Conventions: Appositives

Multiple Choice

Which part of speech will be an appositive be?

• adverb

• conjunction

• verb

• noun

Multiple Choice

What punctuation is used to separate a nonessential appositive from the word it is identifying or explaining and the rest of the sentence?

• a period (.)

• a semicolon (;)

• an apostrophe (')

• a comma (,)

Multiple Choice

Identify the appositive phrase.

The bald eagle, our national bird, soared above the trees.

•  

  The bald eagle

•  

  Our national bird

•  

  Soared above

• Trees

Multiple Choice

Identify the appositive phrase.

I would love a bright red Porsche, a sports car.

• I

• would love

• bright red Porshe

• a sports car

Multiple Choice

Identify the appositive phrase.

Trucks, large and small cargo carriers, come in all colors.

• Trucks

• large and small cargo carriers

• come

• in all colors