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Appositive ClausesSet 5

1Complete the sentence with a restrictive (essential) appositive: 'The artist ..... is famous for his sculpture 'The Thinker'.'

2The ..... of a local town is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote local businesses

3My mother, an art teacher, is not very good at math.

4Complete the sentence:My teacher, ....., gave us extra homework.

5Identify the appositive phrase:Jackson, a good friend, helped me through a tough time in my life.

6What is being identified by the following appositive:Most of the town's natives did their shopping on King Street, the town's shopping stripe, a slice of chain department stores, auto dealerships, fast-food restaurants.

7Which option is true based on the following sentence?: I saw Michael's cousin, Sally, buying a saddle for her pony.

8George Washington, the first President of the U.S., was a general in the army before he became President.

9Among the ..... attending this year's conference on global warming are the Secretary of the Interior and the Vice President.

10Complete the sentence:Our teacher, ....., assigned extra homework.

11Which sentence contains a noun clause that is an appositive, meaning it renames a noun?

12One of the main priorities of the ..... is exemption from the payment of basic taxes: value added taxes on the import of goods, royalty tax, taxes on profit, corporate and social tax for non-residents). Which organization is mentioned in a sentence?

13Which sentence uses commas correctly to set off an appositive phrase? Imagine you're inviting your friend Emma to a party!

14Find the nonessential appositive:The insect the cockroah is crawling across the garbage container.

15The sentence 'The student Leo won the award' cannot be simplified to 'The student won the award' without losing key information because the appositive 'Leo' is .....

16A phrase that identifies, describes, or explains the previous noun or pronoun

17Famous architects. Tom Wright.

18Dionysus, GOD OF WINE AND DRAMA, was the son of Zeus and Semele.

19Which of the following sentences contains an appositive?a) The dog barked loudly.b) My best friend, Sarah, is coming over.c) I like to eat pizza.d) The sun is shining.

20A non-restrictive appositive .....

21Which of the following sentences correctly uses an appositive phrase with commas?A) The dog a golden retriever barked loudly.B) The dog, a golden retriever, barked loudly.C) The dog a golden retriever barked loudly,.D) The dog, a golden retriever barked loudly,.

22The teacher called JAMES to the front.

23Evaluate the sentence and identify the appositive: "My friend Sarah, the best student in our class, won the scholarship."

24Most folk songs are ballads ..... have simple words and tell simple stories.

25True or False:An appositive can be essential to the meaning of a sentence.

26Essential or Nonessential appositives:The basketball player Michael Jordan was also famous for his role in Space Jam.

27What is the appositive in this sentence?

28Defendants may ask for a review of their case by a higher court if they think the court has made a mistake. This review is called an

29Noun or pronoun that follows and renames another pronoun.

30True or False: In the sentence 'I went to the store with my best friend, Maya,' the name 'Maya' is an appositive that renames 'friend.'

31Appositives, renames a noun or pronoun unusually set off by .....

32Jackie Robinson, ..... to playbaseball in the major leagues, joinedthe Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

33Our teacher, Mrs. Brown, assigns interesting projects.

34A supermarket is a place where people buy groceries.

35The scribe, a recorder of history, documented the king's achievements. What is the appositive phrase?

36Your teacher, Mrs. Storey, gave you lunch detention.What is the appositive?

37Their project, a model of a medieval town, took months to complete.

38The sentence 'My cat, a Siamese, is very vocal' contains a non-essential appositive.

39Shoes that are made out of an elastic called rubber .....

40The appositive in 'My cousin, a skilled skateboarder, won the competition' is nonrestrictive. What does this tell you?

41Queen Emma, a patron of the arts, supported poets and musicians. What is the appositive phrase?

42If an IE pipeline relies on the 'no inference' assumption, which type of relation mention is most likely to be missed?

43Cynthia, my eldest and brightest niece, is intelligent.

44Which function does the gerund phrase in the following sentence perform?Psychology, studying the human mind, has become a popular major at university recently.

45Identify the appositive in the following sentence: "The movie Inception, a science fiction thriller, was directed by Christopher Nolan."

46Football, ....., is very good for health.

47The tree, a tall pine with a thick trunk, was over a century old.

48Somehow, Aiden, the mischievous boy, climbed out on the roof.

49What is the function of the noun clause in the following sentence: Her suggestion, that we leave early, was ignored.

50What is a word or phrase that identifies or explains a noun?

51Which context clue uses commas to explain a word?

52What is the appositive or appositive phrase in the sentence?The movie Star Wars is a science fiction classic.

53In the sentence, 'My favorite snack, a crunchy apple with peanut butter, is both healthy and delicious,' which part is the appositive phrase?

54My sister a skilled gymnast, won the competition.

55Caller: Hello this is Ivan ..... Could I speak to Mrs. Dessy please?Receptionist: Sure.

56Find the appositive or appositive phrase.The architect Bernini designed the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

57Appositive will always have the subject and verb

58Ken and Joyce, Ken's wife, are business partners.The appositive is .....

59Conservation, i.e. the saving of energy sources by reducing overall resource consumption through more efficient use

60Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, spent more than twenty years to build the Taj Mahal, a white marble mausoleum located in Agra.

61Do not use a comma to separate interrupters, also called modifying phrases, appositive phrases, or parenthetical phrases from a sentence.