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Enhancing Writing Skills with Appositives

Enhancing Writing Skills with Appositives

Assessment

Interactive Video

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English

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6th - 10th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS
L.7.1A, L.3.1A, L.9-10.1B

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Liam Anderson

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

CCSS.L.7.1A
,
CCSS.L.3.1A
,
CCSS.L.9-10.1B
CCSS.L.4.1A
,
CCSS.L.6.2A
,
The video tutorial explains how to enhance simple sentences by using appositives and adding extra information. It covers the definition of appositives, which involve naming something twice, and provides examples such as 'Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, invented the Model T.' The tutorial also discusses adding extra information using 'who', 'that', and 'which', and how these can be used to provide optional details about nouns in a sentence. The use of commas to separate this additional information is emphasized, showing how it can strengthen otherwise simple sentences.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an appositive?

A type of verb

A little bit of extra information or description

A conjunction

A type of adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is an appositive typically punctuated in a sentence?

With semicolons

With parentheses

With dashes

With commas

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence 'Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, invented the Model T,' what is the appositive?

invented the Model T

the founder of Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

Henry Ford

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains an appositive?

She went to the store.

The cat sat on the mat.

My friend, a talented musician, plays the guitar.

They are reading a book.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When adding extra information about a person, which word should you start with?

which

who

where

that

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence 'Georgia O'Keefe, who was a famous painter, lived in the southwest,' what is the extra information?

who was a famous painter

Georgia O'Keefe

the southwest

lived in the southwest

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When adding extra information about an object, which word should you start with?

who

where

that

which

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A

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