Appositives

What is an appositive?

• A type of verb that describes an action

• A noun or noun phrase that renames or provides additional information about another noun

• An adjective that modifies a noun

• A conjunction that connects two clauses

Identify the appositive in this sentence: 'The book, a thrilling adventure, kept me up all night.'

• 'a thrilling adventure' is the appositive.

• 'The book' is the appositive.

• 'kept me up all night' is the appositive.

• 'a thrilling adventure' is a subordinate clause.

What punctuation is commonly used with appositives?

• Semicolons

• Colons

• Commas

• Dashes

Identify the appositive in this sentence: 'The city of Paris, the capital of France, is beautiful.'

• the city of Paris

• the capital of France

• is beautiful

• the beautiful city

True or False: An appositive always comes before the noun it describes.

• True, an appositive always comes before the noun.

• False, an appositive can come before or after the noun.

• An appositive only comes after the noun it describes.

• An appositive is a type of verb.

Identify the appositive in this sentence: 'My brother, a talented musician, plays the guitar.'

• a talented musician

• plays the guitar

• My brother

• the guitar

What is an example of a non-essential appositive?

• 'My friend, Sarah, is coming over.' (The appositive 'Sarah' is not essential to understand who 'my friend' is.)

• 'The author, J.K. Rowling, wrote Harry Potter.' (The appositive 'J.K. Rowling' is essential to understand who the author is.)

• 'My brother, a talented musician, is performing tonight.' (The appositive 'a talented musician' is essential to understand who my brother is.)

• 'The city of Paris, known for its art, is beautiful.' (The appositive 'known for its art' is essential to understand which city is being referred to.)

True or False: Appositives can only be single words, not phrases.

• True

• False

• Only single words

• Only phrases

What is the purpose of an appositive in a sentence?

• To provide additional information or clarification about a noun.

• To introduce a new subject in the sentence.

• To create a contrast between two ideas.

• To summarize the main point of the sentence.

Identify the appositive in this sentence: 'The car, a red convertible, is parked outside.'

• 'a red convertible' is the appositive.

• 'The car' is the appositive.

• 'is parked outside' is the appositive.

• 'a convertible' is the appositive.