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1. Identify the appositive phrase(s). Somehow, Bobby, the mischievous toddler, climbed out on the roof.
2. True or False?An appositive gives extra description to the noun right before it.
3. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? Attending the Capulets party with his cousin, Romeo hoped to see Rosaline, the girl he was crushing on.
4. How are appositives usually punctuated?
5. Identify the appositive phrase in this sentence:Running, the sport that Jesse Owens loved, was always a talent that he had.
6. Appositive phrases function as
7. What phrase needs to be offset using commas? I read a book last night a real page turner.
8. What's the appositive phrase? Melissa, my sister in college, called me last night.
9. Identify the appositive in the sentence:My brother, a skilled artist, painted a beautiful picture.a) My brotherb) a skilled artistc) painted a beautiful pictured) None of the above
10. Identify the appositive phrase(s). When the science teacher saw the spider, a large tarantula with a hairy body, he walked right up to it and asked it if it wanted to go hiking with him.
11. The Outsiders, a young adult novel, is one of the best books I have ever read. Is this a correctly written appositive?
12. Where do you place adjectives on a diagram?
13. Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive?In It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies ever made, a character named Clarence wants to get his wings.
14. Check the punctuation:For the last seven years, I have loved playing soccer.
15. Highlight all the words that make up the appositive phrase. The chemist Professor Ramirez helped Derek Jeter make a volcano for the science fair.
16. What is the purpose of an appositive phrase?a) To add unnecessary information.b) To provide additional details about a noun.c) To confuse the reader.d) To replace a noun in a sentence.
17. Find the sentence with the appositive.
18. Which of the following sentences does not contain an appositive phrase?a) The car, a red sports car, zoomed past.b) The car zoomed past.c) The car, a red sports car, zoomed past the finish line.d) The car, a red sports car, zoomed past the crowd.
19. Many rural people, farmers, are moving to urban areas.
20. How should you combine the two sentences into one sentence that uses an appositive phrase?Logic is my favorite celebrity.Logic is a talented rapper.
21. Identify the appositive or appositive phrase::Did you know that West Side Story, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, was once a Broadway play?
22. Is the clause in red dependent or independent?Before returning to school, the team went to Culvers for ice cream.
23. Choose the appositive in the sentence. Jada, my sister, is beautiful.
24. What is the impact of using appositive, infinitive, and prepositional phrases in writing?
25. The teacher, a tall, thin man with a full beard, taught math with the utmost enthusiasm.
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