Identifying Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Exercise 2: Identifying Words Modified by Appositives and Appositive Phrases Identify the word(s) being modified by the underlined Appositive or Appositive Phrase in the sentence. I told the two children, Dan and Sue, a story.

• I

• two children

• children

• story

Identify the word(s) being modified by the underlined Appositive or Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

She planted the trees in a special soil--a rich compost.

• She

• soil

• special soil

• trees

Identify the word(s) being modified by the underlined Appositive or Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

10. I eat grapefruit, my favorite breakfast food, every morning.

• eat

• I

• morning

• grapefruit

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

We served Manhattan clam chowder, a tomato-based soup.

• Manhattan clam chowder

• tomato-based

• We served

• tomato-based soup

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:

The coast of Africa, one of the world's largest continents, is a prosperous trading region.

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:

Charles Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol, once worked in a shoe polish factory.

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:

What is an appositive?

• An appositive shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

• An appositive is a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun or pronoun.

• An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

Identify the appositive phrase:

Author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was extremely well-educated for his time.

• Author of the Declaration of Independence

• the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• well-educated for his time

Identify the appositive phrase:

A popular US president, John F. Kennedy was known for his eloquent and inspirational speeches.

• A popular US president

• US president

• John F. Kennedy

• eloquent and inspirational speeches