Practice Identifying and Correcting Appositives

Identify the appositive: My son, the policeman, will be visiting us next week.

• My son

• the policeman

• next

• week

Identify the appositive: The captain ordered the ship’s carpenters to assemble the Express Boat, a large rowboat.

• The captain

• carpenters

• Express Boat

• a large rowboat

Identify the appositive: The actor Daro directed only one picture.

• The actor

• Daro

• only one

• picture

Identify the appositive: 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

Choose the best version of the sentence

• Candy my oldest cat, is a calico, with a pink and gray nose.

• Candy, my oldest cat, is a calico, with a pink and gray nose.

• Candy, my oldest cat, is a calico with a pink and gray nose.

Choose the best version of the sentence:

• Shona, the girl, wearing the pink dress is in my biology class.

• Shona the girl wearing the pink dress, is in my biology class.

• Shona, the girl wearing the pink dress, is in my biology class.

Choose the best version of the sentence:

• Last night I attended a great musical, The King and I.

• Last night, I attended, a great musical The King and I.

• Last night I attended, a great musical, The King and I.

Choose the best version of the sentence:

• This concept, the appositive can be a tricky element, in grammar.

• This concept, the appositive, can be a tricky element in grammar.

• his concept the appositive, can be a tricky element, in grammar.