Using Commas with Appositives

APPOSITIVES

9/3/20XX

Which part identifies, renames, or

explains the noun or pronoun?

Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, is
an architectural and engineering marvel

that reaches a height of 828 meters.

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Introduction

An appositive is a noun or pronoun that identifies,
renames, or explains another noun or pronoun next to it.

An appositive phrase includes an appositive and its
modifiers.

Appositives come in two forms, Restrictive and
Non-restrictive.

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Restrictive Appositive

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• When you use an appositive that is essential to

understanding it’s called a Restrictive Appositive.

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Let’s look at some examples.

Non-restrictive

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• Non-restrictive (or non-essential) appositives provide extra

information about the noun or noun phrase that we don’t
need to understand the sentence properly.

• Let’s look at some examples.

Open Ended

Use appositives and appositive phrases to fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow. (Textbook P. 330)

Our cat, _________, likes to sleep on my bed.

Open Ended

Use appositives and appositive phrases to fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow. (Textbook P. 330)

My brother, __________, loves to cook.

Multiple Choice

Identify the restrictive appositive:

My cousin Adams likes video games.

• my cousin

• Adams

• likes

• video games

Multiple Choice

Identify the restrictive appositive:

My friend Samer gave a speech on space technology.

• Samer

• my friend

• gave

• a speech on space technology

Multiple Choice

Identify the restrictive appositive:

My classmate Rami plays football.

• my classmate

• football

• plays

• Rami

Multiple Choice

Identify the non-restrictive appositive:

My cat, Winny, is two years old.

• my cat

• is

• Winny

• two years old

Multiple Choice

Identify the non-restrictive appositive:

Jack's ice cream, a huge mound of chocolate, started to melt.

• Jack's ice cream

• started

• to melt

• a huge mound of chocolate

Multiple Choice

Identify the non-restrictive appositive:

Sam, one of my friends, is a football player.

• one of my friends

• Sam

• is

• a football player