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

• Appositive

• Object

• Subject

• OP

• PN

Marge’s job, answering the phone on weekends, is never boring.

• OP

• Appositive

• PN

• Subject

• Object

Write a sentence contains a gerund as an appositive.

What are appositives?

• noun phrases added to nouns

• noun phrases added to verbs

• verbal phrases added to verbs

• prepositional phrases

What do appositives do?

• gain the audience’s attention

• take away the audience’s attention

• explain and elaborate

• move from negativity to positivity

Which of the following is an appropriate appositive for this sentence? George, ______________________, burned his finger.

• known for his clumsiness

• a clumsy fellow

• forgetting a hot pad

• having touched the stove

When are appositives not appropriate?

• in formal essays

• in rhymed poetry

• in technical manuals

• in speeches

Combine these two statements to make an appositive.

My brother loves pizza.

My brother is Tej.

Find the appositive in this sentence: My dog, Lola, is so fat.

Find the appositive: My sister, Erica, loves to sleep.

• My sister

• Erica

• Loves to sleep