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Comma Appositives

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Comma Appositives
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these do appositive phrases add details or descriptions to?

Adjectives

Verbs

Nouns

Prepositions

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where do the comma(s) go in the following sentence?

My mom Angela is a good cook.

My, mom, Angela is a good cook.

My mom, Angela, is a good cook.

My mom Angela, is a good cook.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the sentence with correct comma usage.

My dear old grandfather who is seventy years old still jogs everyday.

My dear old grandfather ,who is seventy years old, still jogs everyday.

My dear old grandfather, who is seventy years old still jogs everyday.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An appositive provides more information about a noun.

Yes

No

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the appositive.
The dogs jumped the fence, and they became lost. Mr. Fos, the owner, searched all day for them.

the owner

and they became lost

no appositive

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of punctuation is typically used with an appositive phrase?

commas

parenthesis

exclamation marks

quotation marks

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which part of the sentence is the appositive?
Draco, my pet cat, is black with a white spot on his chest.

Draco

my pet cat

is black with a white spot on his chest

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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