Appositives Lesson

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

• John

• Texas

• no appositive

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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

• Pikachu

• Detective

• a talking Pokemon

• mysteries

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

An appositive is

• an adjective or adverb

• an adjective

• a noun or pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

An appositive phrase is an appositive that includes its modifiers.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B