Appositives Lesson

Choose the appositive.
John, where are you moving? I am moving to the best state in America, Texas.

• John

• Texas

• no appositive

Jackie Chan, a master of karate, is able to defeat all the bad guys. Where is the appositive?

• Jackie Chan

• a master of karate

• a master

• bad guys

Detective Pikachu, a talking Pokemon, tries to solve mysteries. What is the appositive?

• Pikachu

• Detective

• a talking Pokemon

• mysteries

An appositive is

• an adjective or adverb

• an adjective

• a noun or pronoun

Choose the sentence that includes an appositive or appositive phrase.

• Miss Crabtree's appearance was dark and foreboding when she arrived at our door.

• Her heavy black eyebrows met above her nose because her forehead was heavily furrowed.

• We somehow knew that Miss Crabtree, our new governess, would mark an uncomfortable change in our lives.

Choose the sentence that best joins these two sentences with an appositive phrase. Leon Marchand has won four gold medals in the 2024 Olympics. He is a champion swimmer.

• Leon Marchand, who has won four gold medals in the 2024 Olympics, is a champion swimmer.

• Leon Marchand has won four gold medals in the 2024 Olympics, making him a champion swimmer.

• Leon Marchand, a champion swimmer, has won four gold medals in the 2024 Olympics.

Appositives that are essential to the basic meaning of a sentence are set off by commas.

• true

• false

An appositive phrase is an appositive that includes its modifiers.

• true

• false

Which sentence includes a compound appositive?

• I always liked languages; French and German were my favorite subjects in school.

• Two cities, Venice and Genoa, were great rivals at one time.

• When I traveled to Florence and Rome, I learned a little Italian.

Identify the appositive:

While we were in New York, my family and I saw the incredible play Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

• New York

• play

• Hamilton

• Lin-Manuel Miranda