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WORKSHEET 7

Identifying and Using Appositives and Appositive

Phrases (Rule 6 g)

Exercise A Underline the appositive or appositive phrase in each of the following

sentences. Underline twice the word or words that each appositive identifies or explains.
EXAMPLE

1. Bailey, my sisters cat, weighs twelve pounds.

1. Komodo dragons, giant flesh-eating monitor lizards, grow to be over eleven feet long.
2. These huge reptiles, the largest lizards in the world, live in some Southeast Asian jungles.
3. They are named after Komodo Island, a part of Indonesia.
4. Other monitor lizards, the perenty and the water monitor, live in tropical areas of
Australia and Southeast Asia.
5. The unusual name monitor is applied to these lizards because people believe that
they warn of the presence of crocodiles.
6. My sister Sarah wants to be a writer.
7. One of the most famous playwrights in history, William Shakespeare wrote tragedies,
comedies, and romances.
8. In a film version of one Shakespeare play, Kenneth Branagh plays Hamlet, the prince
of Denmark.
9. Branagh also directed the film Henry V.
10. In that film, he plays the title character, King Henry V of England.
Create an original appositive or an appositive phrase to explain or
identify at least one of the nouns or pronouns in each of the following sentences.

Exercise B

EXAMPLE

1. Scrambler just chewed up our garden hose. Scrambler, our pet

Rottweiler, just chewed up our garden hose.

1. Gabriel Gomez has retired. ______________________________________________________

2. Forty-seven people have accepted the invitation to the Kwanzaa party. ______________
3. Our speaker will be Lee Anna Wilkes. __________________________________________
4. Next year Hector Ortiz will run in the marathon. ________________________________
5. Carlas favorite writer is Alice Walker. __________________________________________

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SCamping
OPbiking
DOworking
DOstudying Romare Beardens paintings
OPadopting techniques of cubist painters
OPpainting
OPusing different media
OPclimbing the tree
SWriting
DOserving empanadas at the Multicultural
Fair
SWatering the plants
PNwriting poetry
DOdiscussing zeppelins
OPcombining the paint pigments
SLinking two railroad cars together
PNdiving from the high board
OPreading Sandra Cisneross fiction
SConstructing the skyscraper
PNwhite-water canoeing
SIn-line skating
DOwhistling this
SDirecting films
PNgiving instructions to the actors
OPrunning the mile faster than anyone else
in our class
STrying new foods

Worksheet 6

Identifying Infinitives, Infinitive

Phrases, and Infinitive Clauses
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Nto broad jump

CLhim to identify the formations in the cave
NTo err; Nto forgive
Nto have wealthy patrons
ADVto teach their daughter Helen
ADVto read; ADVto sew
NTo give life to the common things of
childhood
8. ADVto attend school
9. Nto escape from the poverty of his childhood
10. Nto read Wrights Black Boy
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Nto learn
ADJto board
ADJto climb
ADVto help
ADVto make the stir-fry
NTo argue
NTo learn darkroom techniques
CLme to follow her
ADV(to) fetch anything
ADJto identify
NTo treat others fairly
Nto drive to Philadelphia; Nto fly
ADVto have her visit him
CLme to pick her up at the train station
ADJto take the plane

Worksheet 7

Identifying and Using Appositives

and Appositive Phrases
(The first item in a pair is the
appositive or appositive phrase. The second item is
the word(s) that the appositive explains.)
1. giant flesh-eating monitor lizardsKomodo
dragons
2. the largest lizards in the worldreptiles
3. a part of IndonesiaKomodo Island
4. the perenty and the water monitormonitor
lizards
5. monitorname
6. Sarahsister
7. One of the most famous playwrights in
historyWilliam Shakespeare
8. the prince of DenmarkHamlet
9. Henry Vfilm
10. King Henry V of Englandcharacter

Exercise A

(Appositives will vary.)

1. Gabriel Gomez, the chairperson of our
neighborhood association, has retired.
2. Forty-seven people have accepted the
invitation to the Kwanzaa party, a potluck and
celebration at the park.
3. Our speaker will be Lee Anna Wilkes, the new
ombudsman for the city.
4. Next year Hector Ortiz, the winner of the 10 K
run, will run in the marathon.
5. Carlas favorite writer is Alice Walker, author of
many books.

Exercise B

Answer Key

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