, the students and teachers raced into the hall.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

• Appositive

• Dependent Clause

What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

Mr. Bobeda, our heroic principal, raced into the burning building.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

• Appositive

• Dependent Clause

What are the underlined portion of the sentence called?

Feet kicking, arms flailing, the boy who didn't know how to swim screamed out for help.

• Participial Phrases

• Absolute Phrases

• Appositives

• Dependent Clauses

What part of speech does a participle act like?

• pronoun

• adverb

• noun

• adjective