Appositives

Identify the appositive phrase.

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

• The bald eagle

• soared above the trees

• the trees

• our national bird

Identify the appositive phrase.

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

• Porsche

• a sports car

• a bright red Porsche

• I would love

Identify the appositive phrase.

Michael Phelps, a champion swimmer, won eight gold medals in the 2008 Olympics.

• a champion swimmer

• won eight gold medals

• Michael Phelps

• gold medals

Identify the appositive phrase.

Harrods, a large department store, is centered in London.

• Harrods

• a large department store

• is centered in London

• London

Identify the appositive phrase.

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

• loomed over

• the pyramid of Khufu

• The Great Pyramid

• the explorers

What punctuation is used to separate an appositive from the word it is explaining and the rest of the sentence?

• a period (.)

• an apostrophe (')

• a semicolon (;)

• a comma (,)

Identify the appositive:

An enormous man with great strength, Henry was able to carry the entire pallet of bricks by himself.

• Henry

• An enormous man with great strength

• the entire pallet of bricks

• himself

Which sentence below is correctly punctuated?

• My sister, the tall one is about to enter high school.

• My sister the tall one, is about to enter high school.

• My sister the tall one is about to enter high school.

• My sister, the tall one, is about to enter high school.

Identify the appositive phrase.

A beautiful British Shorthair, Trixie was my favorite cat.

• Trixie

• my favorite cat

• A beautiful British Shorthair

• Trixie was my favorite cat

Roald Dahl, a famous children's author, wrote many of his books in pencil on yellow legal pads.

• yellow legal pads

• a famous children's author

• Roald Dahl

• many of his books