Appositives

Identify the appositive phrase.

The bald eagle, our national bird, soared above the trees.

•  

  The bald eagle

•  

  Our national bird

•  

  Soared above

• Trees

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

Identify the appositive phrase.

I would love a bright red Porsche, a sports car.

• I

• would love

• bright red Porshe

• a sports car

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

Identify the appositive phrase.

Ken and Joyce, Ken's wife, are business partners.

• Ken and Joyce

• Ken's wife

•  

  are business

• partners

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

Identify the appositive phrase.

Macy's, a large department store, is centered in New York.

• Macy's

• A large department store

• is centered

• in New York

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

Identify the appositive phrase.

The pyramid of Khufu, the Great Pyramid, loomed over the explorers.

• The pyramid

• Khufu

• The Great Pyramid

• loomed over the explorers

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

Identify the appositive phrase.

Trucks, large and small cargo carriers, come in all colors.

• Trucks

• large and small cargo carriers

• come

• in all colors

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

Paul, my nephew, ate the chocolate bar.

•  

  my nephew

• the chocolate bar

• both

• none

The flashlight should be returned to Mark, the owner.

• The flashlight

• Mark

• should be returned

• the owner

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which part of speech will be an appositive be?

• adverb

• conjunction

• verb

• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

What punctuation is used to separate a nonessential appositive from the word it is identifying or explaining and the rest of the sentence?

• a period (.)

• a semicolon (;)

• an apostrophe (')

• a comma (,)