Appositives

Appositive Phrases

Appositive

​An appositive is a noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it.

Examples: My cousin Natalie is an accomplished swimmer.

Zamidar, a cheesecake, owns a nice-looking car.

Appositive Phrases

​An appositive phrase consists of an appositive and its modifiers.

Examples: My brother's car, a silver hatchback with rims, won the drag race.

Mr. Crumble, a member of the cookie association, asked a question during the cake conference.

Once a pagan celebration, Valentine's Day is now known as a day of love.

Multiple Choice

What is an appositive?

• An appositive shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

• ​An appositive is a noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it.

• An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

Multiple Choice

What is the appositive phrase in the following:

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter, was also an inventor.

• Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter,

• , was also an inventor.

• Leonardo da Vinci,

• , the great Renaissance painter,

Multiple Choice

What is the appositive phrase in the following:

Clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had.

• Clarence,

• , must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had.

• , an angel,

• what a wonderful life he has had.

Multiple Choice

Select the appositive or appositive phrase:

Coffee, a great source of energy, is the perfect drink on cool nights.

• Coffee

• Coffee, a great source of energy

• a great source of energy

• cool nights

Multiple Choice

Select the appositive or appositive phrase.

In the time of the Roman Republic, only male Roman citizens were allowed to wear the toga, a long cloth wrapped around the body.

• In the time of the Roman Republic

• only male Roman citizens were allowed to wear the toga,

• a long cloth wrapped around the body.

Multiple Choice

Identify the appositive phrase:

Charles Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol, once worked in a shoe polish factory.

• Charles Dickens

• the author

• the author of A Christmas Carol

• in a shoe polish factory

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of phrase in the following sentence:

Grabbing a sandwich, Rene hurried off to join his friends. 

• gerund phrase

• appositve phrase

• participle phrase

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of phrase in the following sentence:

Ms. Smith's only comment on my paper was that my handwriting was difficult to read.

• appositive phrase

• infinitive phrase

• prepositional phrase

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of phrase in the following sentence:

Filling this order will take two weeks.

• infinitive phrase

• gerund phrase

• particple phrase

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of phrase in the following sentence:

Cuts and bruises, minor injuries for most children, are treated by the school nurse.

• appositive phrase

• infinitive phrase

• prepositional phrase