appositives

Which part of speech will be an appositive?

• adverb

• conjunction

• verb

• noun

An appositive is a word that follows a . . .

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

• preposition

What punctuation is used to separate a nonrestrictive appositive from the word it is renaming and the rest of the sentence?

• a period (.)

• a semicolon (;)

• an apostrophe (')

• a comma (,)

An appositive provides more information about a noun.

• Yes
• No

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

• Yes
• No

Choose the appositive.
John, where are you moving? I am moving to the best state in America, Texas.

• John
• Texas
• no appositive

What is the appositive(s) phrase?
Mr. Riley, our neighbor, is moving to a different city.

• Mr. Riley
• moving to a different city
• Mr. Riley, our neighbor
• our neighbor

What is the appositive(s) phrase?
The car, a silver Honda, had two flat tires.

• The car
• had two flat tires
• The car
• a silver Honda

Choose the appositive in the sentence.
Jada, my sister, is beautiful.

• Jada
• my sister
• beautiful

What is the appositive(s)?
Our teacher, Ms. McKinnon, was absent from school all week.

• Our teacher
• Ms. McKinnon
• was absent
• from school all week