Appositives

Appositive phrases always define a:

• Verb

• Noun or pronoun

• Adjective

• Adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Appositives always always always _______ the word they describe.

• follow usually without commas

• appear at the same time and in the same space as

• Follow, usually with commas,

• Come before

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which phrase in the following sentence is an appositive phrase?

President John Quincy Adams kept an unusual pet, an alligator.

• President John Quincy Adams

• kept an unusual pet

• an alligator

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence below:

Queen Victoria, one of England’s greatest monarchs, ruled for sixty-three years.

• Queen Victoria,

• one of England’s greatest monarchs,

• ruled for sixty-three years.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Petey my pet snake has only bitten one person.
• Petey, my pet snake, has only bitten one person.
• Petey, my pet snake has only bitten one person.
• Petey my pet snake, has only bitten one person.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

If you don't know the meaning of a word, an appositive can help you.

• Yes
• No

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence with an appositive is punctuated correctly

• Albert Einstein who escaped the Nazis invented the nuclear bomb.

• Albert, Einstein who escaped the Nazis invented the nuclear bomb.

• Albert Einstein; who escaped the Nazis, invented the nuclear bomb.

• Albert Einstein, who escaped the Nazis, invented the nuclear bomb.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence with an appositive is correctly punctuated?

• He loves to go to Key West, Florida to go scuba diving his favorite sport

• He loves to go to Key West, Florida to go scuba diving, his favorite sport,.

• He loves to go to Key West, Florida to go scuba diving, his favorite sport.

• He loves to go to Key West, Florida to go scuba, diving his favorite sport

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the appositive in the following sentence?

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,

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The intruder, a large, inquisitive cockroach with hairy legs, is crawling across the kitchen table.

What does the bold portion describe?

• the cockroach

• the intruder

• the kitchen table

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A