Appositives

What is an appositive?

• a noun or noun phrase that renames or defines

• a type of punctuation

• another word for a semicolon

• an action word

When do you need to use commas with an appositive?

• always

• when the appostitive describes a noun

• when the appositive is essential to the sentence

• when the appostive isn't really necessary and could be removed from the sentence

Appostives can also be punctuated with ____.

• dashes and parenthesis

• apostrophes and colons

• question marks and quotation marks

• brackets and underlines

Which is the appositive? "My cat, Cloudy, likes to sleep all day."

• Cat

• Cloudy

• sleep

• day

Which is the appositive? "Our school, Cabrillo High School, is located in Vandenberg Village.

• located

• Our school

• Cabrillo High School

• Vandenberg Village

Which is the appositive? "Mr. Eisen, the science teacher, works in the aquarium."

• Mr. Eisen

• the science teacher

• aquarium

• works

Which is the appositive? "Our principal, who is new this year, used to work at Santa Ynez High School.

• principal

• who is new this year

• work at

• Santa Ynez High School

Which is the appositive? "The vice principal, Mr. Grimnes, has worked here for many years."

• vice principal

• Mr. Grimnes

• worked here

• many years

The theater program,​ ​ (a)   is very popular at Cabrillo.

• run by Ms. Peterson,
• science class
• used to be
• I'm not taking theater

The water polo team, ​ (a)   celebrated their winning season.

• CIF champions,
• it's a pretty big team,
• my brother is on the team,
• the coach said,