ENG 11 Grammar: 19.1 Appositives (P. 46)

Exercise 1: Identifying Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

1. That tent over there, the large one with the orange trim, looks right for our family.

• the large one with the orange trim

• the large one

• That tent

• with the orange trim

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Exercise 1: Identifying Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

2. Two ports--St. Thomas and Nassau--were lively.

• St. Thomas

• were lively

• Nassau

• St. Thomas and Nassau

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 1: Identifying Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

3. We served Manhattan clam chowder, a tomato-based soup.

• Manhattan clam chowder

• tomato-based

• We served

• tomato-based soup

Exercise 1: Identifying Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

4. The couple named the child Miley, an old family name.

• The couple

• an old family name

• child Miley

• Miley

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 1: Identifying Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

5. The play, a comedy, kept us laughing all evening.

• a comedy

• The play

• laughing all evening

• all evening

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 2: Identifying Words Modified by Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the word(s) being modified by the underlined Appositive or Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

6. The children, not the teenagers, can get reduced air fares.

• air fares

• fares

• children

• reduced

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 2: Identifying Words Modified by Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the word(s) being modified by the underlined Appositive or Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

7. The road, really no more than a trail, leads to the cabin.

• cabin

• leads to

• leads to the cabin

• road

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 2: Identifying Words Modified by Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the word(s) being modified by the underlined Appositive or Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

8. I told the two children, Dan and Sue, a story.

• I

• two children

• children

• story

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 2: Identifying Words Modified by Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the word(s) being modified by the underlined Appositive or Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

9. She planted the trees in a special soil--a rich compost.

• She

• soil

• special soil

• trees

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 2: Identifying Words Modified by Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Identify the word(s) being modified by the underlined Appositive or Appositive Phrase in the sentence.

10. I eat grapefruit, my favorite breakfast food, every morning.

• eat

• I

• morning

• grapefruit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1