FAD Rvw: appositives/commas/prep phrases/sent types

What is an appositive?

• Noun/noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
• Adjective phrase modifying the nearby noun
• Adverb phrase modifying the nearby verb
• One word that describes the subject in the sentence

The following are words that can begin an appositive EXCEPT:

• the
• a
• an
• is

Which of the following sentences DOES NOT punctuate the appositive correctly?

• Clayton, the boy who plays baseball is a pitcher.
• One of the world's scariest theme parks, Six Flags is a popular place to visit during Halloween.
• Katie, the girl in jazz band, wrote her own melody that requires a saxophone.
• My mother told my brother to tidy up his room, the messiest place in the house.

Which of the following sentences are punctuated correctly?

• The insect, a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal, is crawling across the kitchen table.
• My 486 computer, a modern-day dinosaur chews floppy disks as noisily as my brother does peanut brittle.
• Diane's eleven-year-old beagle Reliable chews holes in the living room carpeting as if he were still a puppy.
• The chief surgeon an expert in organ-transplant procedures took her nephew on a hospital tour.

An adverb clause begins with what type of word?

• Adverb
• Relative Pronoun
• Subordinating Conjunction
• Coordinating Conjunction

An adjective clause begins with what type of word?

• Adjective
• Relative Pronoun
• Subordinating Conjunction
• Coordinating Conjunction

Which of the following sentences are punctuated INCORRECTLY?

• John Snow's white dog, Ghost, is soft and fluffy.
• A man with a genuine heart Mr. Baldwin donated money for the new library.
• A huge dog with big paws, Bear was always tracking mud into the house.
• My backpack, the one that is red and blue, is by the door.

Which of the following sentences are punctuated CORRECTLY?

• My mother will make my favorite food, spaghetti, for supper.
• Jonathan, the boy in the blue baseball cap is my best friend.
• Our teacher Mrs. Walker gave us lots of homework last night.
• The playoffs for soccer, my favorite sport are today after school.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: Our teacher gave us lots of homework last night.

• Our teacher
• gave us lots
• of homework
• last night

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: My favorite holiday is in December.

• in December
• My favorite
• favorite holiday
• is in December