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Appositive ClausesSet 2

1Room where the school secretary works.

2Write a sentence with an appositive that renames the noun 'teacher'.

3Identify the appositive in the following sentence: "The novel, a thrilling adventure, captivated readers worldwide."

4What is the sentence function for the word "cooper"?

5Mickey Mouse, short for Mitchell Mouse, a cartoon character created by Walt Disney, celebrates his birth as November 18, 1928, making him 91-years-old this year.

6Her answer, a complete surprise, shocked everyone. What does the appositive "a complete surprise" do?

7Who calls the roll?

8The italicized word, phrase, or clause functions as a .....? ..... in the following sentence.The belief that Christ rose from the dead is an essential part of our faith.

9Which option best combines these two sentences using an appositive? 'Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is a gas giant.'

10Non-essential appositives are needed to identify the subject in the sentence.

11The store ..... went out of business last year.

12A clause, set apart by commas, explaining, or giving definition to another part of the sentence

13Is the information within in the commas in the sentence below a correct use of an appositive or not? University of Virginia, a very well-known university, canceled classes due to the storm.

14Quarter horses were developed in eighteenth-century Virginia to race on courses short of about a quarter of a mile in length.

15Chaucer, the author of The Canterbury Tales, influenced English literature. What is the appositive phrase?

16True or False:An appositive always needs to be set off by commas.

17Who is Mack?

18What type of sentence structure is this: The living room, the biggest room in the house, looks out on to a beautiful garden

19What is the appositive in this sentence?The Chocolate Hills, the pride of Bohol, is often visited by tourists

20Choose the most specific and correctly punctuated appositive phrase to complete the sentence: Mount Everest, ....., attracts climbers from all over the world.

21Which type of phrase functions as an "interrupting definition?"

22In the sentence 'The architect Bernini designed the entrance, ' what is the appositive?

23Down the beach from the condo, we rented, the kids were able to find an abundance of shells and hermit crabs.

24What is Kiki's role in the talent show?

25Which one is Not an acceptable reference?

26Identify the function of the gerund phrase below.Ali's greatest accomplishment is working on fifteen tasks at once.

27The news that the school is closing shocked everyone. Identify the function of "that the school is closing" .

28This is Mrs. Yuli. She is a beautiful old lady. She has 1 daughter, Mia. Mia has 2 children, Ana and Akbar. Who is Akbar to Mrs. Yuli?

29What is an appositive sentence element?

30Analyze the sentence structure: "The garden was full of flowers, a beautiful oasis."What is the ERROR in the sentence?

31What is the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence?Kevin is training his new dog a Labrador retriever.

32Barney the dinosaur a famous children's TV character is being remade as a cartoon.

33Nicole, my youngest sister, is the greatest singer! (appositive)

34Identify the appositive:My friend Danielle loves English class so much

35The building in which plays are performed

36Rio de Janeiro, ....., is well known for its carnival and landmarks.

37Beverly Sills, ....., assumeddirectorship of the New York CityOpera in 1979.

38Identify the noun clause used as an appositive in the following sentence: The movie's theme that prejudice causes hatred relates to Romeo and Juliet.

39What is the noun the appositive identifies? Loren has two older brothers Mitchell and Kyle.

40What do appositive phrases provide without disrupting narrative flow?

41What grammatical element is illustrated in the sentence below "My goal to be independently wealthy by the age of 50 is looking increasingly unrealistic"

42US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was appointed in 2009. She is ..... and served as a senator for eight years before her appointment.

43Identify the noun clause used as an appositive in the following sentence: It was an excellent idea that I had chosen to read the book first.

44Weather balloons carry instruments into the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. (appositive?)

45Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? The Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500.

46Appositives can be built by contrasting any of the different parts of a statement.

47Identify the restrictive appositive in the sentence:'The author J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter.'

48Is the information within in the commas in the sentence below a correct use of an appositive or not? The pyramid of Khufu, The Great Pyramid at Giza, another name for Khufu, loomed over the explorers.

49A fourth-grade teacher writes the following sentence on the board during a vocabulary lesson:"The paleontologist, a dinosaur scientist, used a magnifying glass to determine the type of fossil found during an expedition in the desert."In order to find the meaning of "paleontologist" using a word-learning strategy, the teacher is teaching a directed lesson on:

50Identify the appositive phrase:Gary Paulsen's best work, Hatchet is about survival.

51True or False:The appositive in the following sentence is "becoming a surveyor"George Washington, a man who loved learning, became a surveyor.

52An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

53A guest is anyone who:

54Identify the appositive phrase in this sentence:Running, the sport that Jesse Owens loved, was always a talent that he had.

55Saturday Night Live a comedy sketch series included a skit about the China balloon.

56The baseball season ends with an annual contest, the World Series. The appositive is .....

57"Can you take me to the Park Inn?"

58Appositives that are essential to the basic meaning of a sentence are set off by commas.

59Does this sentence contain an appositive or a direct address of a name? Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

60In the sentence 'The lights, flashing yellow bulbs, distracted everyone, ' what is the function of 'flashing yellow bulbs'?

61How would you punctuate this sentence correctly using an appositive phrase? 'My twin Daniel rode in a Mardi Gras parade.'