Absolute and Participial Phrases

Whistling a tune, Coach Wright walked into the gym to start practice.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Mr. G, balancing himself carefully, aimed his camera to take a selfie.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

The entire crowd at lunch gathered about the Daniel, urging him to dance.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

The magician patted the hat, holding it quietly, waiting for life to revive.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

High in the air, a little figure, his hands thrust in his short jacket pockets, stood staring out to sea.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

The boy watched, his eyes bulging out of his face.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Outside, his carpetbag in his hand, he stood for a time in the barnyard.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Miss Hearne, her face burning, hardly listened to these words.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

He walked with a prim strut, swinging out his legs in a half-circle with each step, his heels biting smartly into the red velvet carpet on the floor.

• Participial Phrase

• Absolute Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

An independent clause is

• The part of a sentence that can stand by itself as a complete sentence

• The part of the sentence that cannot stand by itself

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B