Appositive and Prepositional Phrases Practice

Find the appositive in this sentence: My dog, Lola, is so fat.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What would the sentence be without the appositive?

Raiyan, a very fast person, plays Xbox.

• Raiyan is a very fast person who plays Xbox.

• A very fast person plays Xbox.

• Raiyan plays Xbox.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the appositive?

Eva, an excellent artist, won the art contest.

• Eva

• an excellent artist

• won the art contest

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the appositive helping to describe/define:

Nina, a reader, has a lot of books.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Is this sentence correctly punctuated:

Brandon the clever boy, is awesome.

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the appositive in the sentence:

Everyone loves the playful, awesome dog, Carter.

• Everyone

• playful

• awesome

• awesome dog

• Carter

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What do appositives do?

• gain the audience’s attention

• take away the audience’s attention

• explain and elaborate

• move from negativity to positivity

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Select the appositive phrase:

Basketball, my favorite sport, requires a great deal of stamina.

• basketball

• my favorite sport

• requires a great deal

• of stamina

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

True or false: sentences CANNOT make sense without an appositive phrase.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B