Identifying Appositives

Appositives act as

Identify the appositive:

Gus, Eric's black cat, slowly crept up behind the kittens.

• Gus

• Eric's black cat

• slowly

• behind the kittens

Identify the appositive:

An enormous man with great strength, Henry was able to carry the entire pallet of bricks by himself.

• An enormous man with great strength

• Henry

• the entire pallet of bricks

• by himself

Nonessential appositives are ALWAYS offset by

• quotations

• a colon

• commas

• periods

The intruder, a large, inquisitive cockroach with hairy legs, is crawling across the kitchen table.

What does the bold portion describe?

• the cockroach

• the intruder

• the kitchen table

Which type of appositive requires commas?

• Nonessential

• Essential

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

Identify the appositive:

A beautiful German Shepard, Trixie was my favorite dog.

• Trixie

• A beautiful German Shepard

• German Shepard

• was my favorite dog

Identify the appositives:

John Kennedy the popular US president was almost an entirely different person than John Kennedy the young naval reservist.

• John Kennedy

• the popular US president

• the young naval reservist

Write your own sentence using a nonessential appositive.