Appositive Identification

What is an appositive?

• A verb or verb phrase that renames or identifies another verb or pronoun in a sentence.

• A type of punctuation used to separate items in a list.

• A noun or noun phrase that renames or identifies another noun or pronoun in a sentence.

• A type of adjective that describes a noun or pronoun in a sentence.

Which of the following is an example of an appositive phrase? a) The dog barked loudly. b) My best friend, Sarah, is coming over. c) I love eating ice cream.

• d) The sun is shining.

• b) My best friend, Sarah, is coming over.

• c) I love eating ice cream.

• a) The dog barked loudly.

True or False: Appositives are always set off by commas.

• True

• Appositives are never set off by commas.

• Appositives are only set off by semicolons.

• Appositives are set off by parentheses.

• False

Identify the appositive in the following sentence: My sister, a talented musician, plays the piano beautifully.

• a talented musician

• My sister

• plays the piano beautifully

• talented musician plays the piano

Which of the following is NOT an appositive? a) The tall building, a skyscraper, stood in the city center. b) The cat, a fluffy Persian, purred softly. c) The book, an interesting mystery, kept me hooked until the end. d) The car drove past quickly.

• d

• c

• b

• a

True or False: Appositives can be placed before or after the noun they rename.

• False

• Appositives can only be placed before the noun they rename

• Appositives can only be placed after the noun they rename

• True

Identify the appositive in the following sentence: The famous scientist, Albert Einstein, developed the theory of relativity.

• developed the theory of relativity

• The famous scientist

• Albert Einstein

• The famous scientist, Albert Einstein, developed the theory of relativity.

Which of the following is an example of an appositive phrase? a) The sun, a bright star, shines during the day. b) The flowers bloomed beautifully. c) The teacher, Mrs. Johnson, explained the lesson.

• d

• a

• c

• b

True or False: Appositives are always necessary for sentence comprehension.

• Sometimes

• Only in complex sentences

• True

• False

Identify the appositive in the following sentence: My favorite food, pizza, is delicious.

• pizza

• My favorite

• is delicious

• My favorite food