Identifying Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the appositives:

John Kennedy the popular US president was almost an entirely different person than John Kennedy the young naval reservist.

• John Kennedy

• the popular US president

• the young naval reservist

Appositives act as

Nonessential appositives are ALWAYS offset by

• quotations

• a colon

• commas

• periods

Which type of appositive requires commas?

• Nonessential

• Essential

Write your own sentence using a nonessential appositive.

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Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

That tent over there, the large one with the orange trim, looks right for our family.

• the large one with the orange trim

• the large one

• That tent

• with the orange trim

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

Two ports--St. Thomas and Nassau--were lively.

• St. Thomas

• were lively

• Nassau

• St. Thomas and Nassau

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

The couple named the child Miley, an old family name.

• The couple

• an old family name

• child Miley

• Miley

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

The play, a comedy, kept us laughing all evening.

• a comedy

• The play

• laughing all evening

• all evening