Apposition

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents Noun Phrases in Apposition?

• My friend, the doctor, gave me some medical advice.

• Our boss, the CEO of the company, is coming to the meeting.

• The painting, the masterpiece by Picasso, sold for millions of dollars. 

• All of them are true

Open Ended

Create your example for Noun Phrases in Apposition.

Open Ended

Try to come up with a sentence which has an appositive providing examples for the subject.

Possible answer:

Boxing, wrestling,MMA and hokey - these are the types of sports gaining more and more youngsters’ attention

Open Ended

Try to come up with two sentence which have an appositive renaming a thing or a person, or restating an idea. (renaming with ‘twist’)

Possible answer:

Over and over we see students writing essays, useless waste of paper and time, which get thrown into recycling bin a second after submission

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with an appropriate appositive:

My grandmother died with all signs of old age.

Answer:

Any sentence that uses prepositional phrases as an appositive is correct. Example: My grandmother died with all signs of old age, with gray hair and wrinkles, with impaired hearing and vision. 

Multiple Choice

Identify a verb phrase that acts as appositive in this sentence: By dinner, you must finish your chores, put away the dishes, and clean clothes.

• must finish your chores

• put away the dishes

• put away the dishes, and clean clothes

• none of the above.

Open Ended

Combine the sentences below by creating an absolute phrase. 

There are many tales about Mozart’s ear. Some are no doubt apocryphal.