Phrases and clauses

Identify the appositive phrase.

I would love a bright red Porsche, a sports car.

• I

• would love

• bright red Porshe

• a sports car

Identify the type of phrase in the following sentence: "With her impressive skills, the manager guided the team to success."

• Prepositional Phrase

• Appositive Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

• Infinitive Phrase

Crews work at containment, keeping the oil from spreading, but their effort weren't effective.

• Appositive

• Object

• Subject

• OP

• PN

An appositive can be found...

• just about anywhere in a sentence

• after a noun or pronoun

• at the beginning of a sentence

• after a verb in the sentence

Identify the appositive phrase.

Michael Phelps, a champion swimmer, won eight gold medals in the 2008 Olympics.

• a champion swimmer

• won eight gold medals

• Michael Phelps

• gold medals

acts as a noun; set apart by commas on both sides

• participial

• verb

• gerund

• appositive

Select the sentence that DOES NOT use the appositive correctly.

• We chose to see a movie at Hollywood Connection, my favorite theater.

• We chose to see a movie at, Hollywood Connection, my favorite theater.

Mrs. Faulkner, tired and hungry, couldn't wait to go home and eat a burrito.

• prepositional phrase

• participial phrase

• gerund phrase

• appositive phrase

• infinitive phrase

Identify the appositive:

Although my sister Loretta disapproves of the on-court temper tantrums, she still thinks Robbie is cute.

• my sister

• Robbie

• on-court temper tantrums

• Loretta

Ginger, the cat, is in the box.

• noun phrase

• prepositional phrase

• verb phrase

• appositive phrase