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Contents
1 APPOSITIVE PHRASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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1. APPOSITIVE PHRASES
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1.1 APPOSITIVE PHRASES
1. Choose the appositive phrase:The flash- C. the capybara
light should be returned to Mark, the D. none of above
owner.
A. the flashlight 4. What’s the appositive phrase? After the
pep-rally, a player celebration, we walked
B. should be returned to the game.
C. Mark A. pep-rally
D. the owner B. a player celebration
2. Choose the appositive. I can’t wait un- C. we
til Friday night. We are going to eat D. game
at Cane’s, and then we are going to the
movies! We are going to see Pirates of 5. Identify the Appositive phrase in the fol-
the Caribbean. I am excited to see my fa- lowing sentence. Centigrade, another
vorite actor, Johnny Depp. word for Celsius, comes from the Latin for
100 degrees.
A. We are going to eat at Cane’s
A. Centigrade
B. Johnny Depp
B. comes from the Latin
C. and then we are going to the movies
C. another word for Celsius
D. my favorite actor
D. none of above
3. Identify the Appositive phrase in the fol-
lowing sentence. The capybara, the 6. Choose the sentence that contains an ap-
world’s largest rodent, can grow to 4 feet positive phrase:a) The river flowed gen-
in length. tly.b) The river, a mighty force, flowed
gently.c) The river flowed gently and re-
A. to 4 feet in length flected the sunlight.d) The river flowed
B. the world’s largest rodent gently, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. C
1.1 APPOSITIVE PHRASES 3
A. The river flowed swiftly. known for his eloquent and inspirational
B. The river flowed gently and made a speeches.

loud noise. A. A popular US president
C. The river, a mighty force, flowed gen- B. US president
tly. C. John F. Kennedy
D. The river flowed gently, causing a D. eloquent and inspirational speeches
strong current.
12. Where are appositives that interrupt the
7. What’s the prepositional phrase?:My best sentence placed?
friend lives on Walnut Road.
A. Middle of the noun phrase
A. My best friend
B. Beginning of the noun phrase
B. on Walnut Road
C. End of the noun phrase
C. best friend lives D. none of above
D. lives on Walnut Road
13. What is the appositive phrase in the fol-
8. Is this an essential appositive or a lowing:Zendaya, a popular actress, won
nonessential appositive?Clarence, an an- an Emmy for her role in Euphoria.
gel, must accomplish this goal by helping A. Zendaya, a popular actress
the character George Bailey realize what
a wonderful life he has had. B. for her role in Euphoria
A. Essential (or restrictive) appositive C. Zendaya

D. a popular actress
B. Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) ap-
positive 14. What is the appositive(s)? I lost my sil-
ver necklace, a present from my mother,
9. Gathering my courage, I asked the teacher
at the Carnival.
for help with my schoolwork.
A. I lost my silver necklace
A. Infinitive Phrase
B. a present from my mother
B. Gerund Phrase
C. at the Carnival
C. Participial Phrase
D. I lost my silver
D. none of above
15. Which sentence requires a comma after the
10. Identify the appositive in the sentence:My introductory phrase?
best friend, Sarah, is coming over for din-
ner. A. The children went to the zoo.
B. While we were eating my mom packed.
A. coming over
C. My dad went grocery shopping.
B. Sarah
D. The movie is always better with pop-
C. is coming over for dinner
corn.
D. My best friend
16. Analyze the sentence and identify the
11. Identify the appositive phrase:A popu- prepositional phrase(s). A crowd
lar US president, John F. Kennedy was swarmed around the injured player.
7. B 8. B 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. B 16. B

A. a crowd swarmed 21. Choose the appositive phrase:The fastest

B. around the injured player animal, the peregrine falcon, can travel
more than 100 miles per hour at certain
C. swarmed around times.
D. No prepositional phrase A. The fastest animal
17. Find the adjective clause.The pencil that is B. the peregrine falcon
in the drawer is my favorite. C. can travel
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A. that is in the drawer D. more than 100 miles per hour
B. The pencil is my favorite.
22. Which sentence has an appositive?
18. No longer dependent on streetcars and A. My neighbor bought a German Shep-
trains, the first motorists used automo- herd.
biles for going on recreational and family
B. My neighbor bought a new dog, a Ger-
trips.
man Shepherd.
A. participial phrase
C. William Shakespeare wrote Romeo
B. gerund phrase and Juliet.
C. infinitive phrase D. My best friend lives in Cleveland.
D. appositive phrase
23. Which group of words in the follow-
19. Check for punctuation:In the middle of the ing sentence makes up the appositive
night the dog started barking. phrase?Michael Jordan the legendary bas-
ketball player also played professional
A. No Change baseball for a while.
B. In the middle, of the night, the dog A. also played
started barking.
B. professional baseball
C. In the middle of the night, the dog
started barking. C. Michael Jordan
D. In the middle of the night the dog, D. the legendary basketball player
started barking. 24. Which of the following sentences are punc-
20. Which is a list of common prepositions? tuated correctly?
A. The insect, a large, hairy-legged cock-
roach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal,
is crawling across the kitchen table.
B. My 486 computer, a modern-day di-
nosaur chews floppy disks as noisily as my
brother does peanut brittle.
C. Diane’s eleven-year-old beagle Reli-
A. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue able chews holes in the living room car-
peting as if he were still a puppy.
B. Above, Before, During, Off, Toward
D. The chief surgeon an expert in organ-
C. Him, Her, His, She, They transplant procedures took her nephew
D. Shoe, Pants, Skirt, Blouse, Shirt on a hospital tour.
17. A 18. B 19. C 20. B 21. B 22. B 23. D 24. A

25. What is the appositive(s)? Mr. Riley, our B. d

neighbor, is moving to a different city.
C. b

A. Mr. Riley
D. c
B. moving to a different city
C. Mr. Riley, our neighbor 30. Choose the right adverb. Jack fed the dog
he gave it a bath.
D. our neighbor
A. after
26. Charlie the smarter one told me that Jonah
hated people with blue backpacks. B. when
A. Charlie C. so
B. smarter one told me, D. none of above
C. the smarter one
31. An infinitive phrase
D. Jonah hated
A. Always contains to+verb
27. What is an appositive? B. Always begins with an-ing verb
A. A noun or noun phrase that renames
C. Always contains a past tense verb
or identifies another noun or pronoun in a
sentence. D. Can always be deleted from the sen-
tence
B. A conjunction that connects two inde-
pendent clauses in a sentence.
32. Can a Dependent Clause stand on its own?
C. A type of punctuation used to separate
A. Yes it can, Ms.Moore
items in a list.
D. A verb or verb phrase that renames B. No, it cannot, Ms.Moore
or identifies another verb or pronoun in a
33. Identify the appositive phrase(s). Some-
sentence.
how, Bobby, the mischievous toddler,
28. What is the appositive(s) phrase? The car, climbed out on the roof.
a silver Honda, had two flat tires. A. Somehow, Bobby
A. The car
B. the mischievous toddler
B. had two flat tires
C. climbed out
C. The car
D. on the roof
D. a silver Honda
29. Which of the following sentences does not
ing sentence makes up the participial
contain an appositive phrase?a) My fa-
phrase?Climbing over the fence the scout
vorite actor, Tom Hanks, starred in the
leader ripped his uniform.
movie.b) The house, a charming cottage,
had a beautiful garden.c) The dog, a play- A. the scout leader
ful Labrador, fetched the ball.d) The book,
B. ripped his uniform
a thrilling mystery, kept me guessing until
the end. C. Climbing over the fence
A. a D. over the fence
25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. A 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. C
35. Which sentence is correct? 40. What is being modified by the appositive
phrase, Milo, in the following sentence:My
A. When, writing an answer be sure to
parrot, Milo, loves to fly around the house
use complete sentences.
during the early morning hours.
B. When writing an answer be sure, to
A. Fly
use complete sentences.
B. hours
C. When writing an answer, be sure to
use complete sentences. C. house
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D. When writing, an answer be sure to D. parrot
use complete sentences. 41. Which sentence is correctly written be-
low? (Look for the appositive)
36. Choose the appositive. John, where are
you moving? I am moving to the best A. Jesse Owens, the winner of four
state in America, Texas. Olympic gold medals, is remembered for
many accomplishments.
A. John
B. Jesse Owens the winner of four
B. Texas Olympic gold medals is remembered for,
C. where are you moving many accomplishments.
D. the best state in America, Texas 42. Choose the sentence that contains an ap-
positive:
37. Alex the best math student just taught me
what an angle is. A. I need to buy some groceries.
B. The cat sat on the windowsill.
A. Alex
C. She is a talented musician.
B. math student
D. The book, a classic novel, was on the
C. the best math student in the class
bestseller list for months.
D. what an angle is
43. What is the OBJECT of the preposition in
38. What is the best definition of an apposi- the highlighted phrase? We played on the
tive phrase? giant water slide aboard the massive ship.
A. a phrase with just a verb A. ship
B. words! B. massive
C. aboard
C. a descriptive phrase that can rename
a noun D. cruise
D. a descriptive phrase 44. Identify the infinitive phrase in the follow-
ing sentence. In the 1870’s the Jubilee
39. How are appositive phrases usually punc- Singers went on tour to raise funds for
tuated? Fisk University.
A. periods A. to raise funds
B. exclamation marks B. to raise funds for Fisk University
C. question marks C. to raise
D. commas D. none of above
36. B 37. C 38. C 39. D 40. D 41. A 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. B 45. D
45. April 19 Patriot’s Day commemorates Paul A. William Shakespeare, an English au-
Revere’s famous ride. thor, wrote the famous play Romeo and
Juliet

A. April 19
B. Patriot’s Day B. The English author William Shake-
speare wrote the famous play Romeo and
C. R Juliet
D. N C. My childhood home, a yellow and blue
46. What is the participial phrase in the follow- house, is just down the road.
ing sentence? Romeo and Juliet, excited D. My best friend, Sammy, lives in Cleve-
by their newfound love, decide to marry land
the day after the party.
A. Romeo and Juliet 51. How does the prepositional phrase in this
sentence function?Chloe went inside the
B. excited by their newfound love restaurant to order a cheeseburger.
C. decide to marry the day after the party A. adv
B. adj
D. none of above
47. The bald eagle, our national bird, soured 52. Choose the appositive. John, where are
above the trees.The appositive phrase is you moving? I am moving to the best
state in America, Texas.
A. our national bird A. John
B. The bald eagle B. Texas

C. soured above the trees. C. America
D. our national bird, soured above the D. no appositive
trees.
53. Selected the appositive phrase in the sen-
48. As the lights were dimming. tence:My son, the policeman, will be visit-
A. Dependent ing us next week.
B. Independent A. my son
B. the policeman
49. What is an appositive?
A. A punctuation mark used to separate C. we be visiting
items in a list D. us next week.
B. A type of verb in a sentence
54. The president wants to use nuclear energy
C. A form of adverb that modifies a verb for peaceful purposes.
D. A noun or noun phrase that renames A. Infinitive Phrase
or explains another noun or pronoun in a
sentence B. Gerund Phrase
50. Which sentence has an appositive that is
essential? D. none of above
46. B 47. A 48. A 49. D 50. B 51. A 52. B 53. B 54. A 55. C
55. What punctuation is used to set off an ap- 60. Which of the following is an example of an
positive in a sentence? appositive phrase?
A. : A. My best friend, Sarah, is an excellent
B. ; artist
C. , B. The book on the shelf belongs to John
D. . C. She sings with passion
56. In the following sentence, what is the ap- D. To swim in the ocean is my favorite
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positive phrase? The cat, the beautiful summer activity
boy, ran.
A. the cat 61. What’s the appositive phrase? Hillde, my
sweet little dog, cuddled up in the blan-
B. the beautiful boy
kets.
C. ran
A. Hillde
D. .
B. my sweet little dog
57. Identify the participial phrase in the fol-
lowing sentence. Covering about 5, 400, C. dog
00 square miles, Antarctica is larger than D. blankets
the continent of Australia.
A. Covering about 5, 400, 000 square 62. How does the prepositional phrase in this
miles sentence function?Julia picked the girl be-
side her to be her partner.
B. is larger than the continent of Aus-
tralia A. adv
C. larger than the continent of Australia B. adj
D. none of above
63. Your bag, the one with the purple flowers,
58. Which of the following is an example of was left in Mr. Johnsons’ class.
an appositive phrase?a) The book is on
the table.b) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is A. Correct
very kind.c) I enjoy playing soccer.d) The B. Incorrect
car needs gas.
A. The book is on the table. 64. What is an appositive?
B. I enjoy playing soccer. A. A noun or noun phrase that renames
C. The car needs gas. or explains another noun or pronoun in a
sentence
D. The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very kind.
B. A preposition that shows the relation-
59. The woman who found my missing purse ship between a noun and another word in
is now my close friend. a sentence
A. no commas
C. A conjunction that connects two inde-
B. comma after woman pendent clauses
C. comma after purse D. A verb that modifies an adjective in a
D. commas after woman and purse sentence
56. B 57. A 58. D 59. A 60. A 61. B 62. B 63. A 64. A 65. B
65. Choose the appositive phrase:The monkey, 71. Identify the Appositive phrase in the fol-
a nimble animal, is often found in the jun- lowing sentence. Provence, a region of
gle. France, is on the Mediterranean.

A. the monkey A. a region of France
B. a nimble animal B. Provence
C. is often found C. on the Mediterranean
D. in the jungle D. none of above
66. Identify the appositive phrase:Last week-
72. Find the sentence with the appositive.
end, my family visited The Smithsonian In-
stitution, a vast network of galleries in A. The wearing of shorts, I believe, was
Washington, D.C. started by the English.
A. Last weekend B. Business people wore shorts to the of-
B. The Smithsonian Institute fice, for example.
C. a vast network of galleries C. Palm Beach, vacation spot, is on

Florida’s east coast.
D. a vast network of galleries in Washing-
ton, D.C. D. none of above
67. Will an appositive phrase include a verb? 73. Identify the prepositional phrase:Watch
A. No, only a descriptive noun phrase the horse run around the field.
B. Maybe, it depends on the sentence A. around

C. Yes, actions that describe the subject B. around the field
D. none of above C. watch the horse
68. Find the adjective clause.Ms. Walsh, who D. run around

is an Irish musician, teaches at our school.
74. Which appositive phrase is used concisely,
A. Ms. Walsh teaches at our school informatively, and correctly?
B. who is an Irish musician A. “This won him the support of many con-
servative people who misunderstood how
69. Identify the appositive phrase:Dogs, great
totalitarian or controlling of citizens’ lives
companions, are good for people’s’ health.
his movement was.”
A. Dogs
B. “This won him the support of many con-
B. great companions servative people who misunderstood how
C. are good for people’s’ health totalitarian or controlling of citizens’ lives,
his movement was.”
D. none of above
C. “This won him the support of many
70. True or False:An appositive is a noun or conservative people who misunderstood
pronoun that identifies or renames another how totalitarian, or controlling of citizens’
noun or pronoun lives, his movement was.”
A. True D. “This won him the support of many con-
B. False servative people who misunderstood how
66. D 67. A 68. B 69. B 70. A 71. A 72. C 73. B 74. C 75. A
totalitarian, or relating to a system of gov- C. R

ernment that is centralized and dictato- D. N
rial and requires complete subservience
to the state, his movement was.” 80. Collecting baseball cards used to be a pop-
ular hobby.
75. The artist paints swiftly. What is swiftly
modifying as an adverb? A. Infinitive Phrase
A. paints B. Gerund Phrase
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B. artist C. Participial Phrase
C. swiftly D. none of above
D. The 81. Which of the following is an example of an
appositive phrase?a) The dog, a loyal com-
76. Identify the appositive phrase:Author of
panion, followed him everywhere.b) The
the Declaration of Independence, Thomas
cat meowed loudly.c) The bird flew high in
Jefferson was extremely well-educated
the sky.
for his time.
A. b
A. Author of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence B. c
B. the Declaration of Independence C. The dog, a loyal companion, followed
him everywhere.
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. a
D. well-educated for his time
82. What is being identified by the following
appositive:A bald slight man, he reminded
lowing:In It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the
me of a baby bird.
most popular movies ever made, a char-
acter named Clarence wants to get his A. person
wings. B. place
A. , one of the most popular movies ever C. thing
made,
D. none of above
B. , a character named Clarence wants to
get his wings. 83. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is
referring to:Before you trash BoBo, your
C. In It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the
last childhood stuffed animal, consider sav-
most popular movies ever made,
ing it.
D. In It’s a Wonderful Life,
A. BoBo
78. France has a lower population growth rate B. childhood
than its neighbor, Germany.
C. animal
A. Correct
D. it
B. Incorrect
84. What’s the prepositional phrase?:The
79. Lou told only his brother Mike the secret. clock in my grandma’s house was broken
A. brother last week.
B. Mike A. broken last week
76. A 77. A 78. B 79. B 79. C 80. B 81. D 82. A 83. A 84. C
B. grandma’s house was 90. Identify the noun or pronoun the ap-
positive/appositive phrase explains.Dogs,
C. in my grandma’s house
great companions, are good for people’s’

D. house was broken health.
85. I’m not an early riser, I wake up at 6 A. companions

A.M to go to school. B. Dogs
A. So that C. people’s
B. Because D. companions
C. Whenever 91. To what does the appositive phrase refer?
D. Although Phoebe Buffay’s lucky charm, a stuffed gi-
raffe, goes everywhere with her.
86. Which is true based on the following state- A. with her
ment? Jay Pritchett’s hamster, Sigfried,
B. lucky charm
squeaks with joy when I rub its belly.
C. Phoebe Buffay
A. Jay Pritchett has more than one ham-
ster. D. Phoebe Buffay’s lucky charm
B. Jay Pritchett has only one hamster. 92. Coffee, a great source of energy, is perfect
on cool nights.
87. Appositive phrases function as
A. Coffee
A. adjectives B. A great source of energy
B. adverbs C. is perfect
C. nouns D. on cool nights.
D. verbs 93. An appositive provides more information
about a noun.
tence:His friend, Tom, went on vacation. A. Yes
A. His friend B. No
B. Tom 94. What’s the appositive phrase? The bird
C. went on vacation. whistled a song, a beautiful tune, for my
guest.
D. no appositive phrase
A. a beautiful tune
89. Which words in this sentence would go on B. a song
the main line of a diagram? (i.e. What C. the bird
is the subject, verb, and direct object?)The
brown fox jumped the fence. D. my guest
A. brown fox, jumped the, fence 95. Which of the following is an example of a
prepositional phrase functioning as an ad-
B. fox, jumped, fence
verb?
C. the fox, the fence
A. I need a new notebook to write my
D. fox, jumped ideas
85. D 86. B 87. C 88. B 89. B 90. B 91. D 92. B 93. A 94. A 95. C
B. He ran quickly to catch the bus A. For dinner we like lamb chops and
brussel sprouts.
C. To swim in the ocean is my favorite
summer activity B. For dinner we like lamb chops and to
fry brussel sprouts.
D. The book on the shelf belongs to John
C. For dinner we like grilled lamb chops
96. Which appositive phrase is used concisely, and to fry brussel sprouts.
informatively, and correctly? D. none of above
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A. “He stressed the fact that all propa-
99. Choose the sentence that contains an ap-
ganda, or misinformation spread for polit-
positive phrase:a) The flower bloomed
ical gain must be able to reach even the
in the garden.b) The flower, a beautiful
least intelligent people and that its truth-
rose, bloomed in the garden.c) The flower
fulness is much less important than its
bloomed in the garden and attracted but-
success.”
terflies.d) The flower bloomed in the gar-
B. “He stressed the fact that all propa- den, but the bees were not interested.
ganda or misinformation spread for polit- A. The flower bloomed in the garden and
ical gain must be able to reach even the attracted butterflies.
fulness is much less important than its B. The flower bloomed in the garden.
success.” C. The flower bloomed in the garden, but
C. “He stressed the fact that all propa- the bees were not interested.
ganda, or information, especially of a bi- D. The flower, a beautiful rose, bloomed
ased or misleading nature, used to pro- in the garden.
mote or publicize a particular political
100. How does the prepositional phrase in this
cause or point of view, must be able to
sentence function?Janie ate a light break-
reach even the least intelligent people and
fast before leaving for school.
that its truthfulness is much less impor-
tant than its success.” A. adv
D. “He stressed the fact that all propa- B. adj
ganda, or misinformation spread for polit-
101. Select the appositive or appositive
ical gain, must be able to reach even the
phrase. Though hugely popular today,
Madame Butterfly, the Italian opera com-
fulness is much less important than its
posed by Giacomo Puccini, was poorly re-
success.”
ceived at its premiere in 1904.
97. How should an appositive be punctuated A. Though hugely popular today
in a sentence? B. Madame Butterfly
A. With semicolons C. the Italian opera composed by Gia-
B. With parentheses como Puccini
C. With commas D. was poorly received at its premiere in

1904.
D. With exclamation marks
102. Which noun is the appositive in the
98. Which of these is a sentence with parallel following sentence?Martha ate lunch at
structure? Chewy’s, her favorite restaurant.
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A. Martha C. R
B. Chewy’s D. N

C. restaurant
107. Where does the comma go with an appos-
D. none of above itive phrase that adds detail at the end of
103. Which sentence has correctly punctuated a noun phrase?
the appositive phrase? A. Before the appositive phrase
A. “John Smith, Sam’s rival and num- B. After the appositive phrase
ber four on the FBI’s most-wanted list is
C. Before and after the appositive phrase
caught.”
B. “John Smith, Sam’s rival, and num- D. These types of appositives do not use
ber four on the FBI’s most-wanted list is commas
caught.”
108. Identify the appositive in the sen-
C. “John Smith, Sam’s rival and number tence:My best friend, Sarah, is coming
four on the FBI’s most-wanted list, is over for dinner.
caught.”
A. Sarah
D. none of above
B. is coming over for dinner.
104. Is the clause in red dependent or indepen-
C. best friend
dent?When the day ends, we can all go
home and make cookies. D. My
A. dependent clause 109. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the
B. independent clause following sentence:Beneath the dragon,
under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail,
105. What is the best way to join the fol- and about him on all sides stretching away
lowing two sentences using a participial across the unseen floors, lay countless
phrase?The treasure chest contained jew- piles of precious things, a gold wrought
els and gold coins. It was found after and unwrought, gems and jewels, and sil-
many years. ver red-stained in the ruddy light.
A. The treasure chest, found after many
A. lay countless piles of precious things
years, contained jewels and gold coins.
B. a gold wrought and unwrought
B. The treasure chest, jewels and gold
coins, was found after many years. C. gems and jewels
C. The treasure chest, was found after D. silver red-stained in the ruddy light
many years, contained jewels and gold
coins. 110. Choose the appositive phrase:Dave
D. Contained jewels and gold coins the Lewis, a teacher at Lawson, works with
treasure chest found after many years. many aspiring musicians.
A. Dave Lewis
106. The site of the fair will be Minnesota’s
capital St. Paul. B. a teacher at Lawson
A. capital C. works with many aspiring musicians
B. St. Paul D. aspiring musicians

111. Identify the prepositional phrase:The C. thing

pencil that fell off the desk was yellow. D. none of above
A. off the desk
116. Which part of the sentence is an appos-
B. fell off the desk itive phrase? While falling asleep, some
C. was yellow people experience hypnic jerks, involun-
D. pencil that fell tary twitches of the body. Experts say
they’re normal, but the cause is unknown.
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112. What is an appositive phrase? A. While falling asleep,
A. A noun/noun phrase that pro- B. some people experience hypnic jerks
vides more information about another
C. involuntary twitches of the body
noun/pronoun/noun phrase
D. Experts say they’re normal
B. A word that replaces a noun/noun
phrase to avoid being repetitive E. but the cause is unknown.
C. A descriptive phrase that modifies an 117. Choose the sentence that correctly uses
action an appositive phrase.a) The cat, a black
D. A descriptive phrase that provides and white, is sleeping.b) The cat is sleep-
more information about where or when ing.c) The cat, a black and white, is play-
something happened ing.d) The cat, a black and white, is eating.
A. d
113. Which sentence is correct?
B. b
A. Yes, jessica, you are to loud.
C. a
B. Yes, Jessica, you are to loud.
D. c
C. Yes, Jessica you are too loud.
D. Yes, Jessica, you are too loud. 118. Identify the Infinitive phrase in the fol-
lowing sentence. Felicia would like to be-
114. Where should a comma be placed in the come either a veterinarian or a marine bi-
following sentence? No I don’t want to ologist.
answer the doorbell right now. A. to become either a veterinarian or a
A. After “I” marine biologist
B. After “to” B. to become
C. After “right” C. to become either a veterinarian
D. After “No” D. none of above
115. What is being identified by the follow- 119. The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across
ing appositive:The furniture, a mixture of the kitchen table.
Logan crafted walnut and oak, included a A. Correct
walnut bed whose ornate headboard rose
halfway up the wall toward the high ceil- B. Not Correct
ing. 120. Which of these do appositive phrases add
A. person details or descriptions to?
B. place A. Adjectives

B. Verbs A. over the line

C. Nouns B. by the door

D. Prepositions C. near the pool
121. Essential or Nonessential appositives:I D. he stole it

talked to my friend Eric about the new 125. Which of the following is an example of a
movie plans. prepositional phrase providing additional
A. It needs commas. “Eric” is nonessen- information about a verb?
tial. A. To swim in the ocean is my favorite
B. It is correct without commas. “Eric” is summer activity
essential.
B. She sings with passion
122. What phrases are included in this sen- C. My best friend, Sarah, is an excellent
tence?*Check ALL THAT APPLY* In the win- artist
dow of the pet store, the most grumpy-
D. The book on the shelf belongs to John
looking cat I’d ever seen was peering
through the bars of its crate, through the 126. What punctuation is used to set off an
grimy window, and straight into my soul. appositive phrase?a) Parenthesesb) Quo-
A. single prepositional phrase tation marksc) Exclamation marksd) Com-
mas
B. multiple prepositional phrases
A. Parentheses
C. connected prepositional phrase
B. Quotation marks
C. Exclamation marks
123. Identify the appositive or appositive
D. Commas
phrase:My cousin Sammy broke his arm in
the championship game last weekend. 127. Identify the noun or pronoun the apposi-
A. My cousin tive/appositive phrase explains.When the
science teacher saw the spider, a large
B. Sammy
tarantula with a hairy body, he walked
C. arm right up to it and asked it if it wanted to
D. championship game go hiking with him.
A. science teacher
124. Which of these is NOT a prepositional
phrase? B. teacher
C. spider
D. body
E. hiking with him
128. What is the appositive(s)? Our teacher,

Ms. McKinnon, was absent from school all
week.
A. Our teacher
B. Ms. McKinnon

C. was absent D. A) The car, a red convertible, is parked

D. from school all week in the driveway.
129. We always leave a bowl of water for 133. Check the punctuation:Susan was so ex-
him. cited, about the trip to Jamaica.
A. appositive phrase A. No Change
B. independent clause B. Susan, was so excited, about the trip
C. prepositional phrase to Jamaica.
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D. none of above C. Susan was so excited about the trip, to
Jamaica.
130. Which part of the sentence is an apposi-
D. Susan was so excited about the trip to
tive phrase? The dog climbed into the plas-
Jamaica.
tic swimming pool, a great escape, in order
to beat the heat. 134. What is the best way to join the fol-
A. the dog climbed lowing two sentences using an appositive
B. into the plastic swimming pool phrase?Diamond is the hardest mineral in
the world. It is a form of pure carbon.
C. to beat the heat
A. Diamond, is a form of pure carbon, is
D. a great escape the hardest mineral in the world.
131. Combine the following sentences using B. Diamond, the hardest mineral in the
an appositive:The flower is beautiful. Its world, is a form of pure carbon.
color is purple.
C. The hardest mineral in the world, is a
A. The flower, its color is purple, is beau- form of pure carbon.
tiful.
D. Made of pure carbon, diamond is the
B. The flower, being purple in color, is hardest mineral in the world.
beautiful.
C. The flower, which has a purple color, 135. When the science teacher saw the spider,
is beautiful. a large tarantula with a large hairy body,
he walked straight up to it and asked it if
D. The flower, with its purple color, is
he would to go hiking with him.
beautiful.
A. When the science teacher saw the spi-
132. Which of the following sentences uses an der
appositive correctly? A) The car, a red con-
vertible, is parked in the driveway. B) The B. a large tarantula with a large hairy
book, a mystery novel, was interesting. body
C) The house, a two-story building, is for C. he walked straight up to it
sale. D. if he would like to go hiking with him
A. E) The computer, a useful tool, is on
the desk. 136. Which of the following is an example of
an infinitive phrase functioning as an ad-
B. D) The cat, a fluffy pet, is sleeping on
verb?
the couch.
C. F) The tree, a tall plant, is in the back- A. The book on the shelf belongs to John
yard. B. He ran quickly to catch the bus

C. I need a new notebook to write my 142. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen-
ideas tence:‘The movie star, Tom Cruise, won
several awards for his performance.’

D. To swim in the ocean is my favorite
summer activity A. Tom Cruise
B. won several awards
tence:The poem, one of Robert Frost’s C. The movie star
best, is called “The Death of the Hired D. for his performance.
Man.”
143. The team that wins four games bears a
A. The poem
special title, World Champions. The appos-
B. one of Robert Frost’s best itive is
C. is called “The Death of the Hired Man.” A. the team
D. no appositive phrase B. a special title
C. World Champions
138. Choose the appositive. I haven’t been to
the new mall, but I will go on Saturday. D. none of above
A. mall 144. The play Cats is based on poems by T. S.
B. but I will go Eliot.
C. Saturday A. play
B. Cats
D. no appositive
C. R
139. How does the prepositional phrase in this D. N
sentence function?With a lot of hard work
and dedication, Jason beat his personal 145. Remember the appositive adds detail. If
record and won first place. it is essential information, no commas are
A. adv needed. Make sure whatever you see as
the appositive is the add on not the impor-
B. adj tant information.
140. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is A. My mom, a nurse drives a red car.
referring to:Our neighbor and his daugh- B. My mom, a nurse, drives a red car.
ters, Penny and Sonya, take walks every
C. My mom a nurse drives a red car.
evening.
D. none of above
A. neighbor
B. daughters 146. An appositive phrase is an appositive
that includes its modifiers.
C. walks
A. true
D. evening
B. false
141. True or False? Appositive Phrases are al-
ways short.
following sentence?Ms. Wood, Sally’s
A. True teacher, assigned a research project.
B. False A. Ms. Wood

B. teacher 152. Which sentence is correct?

C. project A. Before you leave, hand me your pa-
pers.
D. none of above
B. Before you leave hand me your papers.
148. What is being identified by the following C. Before, you leave hand me your pa-
appositive:In New York, the most impor- pers.
tant state in any Presidential race, and a
state where politics were particularly sen- D. Before you leave hand me your, pa-
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sitive to the iews of various nationality pers.
and minority groups, Democrats were joy-
153. Many people in the early 1900s wanted
ous and Republicans angry and gloomy.
to buy cars because of their low prices and
A. Person novelty.
B. Place A. participial phrase
C. Thing B. gerund phrase
D. none of above C. infinitive phrase
149. Where can an appositive phrase be found
in a sentence? 154. Choose the appositive. I am going shop-
A. at the beginning of the sentence ping on Sat. I want to go to Old Navy,
Aeropostale, and TJ Maxx. Do you want
B. typically near the subject to go with me, Nicole?
C. at the end of the sentence A. TJ Maxx
D. in a special footnote B. Nicole
C. no appositive
150. To what does the appositive phrase re-
fer? After searching the cage for hours, D. none of above
I finally found Haley Dunphy’s hamster
Leopold hiding behind its wheel. 155. Identify the Appositive phrase in the fol-
lowing sentence. Spaghetti, my favorite
A. hamster dish, is on the menu.
B. Haley Dunphy A. my favorite dish
C. its wheel B. Spaghetti
D. Haley Dunphy’s hamster C. on the menu
D. none of above
151. What is the appositive or appositive
phrase? Seattle, the largest city in Wash- 156. Please take this message to Judy the girl
ington, gets a lot of rain. in the last row.
A. Seattle A. Judy
B. gets a lot of rain B. the girl in the last row
C. Washington C. R
D. the largest city in Washington D. N

157. Perry, a platypus with a fancy hat, fights B. place

crime to help the Tri-state Area. What C. thing
does the appositive describe?

D. none of above
161. Identify the appositive phrase in the

following sentence:My sister, a talented
artist, painted a beautiful landscape.
A. a talented artist
B. talented artist, a
C. painted a beautiful landscape
D. My sister
A. Perry
B. a platypus 162. Choose the right adverb. Jessica usually
listens to music she does her home-
C. crime work.
D. none of above A. because
158. Choose the noun the appositive phrase B. when
is referring to:Wes Canaday, a teacher at C. but
Elkhart, works with many aspiring musi-
cians. D. so
A. Wes Canaday 163. Is this an essential appositive or a
B. teacher nonessential appositive?Leonardo da
Vinci, an Italian artist, drew a flying ma-
C. musicians chine with flapping wings around 1500.
D. The lathe A. Essential (or restrictive) appositive
159. Which sentence is correct? B. Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) ap-
A. I’m having a “Roaring Twenties” positive
themed party, on December 31 2019. 164. Identify the appositive phrase:Did you
B. I’m having a “Roaring Twenties” know that Mr. Angel, my new English
themed party on December 31, 2019 teacher, drives a 1969 Dodge Charger?
C. I’m having a “Roaring Twenties” A. Mr. Angel
themed party on December 31, 2019. B. English teacher
D. I’m having a, “Roaring Twenties” C. my new English teacher
themed party on December 31 2019.
D. 1969 Dodge Charger
appositive:Most of the town’s natives did 165. Which of the following is an appositive
their shopping on King Street, the town’s phrase?a) The dog barked loudly.b) My
shopping stripe, a slice of chain depart- best friend, Sarah, is coming over.c) I love
ment stores, auto dealerships, fast-food to eat pizza.d) The car needs a wash.
restaurants. A. The car needs a wash.
A. person B. I love to eat pizza.

C. My best friend, Sarah, is coming over. 171. Choose the sentence that contains an ap-
D. The dog barked loudly. positive phrase:a) The cat jumped over the
fence.b) The cat, a fluffy Persian, jumped
166. Which sentence is correctly written be- over the fence.c) The cat jumped over
low? (Look for the appositive) the fence and hid in the bushes.d) The
A. Charles Riley, a teacher, helped en- cat jumped over the fence, but the dog
courage and coach Jesse Owens when he couldn’t.
was in school. A. The cat, a fluffy Persian, jumped over
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B. Charles Riley a teacher helped encour- the fence.
age, and coach Jesse Owens when he was B. The cat jumped over the fence, but the
in school. dog couldn’t.
167. Identify the appositive:My dog, Skip, C. The cat jumped over the fence and hid
buried his bone in the backyard. in the bushes.
A. dog D. The cat jumped over the fence.
B. Skip 172. Identify the appositive:Sidd chose the
C. bone artist Michelangelo to study for his art
D. backyard project in Mrs. Butler’s class.
A. artist
168. Two teams, the league pennant winners,
play each other. The appositive is B. Michelangelo
A. Two teams C. art project
B. the league pennant winners D. Mrs. Butler’s class
C. play each other 173. Which of the following is an example of
D. none of above an appositive phrase?
169. A nonrestrictive appositive or appositive A. The red apple, a doctor, performed the
phrase is surgery.
A. essential to the meaning of the sen- B. The tall man, a basketball player,
tence scored the winning point.
B. not essential to the meaning of the sen- C. The big house, a cat, chased the
tence mouse.
C. at the beginning of the sentence D. The fast car, a teacher, wrote the les-
D. at the end of the sentence son plan.
170. Find the appositive:Neil Armstrong and 174. What is being identified by the following
Buzz Aldrin, two American astronauts, appositive:Harry was small and tough, a
first walked on the moon on July 20, boy going through life with his chin stuck
1969. out a mile.
A. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin A. person
B. first walked on the moon B. place
C. two American astronauts C. thing
D. on July 20, 1969 D. none of above

175. Where do you place adverbs on a dia- D. none of above

gram?
180. The story appeared in the popular maga-

A. on a horizontal line above the noun
zine Time,
B. on a horizontal line above the verb
A. magazine
C. on a diagonal line below the noun it is
modifying B. Time
D. on a diagonal line below the verb it is C. R
modifying
D. N
176. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, de-
signed many buildings, including New A. I left my house early but I was still late
York’s Guggenheim Museum. to the meeting.
B. Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright designed B. I left my house early, but I was still
many buildings, including New York’s late to the meeting.
Guggenheim Museum.
C. I left my house early but, I was still
C. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed late to the meeting.
many buildings, including New York’s
Guggenheim Museum. D. I left my house, early but I was still
late to the meeting.
D. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, designed
182. Which of the following sentences is punc-
Guggenheim Museum.
tuated correctly?a) The car a blue sedan
177. Select all of the statements that are true was parked in the driveway.b) The car, a
about gerund phrases: blue sedan, was parked in the driveway.c)
The car a blue sedan, was parked in the
A. They will have commas
driveway.d) The car, a blue sedan was
B. They function like a noun in the sen- parked in the driveway.
tence
A. The car a blue sedan was parked in the
178. Sentences cannot make sense without an driveway.
appositive phrase.
B. The car a blue sedan, was parked in
A. True the driveway.
B. False C. The car, a blue sedan, was parked in
the driveway.
179. Which sentence includes a compound ap-
positive? D. The car, a blue sedan was parked in
A. I always liked languages; French and the driveway.
German were my favorite subjects in
school. 183. The most mountainous area, the south-
east, has experienced a large decline in
B. Two cities, Venice and Genoa, were population in recent years.
great rivals at one time.
A. Correct
C. When I traveled to Florence and Rome,
I learned a little Italian. B. Incorrect

184. Which of the following sentences con- 189. Identify the prepositional phrase in the
tains an appositive phrase?a) The teacher, following sentence:We stood behind a tall
Mrs. Smith, is very strict.b) The teacher person and couldn’t see the stage.
is very strict.c) The teacher, Mrs. Smith,
A. we stood
is very kind.d) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is
very tall. B. behind a tall person
A. The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very strict. C. couldn’t see the stage
B. The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very tall. D. and couldn’t see
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C. The teacher is very strict.
D. The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very kind. 190. To what does the appositive phrase re-
fer? The enthusiastic collector Manny Del-
185. What’s the appositive phrase? My mom gado has a closet full of limited-edition
baked dessert, a German chocolate cake, bowling shoes.
for my birthday.
A. The enthusiastic collector
A. my mom
B. collector
B. dessert
C. a German chocolate cake C. closet full
D. my birthday D. limited-edition bowling shoes
186. Which of the following is an example of 191. Which is punctuated correctly? 1. The
an appositive phrase providing additional new school Wagner Elementary is on Main
information about a noun? Street. 2. The new school, Wagner Ele-
A. My teacher, Ms. White, is an excellent mentary, is on Main Street. 3. The new
teacher school, Wagner Elementary is on Main
B. The book on the shelf belongs to John Street. 4.The new school Wagner Elemen-
tary, is on Main Street.
C. She sings with passion
A. 1
summer activity B. 2
187. Our planets revolve around the sun. C. 3
A. Dependent D. 4
B. Independent
192. Which of the following sentences does
188. Which is properly punctuated? Context:I not contain an appositive?
have more than one niece.
A. Sheila, my best friend, is coming over
A. My niece, Amy, read Gloria Pritchett’s
for dinner
biography in two hours.
B. My niece Amy, read Gloria Pritchett’s B. I went to the store and bought some
biography in two hours. apples
C. My niece, Amy read Gloria Pritchett’s C. The tall, dark, and handsome man
biography in two hours. walked into the room
D. My niece Amy read Gloria Pritchett’s D. The cat, a fluffy Persian, sat on the win-
biography in two hours. dowsill

193. Which of the following sentences cor- B. To confuse the reader

rectly uses an appositive?a) The boy a C. To provide additional information
talented musician played the piano.b) The

about a noun or pronoun in a sentence
girl, a skilled artist, painted a beautiful pic-
ture.c) The student studied for the test. D. To emphasize the main idea of the sen-
tence
A. The boy, a talented musician, played
the piano. 199. Choose the sentence that contains an ap-
B. The student, studied for the test. positive phrase:a) The tree swayed in the
wind.b) The tree, a tall oak, swayed in the
C. The girl, a skilled artist, painted a beau-
wind.c) The tree swayed in the wind and
tiful picture.
dropped its leaves.d) The tree swayed in
D. The girl painted a beautiful picture. the wind, providing shade on a hot day.
194. Choose the appositive phrase:Dave A. The tree swayed in the wind.
Lewis, a teacher at Lawson, works with B. The tree, a tall oak, swayed in the
many aspiring musicians. wind.
A. Dave Lewis C. The tree swayed in the wind and
B. a teacher at Lawson dropped its leaves.
C. works with many aspiring musicians D. The tree swayed in the wind, providing
shade on a hot day.
D. aspiring musicians
195. Tom, old fellow, I am glad to see you. 200. Is the clause in red dependent or indepen-
dent?The monkey that escaped from the
A. Tom zoo was named Jenny.
B. old fellow A. dependent clause
C. I am glad B. independent clause
D. to see you
196. The artist Monet was a great french tence:The book, a thrilling mystery, kept
painter. me on the edge of my seat.
A. Correct A. a thrilling mystery
B. Incorrect B. on the edge of my seat
197. What part of the sentence needs to be C. kept me on the edge of my seat
offset by commas? Hillde my sweet little D. The book
dog cuddled up in the blankets.
202. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen-
A. Hillde
tence below.The silver pendant, a gift
B. my sweet little dog from her best friend, hung on a thin, short
C. dog chain.
D. blankets A. The silver pendant
198. What is the purpose of using appositives B. a gift from her best friend
in writing? C. a gift
A. To make the sentence shorter D. none of above

203. Find the sentence with a prepositional 208. Which part of the sentence is the appos-
phrase. itive? Draco, my pet cat, is black with a
A. The dog rolled over. white spot on his chest.
A. Draco
B. Put the chicken in the oven.
B. my pet cat
C. The body of a sea turtle is huge.
C. is black with a white spot on his chest
D. none of above
D. none of above
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204. Choose the sentence that is written cor-
209. Identify the appositive phrase in the fol-
rectly.
lowing sentence:John, my best friend, is
A. If you want to go to the concert, you coming over for dinner.a) Johnb) my best
need your parents’ permission. friendc) is coming overd) for dinner
B. If you want to go to the concert you A. is coming over
need your parents’ permission. B. John
205. One writer, a famous historian, noted C. my best friend
that the automobile industry led to such D. for dinner
new businesses as gas stations, repair
garages, tire companies, and motels. 210. Detective Pikachu, a talking Pokemon,
tries to solve mysteries. What is the ap-
positive?
B. gerund phrase
C. infinitive phrase
206. Identify the Infinitive phrase in the fol-

lowing sentence. Victoria has been search-
ing the Internet to gather information
about the life Fredrick Douglass. A. Pikachu
A. to gather information B. Detective
B. to gather C. a talking Pokemon
C. to gather information about the life of D. mysteries
Fredrick Douglass
211. If you don’t know the meaning of a word,
D. none of above an appositive can help you.
207. The dog climbed into the plastic swim- A. Yes

ming pool, a great escape, in order to beat B. No
the heat.
212. Which is punctuated correctly? 1. The
A. The dog climbed into the plastic swim- flashlight should be, returned to, Mark
ming pool the owner. 2. The flashlight, should be
B. a great escape returned to Mark, the owner. 3. The
flashlight should be returned to Mark, the
C. to beat owner. 4.The flashlight should be re-
D. the heat turned to Mark the owner.

A. 1 218. Choose the noun the appositive phrase

B. 2 is referring to:The flashlight should be re-
turned to Mark, the owner.

C. 3
A. flashlight
D. 4
B. Mark
213. Appositives that are essential to the ba-
C. owner
sic meaning of a sentence are set off by
commas. D. should be returned
A. true 219. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen-
B. false tence:The famous scientist, Albert Einstein,
developed the theory of relativity.
214. What’s the prepositional phrase?:The
A. The famous scientist
boy walked the dog down the busy street.
B. developed the theory of relativity
A. walked the dog
C. Albert Einstein
B. the busy street
C. down the busy street D. The famous scientist, Albert Einstein,
D. dog down the busy
220. Which part of the sentence is an appos-
215. Choose the sentence that contains an ap- itive phrase? When the science teacher
positive:a) The cat chased the mouse.b) saw the spider, a large tarantula with a
The tall building stood in the city.c) My fa- hairy body, he walked right up to it and
vorite color is blue.d) My dog, Max, loves asked it if it wanted to go hiking with him,
to play fetch. proving that science teachers make ques-
A. My favorite color is blue. tionable decisions.
B. My dog, Max, loves to play fetch. A. when the science teacher saw the spi-
C. The cat chased the mouse. der
D. The tall building stood in the city. B. a large tarantula
C. a large tarantula with a hairy body
216. Choose the appositive phrase:The coast
of Africa, one of the world’s largest conti- D. he walked straight up to it
nents, is a prosperous trading region.
221. What is the appositive in the sentence?
A. the coast of Africa Mr. Jack, my teacher, is the best teacher.
B. one of the world’s largest continents A. Mr. Jack
C. a prosperous trading region B. my teacher
D. of Africa C. is the best teacher.
217. Somehow, Bobby, the mischievous tod- D. my teacher, is the best teacher.
dler, climbed out on the roof.
222. Identify the appositive in the sentence be-
A. Somehow, Bobby low.A gazehound, the whippet hunts by
B. the mischievous toddler sight and can run extremely fast.
C. climbed out A. A gazehound
D. on the roof B. gazehound

C. the whippet B. I would love a bright red Porsche, a

D. whippet sports car.
C. a sports car
223. Dogs, man’s best friends, are good for an
owner’s health. D. I would love a bright red Porsche
A. Dogs
228. Which of the following sentences cor-
B. Man’s best friends
rectly punctuates the appositive phrase?a)
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C. are good for The car a blue sedan was parked in the
D. an owner’s health driveway.b) The car, a blue sedan, was
parked in the driveway.c) The car a blue
224. Identify the appositive or appositive sedan was parked in the driveway.
phrase:The fastest animal, the peregrine
A. The car a blue sedan was parked in the
falcon, can travel more than 100 miles per
driveway.
hour at certain times.
A. animal B. The car a blue sedan was parked in the
driveway.
B. the peregrine falcon
C. The car, a blue sedan was parked in
C. can travel more than 100 miles per
the driveway.
hour
D. at certain times D. The car, a blue sedan, was parked in
the driveway.
225. What is the purpose of an appositive?a)
To add extra information about a nounb) 229. With an appositive phrase after a vocab-
To describe an actionc) To connect two sen- ulary word, commas are required.
tencesd) To show possession
A. False
A. c
B. True
B. b
C. a 230. What is the participial phrase in the fol-
D. d lowing sentence? Friar Laurence, doubting
whether Romeo has really thought this de-
226. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is cision through, decides to help the two chil-
referring to:The coast of Africa, one of the dren marry anyway.
world’s largest continents, is a prosperous
trading region. A. Friar Lawrence
A. coast B. doubting whether Romeo has really
though this decision through
B. Africa
C. trading region C. decides to help the two children marry
anyway
D. continents
D. none of above
227. I would love a bright red Porsche, a
sports car.The appositive phrase is 231. Identify the prepositional phrase:By
A. red Porsche noon, all the runners were finished.

236. Which sentence below is correctly punctu-

ated?

A. Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, de-
signed many buildings, including New
York’s Guggenheim Museum.
B. Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright designed
A. By noon Guggenheim Museum.
B. All the runners C. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed
C. The runners many buildings, including New York’s
Guggenheim Museum.
D. Were finished
D. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, designed
232. Finn, my youngest nephew, is spending many buildings, including New York’s
the night at my house. Guggenheim Museum.
A. Finn
237. The children who live up the street are
B. my youngest nephew quite friendly.
C. is spending the night
A. commas after children and street
D. at my house
B. comma after street
233. What phrase needs to be offset using C. no commas
commas? I read a book last night a real
page turner. D. comma after children
A. I read a book last night 238. What’s the appositive phrase? Maria
B. Read was a wonderful singer, an award winner
in fact.
C. A real page turner
A. Maria
D. Turner
B. a wonderful singer
234. What is the object of the preposition?
C. an award winner in fact
We run around the park.
A. We D. winner
B. run 239. When do writers use appositive phrases

C. around with vocabulary words?
D. park A. When they need to concisely define a
word for their own understanding
B. When they need to concisely define a
tence:Emily’s oldest dog, Puffs, is a poo-
word or identify something or someone
dle.
that the audience may not know
A. Emily’s oldest dog
C. When they want to show off how large
B. Puffs their vocabulary is
C. is a poodle. D. When they need to persuade an audi-
D. no appositive phrase ence to read vocabulary closely

240. What is an essential (or restrictive) ap- 243. Selected the appositive phrase in the
positive? sentence:Queen Victoria, one of England’s
greatest monarchs, ruled for sixty-three
A. An essential (or restrictive) appositive
years.
adds extra information about a noun or
pronoun whose meaning is already clear. A. Queen Victoria
B. An essential (or restrictive) appositive B. one of England’s greatest monarchs
provides information that is needed to C. ruled for sixty-three years.
identify the preceding noun or pronoun.
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D. no appositive phrase
C. An essential (or restrictive) appositive
expresses an action, a condition, or a 244. Which sentence is composed of two inden-
state of being. pendent clauses?
D. An essential (or restrictive) appositive A. When the bell rang, the students were
limits the meaning of a noun or pronoun. dismissed for the day.
B. It was getting dark outside, so the chil-
241. What do appositives do for our writing? dren had to come inside.
C. The fluffy cat that belonged to our
neighbors ran away.
D. Since we left early, we missed the
drawing for the grand prize.
245. How does an appositive phrase add infor-

mation to a sentence?
A. They don’t do anything important. A. It provides additional details about an
adverb in a sentence
B. They aren’t necessary, but they give
more information and make our writing B. It provides additional details or de-
sound better. scriptions about a noun or pronoun.
C. They provide too much extra informa- C. It changes the tense of the verb in a
tion. sentence
D. We shouldn’t use appositives in our D. It subtracts information from a sen-

writing. tence
246. True or false?If the appositive is impor-

242. Choose the appositive. I can’t wait un-
tant or essential to the meaning of your
til Friday night. We are going to eat
sentence, do not use commas to off set the
at Cane’s, and then we are going to the
appositive.
movie. We are going to see Pirates of
the Caribbean. I am anxious to see my fa- A. True
vorite actor, Johnny Depp. B. False
A. Cane’s
247. Identify the prepositional phrase:Please
B. Johnny Depp return the book to the cabinet.
C. no appositive A. Please
D. none of above B. return the book

C. to the cabinet 253. Identify the appositive phrase:Charles

D. Please return Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol,
once worked in a shoe polish factory.

248. In the sentence ‘My sister, a talented A. Charles Dickens
artist, painted a beautiful landscape.’,
what is the appositive phrase? B. the author
A. a talented artist C. the author of A Christmas Carol
B. talented artist, painted a beautiful D. in a shoe polish factory

landscape
254. Where can an appositive phrase be
C. painted a beautiful landscape placed?
D. My sister A. beginning
249. Highlight all the words that make up B. middle (interrupting)

the appositive phrase. Pitbull dropped his C. end
seltzer, a very bubbly drink, and now he
D. all of the above
is afraid to open it.
A. Pitbull dropped his seltzer 255. Jumping up and down, the cheerleaders
urged the team on and got the fans to their
B. a very bubbly drink
feet.
C. he is afraid to open it
A. Contains a gerund phrase about the
D. bubbly drink cheerleaders
250. What’s the prepositional phrase?:Mary B. Contains a participial phrase describ-

ran around the corner to meet her friends. ing the cheerleaders
A. to meet C. Contains a participial phrase describ-

ing the fans
B. her friends
D. Contains a participial phrase describ-
C. ran around ing the team
D. around the corner
256. Choose the appositive phrase:Wes Cana-
251. True or false? Appositive phrases are AL- day, a teacher at Elkhart, works with
WAYS short! many aspiring musicians.
A. True A. Wes Canaday
B. False B. a teacher at Elkhart
C. works with many aspiring musicians
following sentence?Mark’s teacher John D. aspiring musicians
Oliver served in the army.
257. What is the definition of an appositive?
A. John Oliver
A. A conjunction that connects two inde-
B. teacher pendent clauses in a sentence.
C. army B. A type of punctuation used to separate
D. none of above items in a list.

C. A verb or verb phrase that renames 262. RULE 5-APPOSITIVE PHRASES Marty is
or identifies another verb or pronoun in a Mr. Smith’s nephew.Marty was arrested
sentence. last week for driving a car while underage.
D. A noun or noun phrase that renames A. Marty, is Mr. Smith’s nephew, was ar-
or identifies another noun or pronoun in a rested last week for driving a car while un-
sentence. derage.
B. Arrested last week for driving a car
258. Which of the following are dependent
while underage, Marty is Mr. Smith’s
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clauses?
nephew.
A. If the band marches in the parade. C. Marty, Mr. Smith’s nephew, was ar-
B. When you purchase candy. rested for driving a car while underage.
C. Although it is snowing. D. Marty, who is Mr. Smith’s nephew,
was arrested for driving a care while un-
D. All of the above
derage.
259. What’s the prepositional phrase?:Susan 263. Old Chicago is our favorite restaurant
ran behind the bushes when she played which is why we go there often.
hide and seek.
A. no commas
A. when she played
B. comma after favorite
B. Susan ran behind
C. comma after restaurant
C. played hide and seek
D. comma after why
D. behind the bushes
264. What is an example of a phrase?
A. dog
tence below.Without Sabrina, the house-
keeper, nobody in that family would know B. I love dogs.
how to get through their days. C. .
A. Sabrina D. the best dog
B. the housekeeper
265. Identify the prepositional phrase in the
C. days following sentence:My cat jumped on my
D. none of above bed and woke me up.
A. on my bed
261. What are some of the main differences
between Ford’s car, one of the most ad- B. my cat jumped
vanced vehicles of its day, and modern C. on my bed and woke me up
cars?
D. woke me
266. Does this sentence contain an apposi-
B. gerund phrase
tive:Yes or no?All children, except one,
C. infinitive phrase grow up.
D. appositive phrase A. Yes

B. No 271. Last night, Jaxon found ten dollars on the

Explanation:”except one” is a preposi- sidewalk.
tional phrase, not a noun phrase, and it

A. prepositional phrase
does not rename or describe a noun or
pronoun in the sentence. B. independent clause.
267. When can an appositive be used in a sen- 272. What is the appositive(s)? Yesterday, Si-
tence? mon and I ate at Tasty’s, a small deli near
our house.
A. In the beginning
A. a small deli
B. In the middle
B. a small deli near our house
C. In the end
C. Tasty’s
D. All of the above
D. Simon and I ate at Tasty’s
lowing sentence:My teacher Mrs. Johnson 273. Which is punctuated correctly? 1. The
is very knowledgeable. giant plane, a Boeing 747, launched into
the air. 2. The giant plane, a Boeing 747
A. is very knowledgeable
launched into the air. 3. The giant plane
B. Mrs. Johnson a Boeing 747, launched into the air. 4.The
C. My teacher giant plane a Boeing 747 launched into the
air.
D. Mrs. Johnson is
A. 1
269. Identify the Appositive phrase in the fol-
B. 2
lowing sentence. Bamboo, a kind of grass,
may reach a height of 120 feet. C. 3
A. a kind of grass D. 4
B. a height of 120 feet 274. The first word in a gerund phrase has a/n
270. What is a nonessential (or nonrestrictive) ending.
appositive? A. -ed
A. A nonessential (or nonrestrictive) ap- B. -ing
positive adds extra information about a
C. -es
noun or pronoun whose meaning is al-
ready clear. D. -ment
B. A nonessential (or nonrestrictive) 275. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the
appositive provides information that is following sentence:Fudge, a portly little
needed to identify the preceding noun or man in a long, pinstriped cloak, looked cold
pronoun. and exhausted.
C. A nonessential (or nonrestrictive) ap- A. Fudge
positive expresses an action, a condition,
or a state of being. B. a portly little man in a long, pinstriped
cloack
D. A nonessential (or nonrestrictive) ap-
positive limits the meaning of a noun or C. looked cold and exhausted
pronoun. D. none of above

276. Select the appositive or appositive 281. Choose the appositive phrase:Basketball,
phrase. The red-crested cardinal, a my favorite sport, requires a great deal of
species native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, stamina.
Paraguay, and Uruguay, sometimes ven- A. basketball
tures to the eastern coast of the United
States. B. my favorite sport
C. requires a great deal
A. The red-crested cardinal,
D. of stamina
B. a species native to Argentina, Bolivia,
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Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, 282. Marseille, an important French seaport,
C. sometimes ventures to the eastern is lcoated on the Mediterranean Sea.
coast of the United States. A. Correct
D. none of above B. Incorrect
277. How should appositive phrases be punc- 283. The baseball season ends with an annual
tuated? contest, the World Series. The appositive
A. with commas is
B. with hyphens A. The baseball season
C. with parentheses B. an annual contest
D. with semicolons C. the World Series
D. none of above
278. Sydney and Alex the best friends like
chemistry class. 284. Identify the appositive phrase:When the
A. the best friends science teacher saw a large spider with a
hairy body, a tarantula, he walked right
B. the best up to it and asked it if it wanted to go hik-
C. Sydney and Alec ing with him.
D. chemistry A. When the science teacher saw a large
spider with a hairy body
279. Identify the appositive phrase:The coast
of Africa, one of the world’s largest conti- B. a large spider with a hairy body
nents, is a prosperous trading region. C. a tarantula
A. The coast of Africa D. none of above
B. one of the world’s largest continents 285. Select the appositive or appositive
C. is a prosperous trading region phrase. In Iran families celebrate Yalda,
D. of Africa a Persian festival to mark the winter sol-
stice, by sharing pomegranates, nuts, and
280. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- other special foods.
tence:The teacher, a dedicated educator, A. In Iran families celebrate Yalda
inspired her students.
B. a Persian festival to mark the winter
A. a dedicated educator solstice,
B. The teacher C. by sharing pomegranates, nuts, and
C. inspired her students other special foods.
D. her students D. none of above

286. Find the appositive phrase:A cute, rosy- C. Sherlock Holmes a character created
cheeked child, he must have been about by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continues to ap-
two years old. pear in television shows more than 100

A. cute, rosy-cheeked years after his first appearance in print.
B. he must have been D. Sherlock Holmes a character created

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continues to ap-
C. A cute, rosy-cheeked child pear in television shows more than 100
D. two years old years after his first appearance in print.
287. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? 291. Which of the following sentences does
not contain an appositive phrase?a) My
A. Petey my pet snake has only bitten one
favorite author, J.K. Rowling, wrote the
person.
Harry Potter series.b) The car, a sleek
B. Petey, my pet snake, has only bitten sports car, zoomed past us on the high-
one person. way.c) The cat, a mischievous tabby,
C. Petey, my pet snake has only bitten knocked over a vase.d) The movie, a heart-
one person. warming drama, brought tears to my eyes.
D. Petey my pet snake, has only bitten A. a
one person. B. c
288. Choose the appositive phrase:Coffee, a C. d
great source of energy, is perfect on cool D. b
nights.
292. Which preposition is used in the infini-
A. coffee tive?
B. coffee, a great source of energy A. to
C. a great source of energy B. from
D. on cool nights C. behind
289. An appositive phrase is a phrase. D. the
A. adjective 293. Choose the sentence that best joins these
B. noun two sentences with an appositive phrase.
Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in
C. verb
the 2008 Olympics. He is a champion
D. adverb swimmer.
290. Which sentence below is correctly punctu- A. Michael Phelps, who won eight gold
ated? medals in the 2008 Olympics, is a cham-
pion swimmer.
A. Sherlock Holmes, a character created
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, continues to B. Michael Phelps won eight gold medals
appear in television shows more than 100 in the 2008 Olympics, making him a cham-
years after his first appearance in print. pion swimmer.
B. Sherlock Holmes, a character created C. Michael Phelps, a champion swim-
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continues to ap- mer, won eight gold medals in the 2008
pear in television shows more than 100 Olympics.
years after his first appearance in print. D. none of above

294. Identify the appositive phrase in this sen- B. a famous children’s author
tence:Jesse Owens, an Olympic athlete,
C. wrote many of his books
was a talented sprinter.
D. yellow legal pads
A. Jesse Owens
B. an Olympic athlete 300. Identify the appositive phrase:Yesterday,
Simon and I ate at Tasty’s, a small deli near
C. talented sprinter
our house.
D. none of above
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A. Yesterday
295. Millions more watch the games another B. Simon and I ate at Tasty’s
way, television. The appositive is
C. Tasty’s
A. television
D. a small deli near our house
B. Millions
C. way 301. There should always be at least one
comma involved when inserting an appos-
D. none of above
itive phrase into a sentence.
296. Identify the appositive or appositive A. True
phrase::Did you know that West Side
Story, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, was B. False
once a Broadway play?
302. True or false? Eliminating the nonessen-
A. West Side Story tial appositive changes the basic meaning
B. a retelling of the sentence.
C. a retelling of Romeo and Juliet A. True

D. was once a Broadway play B. False
297. Identify the appositive phrase:Did you 303. Choose the appositive phrase:Finn, my
know that Mr. Jahnke, my English teacher, youngest nephew, is spending the night at
drives a 1969 Dodge Charger? my house.
A. Mr. Angel A. Finn
B. English teacher B. my youngest nephew
C. my new English teacher C. is spending the night
D. 1969 Dodge Charger D. at my house
298. True or false?Nonessential appositives 304. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the
are set off with commas. following sentence:The dawn came quickly
A. True now, a wash, a glow, a lightness, and then
an explosion of fire.
B. False
A. a wash
299. What is the appositive(s)? Roald Dahl, a
B. a glow
famous children’s author, wrote many of
his books in pencil on yellow legal pads. C. a lightness
A. Roald Dahl D. an explosion of fire

305. Identify the participial phrase in the fol- 310. Identify the prepositional phrase:Please
lowing sentence. The novel Paradise, writ- return the book to the cabinet.
ten by Elena Castedo, has been praised by

literary critics.
A. written by Elena Castedo
B. has been praised
C. has been praised by literary critics
D. none of above
306. What’s the appositive phrase? Keith, the

A. Please
boy in a rumpled shirt, didn’t know how to
iron. B. return the book
A. Keith C. to the cabinet
B. the boy in a rumpled shirt D. Please return
C. shirt
311. What is an appositive phrase?
D. iron
A. a noun that describes or offers more
307. Basketball, my favorite sport, requires a info on the subject
great deal of stamina. B. a description
A. basketball C. the object that shows the receiver of
B. my favorite sport the action
C. requires a great deal D. a dependent clause
D. of stamina
312. Which phrase is an appositive? The bald
308. Choose the appositive phrase:Dr. Smith eagle, our national bird, soared above the
hired two new teachers, Mr. Davies and trees.
Ms. Parker. A. The bald eagle
A. Dr. Smith B. our national bird
B. two new teachers C. soared
C. two new teachers, Mr. Davies and Ms. D. above the trees
Parker
D. Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker 313. Choose the sentence that contains an ap-
positive phrase.a) The girl is reading a
309. Is this an essential appositive or a book.b) The girl, a talented writer, is read-
nonessential appositive?In It’s a Wonder- ing a book.c) The girl is playing outside.d)
ful Life, one of the most popular movies The girl is reading a magazine.
ever made, a character named Clarence
A. b
wants to get his wings.
B. d
A. Essential (or restrictive) appositive
C. a
positive D. c

314. Before the food gets cold. 319. Explain the difference between an appos-
A. Dependent itive and an appositive phrase.
B. Independent A. An appositive is a single noun or noun

phrase, while an appositive phrase in-
315. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? cludes the appositive and its modifiers.
A. Roald Dahl a famous children’s author B. An appositive is always plural, while
wrote many of his books in pencil on yel- an appositive phrase is always singular.
low legal pads.
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C. An appositive is used in written lan-
B. Roald Dahl, a famous children’s author, guage, while an appositive phrase is used
wrote many of his books in pencil on yel- in spoken language.
low legal pads. D. An appositive is a type of verb, while
C. Roald Dahl, a famous children’s author an appositive phrase is a type of adjective.
wrote many of his books in pencil on yel- 320. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
low legal pads.
A. We decided to eat at Olive Garden my
D. Roald Dahl a famous children’s author, favorite restaurant.
wrote many of his books in pencil on yel-
low legal pads. B. We decided to eat at Olive Garden, my
favorite restaurant.
316. Identify the appositive phrase(s). Coffee, C. We decided to eat at, Olive Garden, my
a great source of energy, is the perfect favorite restaurant.
drink on cool nights.
D. We decided, to eat, at Olive Garden my
A. Coffee favorite restaurant.
B. Coffee, a great source of energy
321. True or false?Appositives are set off with
C. a great source of energy commas.
D. cool nights A. True
317. Choose the appositive phrase:The dog B. False
climbed into the plastic swimming pool, a 322. You must take your umbrella today,
great escape, in order to beat the heat. which is an important tool to protect from
A. the dog climbed rain.The appositive phrase is
B. into the plastic swimming pool A. umbrella
C. a great escape B. You must take your umbrella today,
which is an important tool to protect from
D. to beat the heat
rain.
318. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is C. You must take your umbrella today
referring to:The giant plane, a Boeing 747,
D. which is an important tool to protect
launched into the air.
from rain.
A. plane
323. What’s the prepositional phrase?:Mr.
B. air Pierre had to drive through the largest
C. giant plane puddle.
D. into the air A. through the largest puddle

B. to drive 327. Clearly overjoyed with their vehicles,

C. had to drive many Americans regarded automobiles as
necessities by the 1920s.

D. to drive through
324. Choose the sentence that includes an es-
sential appositive phrase. B. gerund phrase
A. Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII C. infinitive phrase

and Anne Boleyn, became queen of Eng- D. appositive phrase
land in 1558.
B. The popular U.S. president John F. 328. Identify the appositive phrase:Did you
Kennedy was known for his eloquent and know that West Side Story, a retelling of
inspirational speeches. Romeo and Juliet, was once a Broadway
play?
325. Which is a list of common prepositions?
A. West Side Story
B. a retelling
C. a retelling of Romeo and Juliet
D. was once a Broadway play
329. Highlight all the words that make up the

appositive phrase. The chemist Professor
A. Against, Beside, In, Over, Up Ramirez helped Derek Jeter make a vol-
B. Desk, Chair, Table, Seat cano for the science fair.
C. Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Lexus A. Professor Ramirez
D. Chicken, Cat, Dog, Elephant B. the chemist
326. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? C. Derek Jeter
A. Sherlock Holmes, a character created D. science fair
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, continues to
appear in television shows more than 100 330. Which of the following sentences does
years after his first appearance in print. not contain an appositive phrase?a) The
B. Sherlock Holmes, a character created car, a red sports car, zoomed past.b) The
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continues to ap- car zoomed past.c) The car, a red sports
pear in television shows more than 100 car, zoomed past the finish line.d) The car,
years after his first appearance in print. a red sports car, zoomed past the crowd.
C. Sherlock Holmes a character created A. The car, a red sports car, zoomed past
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continues to ap- the finish line.
pear in television shows more than 100 B. The car, a red sports car, zoomed past
years after his first appearance in print. the crowd.
D. Sherlock Holmes a character created
C. The car, a red sports car, zoomed past
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continues to ap-
the checkered flag.
pear in television shows more than 100
years after his first appearance in print. D. The car zoomed past.

331. Facing high school standards, students re- 336. Identify the appositive phrase in the fol-
alized they hadn’t worked hard enough in lowing sentence:“Mrs. Dover, the Harry
middle school. Potter geek, wants to own a cat one day.
A. Infinitive Phrase A. wants to own a cat one day
B. Gerund Phrase B. Mrs. Dover
C. Participial Phrase C. one day
D. none of above D. the Harry Potter geek
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332. In the following sentence, what is the ap-
337. My favorite part of the meal, buttery
positive phrase? My favorite Pokemon is
rolls, makes me happy
Chimchar-the fire Pokemon.
A. My favorite part
A. My favorite Pokemon
B. of the meal
B. is
C. Chimchar C. buttery rolls
D. the fire Pokemon D. makes me happy
333. Identify the Infinitive phrase in the fol- 338. Identify the appositive phrase(s). Tom,
lowing sentence. The person to ask about old fellow, I am glad to see you.
Greek mythology would be Mrs. Ntewo. A. Tom
A. to ask
B. old fellow
B. to ask about Greek mythology would
C. I am glad
be Mrs. Ntewo
D. to see you
C. to ask about Greek mythology
D. none of above 339. What is the function of prepositional
phrases?
334. Ken and Joyce, Ken’s wife, are business
partners.The appositive is A. To indicate location, time, manner, or
purpose
A. Ken’s wife
B. To provide versatility in a sentence
B. Ken and Joyce
C. To add descriptive details to a sen-
C. are business partners.
tence
D. Ken’s wife, are business partners.
D. To modify a verb
335. Identify the appositive:My cousin Sammy
broke his arm in the championship game 340. My personal favorite is Talmadge the can-
last weekend. didate with the best record.
A. cousin A. Talmadge
B. Sammy B. the candidate with the best record
C. arm C. R
D. game D. N

341. What is an appositive phrase?a) A 345. Which sentence is punctuated correctly

phrase that describes a verb.b) A phrase for appositive phrases?
that describes a noun.c) A phrase that de-

A. The largest state in the U.S., Alaska,
scribes an adjective.d) A phrase that de- was one of the last to be admitted as a
scribes an adverb. state.
A. a B. The largest state in the U.S. Alaska,
B. c was one of the last to be admitted as a
state.
C. d
C. The largest state in the U.S., Alaska
D. b
was one of the last to be admitted as a
342. What is an appositive phrase? state.
A. A conjunction phrase that connects D. The largest state in the U.S. Alaska
two independent clauses in the sentence. was one of the last to be admitted as a
state.
B. A verb phrase that modifies a noun or
pronoun in the sentence. 346. Which of the following sentences are
C. A prepositional phrase that functions punctuated CORRECTLY?
as the subject of the sentence. A. My mother will make my favorite food,
D. A noun phrase that renames or identi- spaghetti, for supper.
fies another noun or pronoun in the sen- B. Jonathan, the boy in the blue baseball
tence. cap is my best friend.
343. Identify the appositive in the following C. Our teacher Mrs. Walker gave us lots
sentence:My best friend, Sarah, is coming of homework last night.
over for dinner. D. The playoffs for soccer, my favorite
A. best friend sport are today after school.
B. dinner 347. Chocolate my favorite treat always

C. Sarah makes me happy.
D. coming over A. Correct

B. Incorrect
344. What is the relationship between prepo-
sitional phrases and the words they mod- 348. Which phrase in the following sentence is
ify? an appositive phrase? Alexandra, the girl
he used to date, got married yesterday.
A. Prepositional phrases replace the
words they modify A. Alexandra
B. Prepositional phrases provide addi- B. the girl he used to date
tional information about the words they C. got married yesterday
modify
D. none of above
C. Prepositional phrases are unrelated to
the words they modify 349. A world renowned author, Stephen King
D. Prepositional phrases modify the is praised for his work in the horror genre.
words they replace A. A world renowned author

B. Stephen King is praised B. Movies and Books

C. Stephen King is praised for his work C. Mrs. Dover
D. in the horror genre D. Harry Potter
350. Grace works hard to maintain solid 354. Which is properly punctuated?
grades. A. My science tutor Rachel Green wrote
A. infinitive phrase a catchy song about the solar system.
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B. appositive phrase B. My science tutor, Rachel Green, wrote
a catchy song about the solar system.
phrase? C. My science tutor, Rachel Green wrote
D. My science tutor Rachel Green, wrote
355. What is the structure of an infinitive

phrase?
A. Adjective + noun/pronoun + verb
B. Noun/pronoun + verb + modifiers
A. in the journal
C. To + verb in base form
B. at the table
D. Preposition + object + modifiers
C. how are you
D. on the floor 356. He might visit the neighbors house and
beg for food scraps.
352. Which sentence is correct? A. appositive phrase
A. Some of my friends, including those i B. independent clause
made in college and high school, still call
me to talk. C. prepositional phrase
B. Some of my friends, including those I D. none of above
made in college and high school still call 357. What’s the appositive phrase? Hillde,
me to talk. my sweet little dog, cuddled up in the blan-
C. Some of my friends including those I kets.
made in college and high school, still call A. Hillde
me to talk.
B. dog
D. Some of my friends, including those I
made in college and high school, still call C. my sweet little dog
me to talk. D. none of the above
353. Which noun is the appositive phrase de- 358. Essential or Nonessential apposi-
scribing? Mrs. Dover, a die-hard Harry tives:The basketball player Michael Jor-
Potter fan, owns all of the books and has dan was also famous for his role in Space
seen all of the movies, including those in Jam.
the Fantastic Beasts franchise. A. It needs commas. “Michael Jordan” is
A. Movies nonessential.

B. It is correct without commas. 363. Identify the appositive phrase in this

“Michael Jordan” is essential. sentence:Alabama, his home state, was
where Jesse Owens lived until 1921.

tence:The chef, an expert in French cuisine, A. until 1921
prepared a delicious meal. B. his home state
A. an expert in French cuisine C. Alabama
B. French cuisine D. none of above
C. prepared a delicious meal
D. The chef
360. Where do the commas go with an inter- favorite restaurant.
rupter appositive? B. We decided to eat at Olive Garden, my
A. Before and after the appositive phrase favorite restaurant.
B. After the appositive phrase C. We decided to eat at, Olive Garden, my
C. Before the appositive
D. These types of appositive phrases do
not use commas.
Explanation:The correct sentence is ‘We
361. Identify the appositive phrase:Queen Vic- decided to eat at Olive Garden, my fa-
toria, one of England’s greatest monarchs, vorite restaurant.’ It is punctuated cor-
ruled for sixty-three years. rectly with a comma after ‘Garden’ and be-
fore ‘my favorite restaurant.’
A. Queen Victoria
B. one of England’s greatest monarchs 365. Choose the appositive phrase:Tom, old
C. England’s greatest monarchs fellow, I am glad to see you.
D. rules for sixty-three years A. Tom

B. old fellow
362. witch one is the simple sentence
C. I am glad
D. to see you
366. A gerund phrase functions as a/n in

the sentence.
A. noun
B. adjective
C. verb
A. i hate cranberries. D. conjunction
B. Aaron burr is a rad lad. 367. Find the nonessential appositive:The in-
C. Lafayette is from France, he also hates sect the cockroah is crawling across the
king George. garbage container.
D. King George had all his gucci thrown A. Insect

into the sea by an angry Caribbean. B. cockroach

C. Garbage 373. In the following sentence, what is the

D. Container appositive phrase? My bag, the rainbow
one, is pretty.
368. True or false?Appositives can draw at-
A. My bag
tention to the qualities of a person, place,
or thing that are important or relevant to B. the rainbow one
your writing purpose. C. is
A. True D. pretty
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B. False
374. Choose the noun the appositive phrase
369. Appositives often begin with the follow- is referring to:Dr. Smith hired two new
ing words (multiple answers) teachers, Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker.
A. a A. Dr. Smith
B. and B. two
C. the C. teachers
D. an D. Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker
370. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- 375. What is the appositive phrase in the fol-
tence below.Each animal would be kept lowing:In Friday, one of the most popular
here until those special people, its new comedies in decades, Craig’s best friend
family, chose it. Smokey owes someone money.
A. those special people, its new family A. one of the most popular comedies in
B. those special people decades,
C. its new family B. Craig’s best friend Smokey
D. none of above C. owes someone money
371. Identify the participial phrase in the fol- D. In Friday,
lowing sentence. Rising more than 29,
376. In the following sentence, what is the
000 feet above sea level, Mount Everest
appositive phrase? My favorite month is
is the world’s highest mountain.
July-the month for pool parties.
A. Rising more than 29, 000 feet
A. My favorite month
B. Rising more than 29, 000 feet above
sea level B. is
C. is the world’s highest mountain C. July

D. none of above D. the month for pool parties
372. What’s the appositive phrase? I went 377. Identify the appositive in the sentence
shopping at Walmart, the most crowded below.Our class president, Mohamed Fadi,
store in town. will give a speech.
A. I A. Our class president
B. shopping B. Our class president, Mohamed Fadi
C. Walmart C. Mohamed Fadi
D. the most crowded store in town D. none of above

378. Which is NOT a function of prepositional 383. Where should a comma be placed in the
phrases? following sentence? Amanda please plug
in the chromebooks for me.

A. Describes when something happened
(Ex:After school) A. After “please”
B. Describes where something happened B. After “plus”
(Ex:At the restaurant)
C. After “chromebooks”
C. Describes with whom/what some-
thing happened (Ex:With my sister) D. After “Amanda”
D. Describe an action someone/something 384. Which of the following is an appositive
did (Ex:Yelled and screamed) phrase in the sentence:‘The car, a sleek
379. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- sports car, zoomed past us.’?
tence:‘My teacher, Mrs. Johnson, is very A. The car
knowledgeable.’
B. a sleek sports car
A. My teacher
C. zoomed past us
B. Mrs. Johnson
D. sleek sports car
C. is very knowledgeable
D. Mrs. Johnson, is very knowledgeable 385. Select the appositive or appositive
phrase. William Shakespeare, the revered
380. Identify the appositive in the sen- English playwright, wrote plays more than
tence:My favorite aunt, Sylvia, is going to four hundred years ago that, even now,
get me a job working in her store. continue to influence people around the
A. My favorite aunt world.
B. Sylvia A. William Shakespeare
C. going to get me a job B. the revered English playwright,
D. in her store C. wrote plays more than four hundred
381. What is the function of infinitive years ago that
phrases? D. even now,
A. To add descriptive details to a sen- E. continue to influence people around
tence the world
B. To provide the action in a sentence
C. To modify a verb
D. To indicate location, time, manner, or A. A word that takes the place of an ad-
purpose jective
B. An appositive is a noun or pronoun that
382. The photo shows Henry Ford, looking con- identifies or renames another noun or pro-
tented and proud, in his first car. noun.
C. An appositive modifies another ad-
B. gerund phrase verb.
C. infinitive phrase D. An appositive tells how a verb is being
D. appositive phrase done

387. Which sentence correctly uses commas? 391. By noon, all the runners were finished.
A. Joyce sang the song and then she sat
in the choir.
B. Joyce sang the song, and then she sat
in the choir.
C. Joyce, sang the song, and then she sat
in the choir.
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D. Joyce sang the, song, and then she sat
in the choir. A. By noon
388. Identify the appositive:An enormous man B. All the runners
with great strength, Henry was able to C. The runners
carry the entire pallet of bricks by himself.
D. Were finished
A. An enormous man with great strength
B. Henry 392. What is the appositive in the sen-
tence?My friend Emily owes me $50.
C. the entire pallet of bricks
D. by himself
389. Choose the sentence that includes an ap-
positive or appositive phrase.
A. Miss Crabtree’s appearance was dark
and foreboding when she arrived at our
door. A. My friend
B. Her heavy black eyebrows met above B. owes me
her nose because her forehead was heav- C. $50
ily furrowed. D. Emily
C. We somewhow knew that Miss Crab-
tree, our new governess, would mark an 393. Which option is true based on the sen-
uncomfortable change in our lives. tence below? I hope my friend Jay-Z has
enough packing peanuts to ship you his
D. none of above
crystal ball.
390. Which is a list of common prepositions? A. I have only one friend.
B. I have multiple friends.
394. Which of the following is an example of
an infinitive phrase functioning as an ad-
jective?
A. To swim in the ocean is my favorite
summer activity
A. Kick, Punch, Cook, Eat B. The book on the shelf belongs to John
B. Above, Before, During, Off, Toward C. I need a new notebook to write my
C. Him, Her, His, She, They ideas
D. Shoe, Pants, Skirt, Blouse, Shirt D. He ran quickly to catch the bus

395. Which sentence is written correctly? 401. Select the appositive or appositive
phrase. Ethan’s sister, Zoe, loves to shop
A. The students who are wearing purple
for vintage dresses at thrift stores and

are talented writers.
consignment shops and often finds incred-
B. The students, who are wearing purple, ible bargains.
are talented writers.
A. Ethan’s sister
396. My assistant, Carrie, will call you tomor- B. Zoe
row to resolve this problem.
C. loves to shop for vintage dresses at
A. Correct thrift stores and consignment shops and
often finds incredible bargains.
B. Incorrect
D. none of above
397. Before you throw away your stuffed an-
imal Bobo, make sure you it is a decision 402. Which of these is a sentence with parallel
you will not forget! What is the apposi- structure?
tive? A. Olympic athletes usually like to prac-
A. Bobo tice, to compete, and eating ice cream
sandwiches.
B. stuffed animal
B. Olympic athletes usually like practic-
C. decision ing, competing, and to eat ice cream sand-
D. there is not appositive wiches.
C. Olympic athletes usually like practic-
398. The intruder, a large, inquisitive cock-
ing, competing, and eating ice cream
roach with hairy legs, is crawling across
sandwiches.
the kitchen table.What does the bold por-
tion describe? D. none of above
A. the cockroach 403. Identify the prepositional phrase:The
B. the intruder clock in my grandma’s house was broken
last week.
C. the kitchen table
A. broken last week
D. none of above
B. grandma’s house was
399. Please give this note to the principal Mrs. C. in my grandma’s house
Spiegel.
D. house was broken
A. principal
404. Appositives are located
B. Mrs. Spiegel
A. before the noun it describes.
C. R
B. after the noun it describes.
D. N
C. in a different sentence.
400. Find the adjective clause.Joan, who is my D. none of above
older sister, works at St. Simon.
A. Joan works at St. Simon
appositive:I walked along Gilman Street,
B. who is my older sister the best street in town.

A. person B. The primary colors of the spectrum are

B. place blue, red and, green.
C. The primary colors of the spectrum are
C. thing
blue, red, and green.
D. none of above
D. The primary colors of the spectrum,
406. What is the purpose of an appositive are blue, red, and green.
phrase in a sentence? 410. Identify the mistake concerning the ap-
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A. The purpose of an appositive phrase is positive phrase in the following sen-
to indicate the tense of a verb in a sentence.”An expert on Harry Potter Mrs.
tence. Dover could tell you anything you wanted
to know about the books and movies.”
B. The purpose of an appositive phrase is
to connect two independent clauses in a A. There needs to be a comma before
sentence. “about”
C. The purpose of an appositive phrase B. There needs to be a comma before
is to replace a noun or pronoun in a sen- “anything” and after “know”
tence. C. There needs to be a comma after “Pot-
D. The purpose of an appositive phrase is ter”
to provide additional information or clari- D. There is nothing wrong with the appos-
fication about a noun or pronoun in a sen- itive phrase.
tence.
411. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the
407. What is the appositive(s)? I ate a huge following sentence:An experienced scuba
bowl of my favorite ice cream, Blue Bell diver, Chrissy Gibson had gone on ten
peppermint, last night. expeditions to unexplored areas of the
Caribbean, an underwater adventure.
A. I ate a huge bowl
A. An experienced scuba diver
B. of my favorite ice cream
B. Chrissy Gibson had gone on ten expe-
C. last night ditions
D. Blue Bell peppermint C. to unexplored areas of the Caribbean
408. True or False:Appositive phrases provide D. an underwater adventure
additional information about the subject of 412. Choose the appositive phrase:When the
a sentence. retired teacher ran into Janet, her long lost
A. False student, Janet squealed with delight.
B. True A. when the retired teacher ran into
Janet
C. Appositive phrases modify the object
of a sentence B. her long lost student
D. Appositive phrases are used to con- C. Janet squealed
nect two independent clauses D. with delight
409. Which sentence uses commas correctly? 413. Our colleague Bryan is ill.
A. The primary colors of the spectrum are A. Correct
blue red and green. B. Incorrect

414. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- 419. Which noun is the appositive phrase de-
tence below.Fatima, the youngest in our scribing?My math teacher, Mr. Wilson, is
family, wants to become a shrink. an extremely tough grader, especially on

A. the youngest in our family tests.
B. Fatima A. teacher
C. a shrink B. grader
D. none of above C. tests
415. Choose the appositive phrase:Mr. Son- D. Mr. Wilson

ntag hired two new teachers, Mr. Davies
and Ms. Parker. 420. Identify the appositive in the sentence be-
low.My cousin Amanda is a veterinarian
A. Mr. Sunday who works at a wildlife park.
B. two new teachers A. Amanda
C. two new teachers, Mr. Davies and Ms.
B. My cousin Amanda
Parker
C. My cousin
D. Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker
D. none of above
416. What is the purpose of an appositive?
A. to complete a sentence 421. Which is a list of common prepositions?
B. to further describe a noun
C. to show action
D. to start a sentence
417. Adverb clauses modify , adjectives,

and other adverbs.
A. nouns
B. pronouns A. Against, Beside, In, Over, Up
C. verbs B. Desk, Chair, Table, Seat

D. prepositions C. Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Lexus
418. Which sentence below is correctly punctu- D. Jump, Run, Speak, Be

ated?
422. Identify the appositive phrase:Roald
A. My sister, the tall one, is about to enter Dahl, a famous children’s author, wrote
high school. many of his books in pencil on yellow le-
B. My sister the tall one is about to enter gal pads.
high school. A. Roald Dahl
C. My sister, the tall one is about to enter B. a famous children’s author
high school.
C. wrote many of his books
D. My sister the tall one, is about to enter
high school. D. in pencil on yellow legal pads

423. Identify the participial phrase in the fol- 428. Her most important achievement was
lowing sentence. The solution suggested winning the national championship.
by the principal was supported by both the A. Infinitive Phrase
students and the faculty.
B. Gerund Phrase
A. supported by both the students and
the faculty
D. none of above
B. suggested by the principal
C. was supported by both the students 429. Perry, a platypus with a fancy hat, fights
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and the faculty crime to help the Tri-state Area. What’s
the appositive?
D. none of above
424. Identify the appositive phrase:Next
weekend, we will be visiting my sister, a
recent graduate of the University of Iowa.
A. Next weekend
B. my sister
C. a recent graduate
D. a recent graduate of the University of
Iowa
425. What type of punctuation is typically
used in an appositive phrase? A. Perry
A. commas B. a platypus
B. parenthesis C. a platypus with a fancy hat
C. exclamation marks D. none of above
D. quotation marks 430. Where do you place adjectives on a dia-
gram?
426. Today, nearly one sixth of the population
is lcoated near Paris, the capital. A. on a horizontal line above the noun
A. Correct B. on a horizontal line above the verb
B. Incorrect C. on a diagonal line below the noun it is
modifying
427. Identify the mistake concerning the ap-
D. on a diagonal line below the verb it is
positive phrase in the following sentence.
modifying
“Mrs. Puls an English teacher at CHS has
a dog.” 431. Which phrase in the following sentence is
A. There needs to be a comma before an appositive phrase? I want to take the
“an” and after “teacher” painting, a Van Gogh, to the museum for
donation.
B. There needs to be a comma before
“an” and after “CHS” A. take the painting
C. There is nothing wrong with the appos- B. a Van Gogh
itive phrase. C. to to the museum
D. There should be a comma before “an” D. none of above

432. Marie, a Sorbonne student, is well edu- A. To provide additional information

cated. about a noun in the sentence

A. Correct B. To emphasize the main idea of the sen-
B. Incorrect tence
C. To separate the subject from the pred-
433. What is the appositive phrase in the fol- icate in the sentence
lowing:Leonardo da Vinci, the great Re-
naissance painter, was also an inventor. D. To indicate the tense of the verb in the
sentence
A. Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renais-
sance painter, 438. Tom, old fellow, glad to see you.
B. , was also an inventor. A. Tom
C. Leonardo da Vinci, B. old fellow
D. , the great Renaissance painter,
C. glad to
434. My favorite part of the meal, buttery D. see you
rolls, makes me happy.
A. Buttery rolls 439. True or False:An appositive phrase
NEVER begins with “is” or “was” or any
B. my favorite part of the meal other verb.
C. makes
D. me happy
435. To be truly successful is to be true to your-

self and to the highest principles of honor
B. Gerund Phrase
D. none of above
436. Does this sentence contain an Apposi-

tive:Yes or no?Elvis Presley, the famous
king of 50s rock and roll, made his first
A. True
national appearance on the “Ed Sullivan
Show.” B. False
A. Yes 440. Identify the appositive phrase(s). My
B. No favorite part of the meal, buttery rolls,
Explanation:”the famous king of 50s rock makes me happy
and roll” is a noun phrase (”king” is the
A. My favorite part
noun) that gives more information about
the noun Elvis Presley. B. of the meal
C. buttery rolls
437. What is the purpose of an appositive in a
sentence? D. makes me happy

441. Identify the appositive phrase:Last 445. Until the treasurer arrived.
weekend, my family visited The Smith- A. Dependent
sonian Institution, a vast network of gal-
B. Independent
leries in Washington, D.C.
A. Last weekend 446. What is the function of an appositive
phrase?
B. The Smithsonian Institute
A. To give the reader more information
C. a vast network of galleries about an action or verb in the sentence.
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D. a vast network of galleries in Washing- B. To give the reader more information
ton, D.C. about a noun in a sentence.
442. The teacher, a tall, thin man with a full 447. Find the sentence that contains an appos-
beard, taught math with the utmost enthu- itive phrase
siasm. A. My cat’s name is Harold.
A. The teacher B. Harold is my cat.
B. a tall, thin man with a full beard C. Harold, my cat, is old.
D. Harold is old, and he’s my cat.
C. taught math
D. taught math with the utmost enthusi- 448. Identify the appositive in the sentence be-
asm low. My best friend, Chuck, is a gifted
speaker.
443. Find the sentence with the prepositional A. friend
phrase. B. speaker
A. The truck backed over the log. C. Chuck
B. Here is a good view of Chicago. D. My
C. That bright object must be the North 449. Identify the appositive phrase:There was
Star. a huge party at the high school, the one
D. none of above with the best ACT scores.
A. There was a huge party
444. Which of the following sentences does
B. at the high school
not contain an appositive?a) The tall
skyscraper, Empire State Building, domi- C. the one with the best ACT scores
nates the city skyline.b) The teacher, Mrs. D. with the best act scores
Johnson, gave us a challenging assign-
ment.c) The car raced down the street. 450. Which one is correct?
A. Noah the socially awkward potato, is
A. The teacher, Mrs. Johnson, gave us a
not doing good on his school grades.
challenging assignment.
B. Grace, the freakishly tall person is go-
B. The tall skyscraper, Empire State ing to the football game tonight.
Building, dominates the city skyline.
C. Mrs. Sanchez, the amazing writing
C. The dog, a golden retriever, played teacher, likes writing.
fetch in the park.
D. Kaitlyn the random person likes hot-
D. The car raced down the street. dogs

451. The unicorn a creature with one horn is a C. word

mytical animal. D. a sentence with only 1 clause

A. unicorn
B. a creature with one horn phrase?
C. R
D. N
452. I am expected to do the dishes at his

house every night.
B. Gerund Phrase
C. Participial Phrase A. in the journal
D. none of above B. at the table
453. Which of the following sentences is punc- C. how are you
tuated correctly?a) My brother, a talented D. on the floor
musician, plays the guitar.b) My brother a
talented musician plays the guitar.c) My 457. Which sentence is correct?
brother a talented musician, plays the gui- A. Ms. Hamlett our English teacher rec-
tar.d) My brother, a talented musician ommended that we study.
plays the guitar.
B. Ms. Hamlett, our English teacher rec-
A. a ommended that we study.
B. c C. Ms. Hamlett our English teacher, rec-
C. b ommended that we study.
D. d D. Ms. Hamlett, our English teacher, rec-
ommended that we study.
454. How should you combine the two sen-
tences into one sentence that uses an 458. Identify the appositive:While we were in
appositive phrase?Logic is my favorite New York, my family and I saw the incredi-
celebrity.Logic is a talented rapper. ble play-Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
A. Logic, a talented rapper, is my favorite A. New York
celebrity. B. play
B. Logic is my favorite celebrity and also C. Hamilton
a talented rapper.
D. Lin-Manuel Miranda
C. My favorite celebrity is Logic and he is
also a talented rapper. 459. Select all the possible answers.How are
D. Logic is a talented rapper, who is also participial phrases and appositive phrases
my favorite celebrity. alike?
A. Both are used as adjectives to de-
455. what is an adverb phrase scribe nouns and pronouns.
A. a clause that functions as an adverb B. Both may include a prepositional
B. an adverb phrase.

C. They are used to describe verbs. A. New York

D. none of above B. play
460. Choose the appositive phrase:Before you C. Hamilton

trash BoBo, your last childhood stuffed an- D. Lin-Manuel Miranda
imal, consider saving it.
A. before you trash BoBo tence:My sister, a talented artist, painted
B. your last childhood stuffed animal a beautiful landscape.
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C. consider saving it A. talented artist
D. stuffed animal B. a talented artist
C. painted a beautiful landscape
461. Choose the sentence that contains an ap-
positive:a) The bird flew high in the sky.b) D. My sister
The red apple fell from the tree.c) My fa-
vorite subject is math.d) My friend, Alex, 466. Identify the noun or pronoun the appos-
is coming to visit. itive/appositive phrase explains.My fa-
vorite part of the meal, buttery rolls,
A. My favorite subject is math. makes me happy
B. The red apple fell from the tree. A. My
C. My friend, Alex, is coming to visit. B. favorite
D. The bird flew high in the sky. C. part
462. Identify the appositive in the following D. meal
sentence:The famous singer, Beyonce, per- E. happy
formed at the concert.
467. What is the name of a phrase or clause
A. singer
that is needed to complete the meaning of
B. concert a sentence?
C. performed
D. Beyonce
463. What is the participial phrase in the fol-

lowing sentence? Attending the Capulets
party with his cousin, Romeo hoped to see
Rosaline, the girl he was crushing on.
A. Nonrestrictive
A. Attending the Capulets party with his
cousin B. Restrictive
B. Romeo hoped to see Rosaline 468. What type of punctuation is used to set
C. the girl he was crushing on an appositive apart?
D. none of above A. Question mark

B. Period
464. Identify the appositive:While we were in
New York, my family and I saw the incred- C. Exclamation mark
ible play Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. D. Comma

469. What is the appositive phrase in the fol- A. The famous scientist
lowing sentence? Running away when his B. developed the theory of relativity
cousin, Benvolio, tried to speak to him,

Romeo can be rather dramatic. C. The famous scientist, Albert Einstein,
developed the theory
A. Running away when his cousin tried to
speak to him D. Albert Einstein
B. Benvolio 474. Identify the appositive phrase:Leonardo

C. Romeo can be rather dramatic da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter,
was also an inventor.
D. none of above
A. Leonardo da Vinci
470. Which of the following sentences does B. the great Renaissance painter
not contain an appositive phrase?a) The
teacher, Mrs. Johnson, gave us a challeng- C. was also an inventor
ing assignment.b) The house, a cozy cot- D. none of above
tage, was nestled among the trees.c) The
dog, a loyal companion, followed me ev- 475. Identify the appositive phrase:Harold
erywhere.d) The movie, a thrilling action talked to Sue, his mail carrier, about the
film, kept me on the edge of my seat. upcoming holidays.
A. a A. Harold talked to Sue
B. c B. his mail carrier
C. d C. about the upcoming holidays
D. b D. none of above
476. Dressed with fun scarves and fancy

471. Choose the appositive phrase:Dogs,
bracelets, Laura left the house.
man’s best friends, are good for an
owner’s health. A. participle phrase
A. man’s best friends B. independent clause
B. dogs 477. Which sentence below is correctly punctu-
C. are good for ated?
D. an owner’s health A. My sister, the tall one is about to enter
high school.
472. Identify the prepositional phrase in the
B. My sister the tall one is about to enter
sentence:A large piano stood inside the
high school.
music room.
C. My sister the tall one, is about to enter
A. A large piano
high school.
B. piano stood
D. My sister, the tall one, is about to en-
C. stood inside ter high school.
D. inside the music room Explanation:The correct sentence is ‘My
sister, the tall one, is about to enter high
473. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- school.’ The commas correctly set off the
tence:‘The famous scientist, Albert Ein- appositive phrase ‘the tall one’ from the
stein, developed the theory of relativity.’ rest of the sentence.

478. Choose the appositive phrase:Somehow, 483. When the science teacher saw the spi-
Bobby, the mischievous toddler, climbed der, a large tarantula with a hairy body,
out on the roof. he walked right up to it and asked it if it
A. Somehow, Bobby wanted to go hiking with him.
B. the mischievous toddler A. when the science teacher saw the spi-
der
C. climbed out
B. a large tarantula
D. on the roof
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479. Which of the following sentences con- D. he walked straight up to it
tains an appositive?a) The dog barked
loudly.b) My best friend, Sarah, is coming 484. Select the appositive or appositive
over.c) I like to eat pizza.d) The sun is shin- phrase. The domestic goldfish, one of
ing. the most popular household pets, can live
more than ten years if properly cared for.
A. The dog barked loudly.
A. The domestic goldfish
B. The sun is shining.
B. one of the most popular household
C. My best friend, Sarah, is coming over. pets,
D. I like to eat pizza. C. an live more than ten years if properly
cared for.
480. Is this an essential appositive or a
nonessential appositive?Clarence, an an- D. none of above
gel, must accomplish this goal by helping
a wonderful life he has had. A. Many people including, Americans and
Canadians, celebrate the new year.
A. Essential (or restrictive) appositive
B. Many people including Americans and
Canadians, celebrate the new year.
positive
C. Many people, including Americans and
481. Where should a comma be placed in the Canadians, celebrate the new year.
following sentence? Okay we can answer D. Many people including, Americans and
it your way. Canadians celebrate the new year.
A. After “we”
486. Which sentence is correctly punctuated
B. After “can” using commas?
C. After “Okay” A. “General Martin Dempsey, the Joint
D. After “it” Chiefs of Staff chairman, who just
wrapped up a visit to Afghanistan, was
482. Choose the appositive:A lover of popcorn, asked whether he foresees North Korea
Sparky was often spotted at the state fair. taking military action soon.”
A. Sparky B. “General Martin Dempsey, the Joint
B. at the state fair Chiefs of Staff chairman who just wrapped
up a visit to Afghanistan, was asked
C. A lover of popcorn whether he foresees North Korea taking
D. spotted military action soon.”

C. “General Martin Dempsey, the Joint A. My friend Emily beat Cameron Tucker
Chiefs of Staff chairman, who just at hide-and-seek.
wrapped up a visit to Afghanistan was

B. My friend, Emily beat Cameron Tucker
asked whether he foresees North Korea at hide-and-seek.
taking military action soon.”
C. My friend, Emily, beat Cameron Tucker
D. none of above at hide-and-seek.
487. Which of the following sentences is punc- D. My friend Emily, beat Cameron Tucker
tuated correctly?a) My sister, Emily is a at hide-and-seek.
doctor.b) My sister Emily is a doctor.c) My
sister Emily, is a doctor.d) My sister Emily, 492. What is the purpose of an appositive in a
is a doctor. sentence?
A. My sister Emily is a doctor. A. The purpose of an appositive in a sen-
tence is to provide additional information
B. My sister Emily, is a doctor. or clarification about a noun.
C. My sister Emily, is a doctor. B. The purpose of an appositive in a sen-
D. My sister, Emily is a doctor. tence is to emphasize the main idea of the
sentence.
488. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the
following sentence:Stephen gave his big C. The purpose of an appositive in a
sister Karen some tasty candies from his sentence is to connect two independent
birthday party at the mall, an assortment clauses.
of creams and caramels. D. The purpose of an appositive in a sen-
tence is to indicate the tense of the verb.
A. Stephen gave his big sister Karen
B. some tasty candies 493. What is the participial phrase in the fol-
lowing sentence? Running away when his
C. from his birthday party at the mall
cousin, Benvolio, tried to speak to him,
D. an assortment of creams and Romeo can be rather dramatic.
caramels
A. Running away when his cousin tried to
489. The singer, Taylor Swift, is having a birth- speak to him
day today. B. Benvolio
A. Correct C. Romeo can be rather dramatic
B. Incorrect D. none of above
490. What are appositives phrases always 494. Which of the following sentences uses an
separated from noun phrases by? appositive phrase correctly? A) The dog,
A. Nothing a golden retriever, barked loudly. B) The
cat, a Siamese, is sleeping. C) The bird, a
B. Period robin, sang a beautiful song.
C. Semi-colon A. The bird, a robin, sang a beautiful
D. Comma(s) song.
491. Which is properly punctuated? Context:I B. The fish, a goldfish, flew in the sky.
have more than one friend. C. The cat, a Siamese, is barking.

D. The dog, a golden retriever, meowed C. We decided to eat at Olive Garden, my

loudly. favorite restaurant.
495. Identify the appositive phrase(s). When
the retired teacher ran into Janet, her long
lost student, Janet squealed with delight. 500. Which is correct for:Mrs. Sanchez, the su-
A. When the retired teacher ran into per awesome writing teacher is teaching
Janet us appositive phrases.
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B. her long lost student A. Mrs. Sanchez the, super awesome
writing teacher is teaching, us appositive
C. Janet squealed phrases.
D. with delight B. Mrs. Sanchez the super awesome
writing teacher is teaching us appositive
496. Appositives and appositive phrases de-
phrases.
velop the meaning of the verb in sen-
tences. C. Mrs. Sanchez, the super awesome
writing teacher, is teaching us appositive
A. true
phrases.
B. false
D. none of above
497. Identify the appositive phrase(s). Dogs, 501. Which of the following is an example of
great companions, are good for people’s’ an infinitive phrase?
health.
A. To swim in the ocean is my favorite
A. great companions summer activity
B. Dogs are B. The book on the shelf belongs to John
C. good C. She sings with passion
D. for people’s health D. My best friend, Sarah, is an excellent
artist
498. What is the impact of using appositive, in-
finitive, and prepositional phrases in writ- 502. An appositive phrase is a/n phrase.
ing? A. adverb
A. To make writing more complex and dif- B. verb
ficult to understand
C. adjective
B. To add depth and flexibility to writing D. noun
C. To confuse readers and make writing
less effective 503. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. Layla my sister is having a party for
D. To make writing more concise and
Cinco de Mayo.
straightforward
B. Layla, my sister is having a party for
499. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? Cinco de Mayo.
A. We decided to eat at Olive Garden my C. Layla my sister, is having a party for
favorite restaurant. Cinco de Mayo.
B. We decided to eat at, Olive Garden, my D. Layla, my sister, is having a party for
favorite restaurant. Cinco de Mayo.

504. Dogs, great companions, are good for 510. All of the words below would make the
people’s’ health. following clause dependent EXCEPT:
rain continues to fall.

A. great companions
B. Dogs are A. Since
C. good B. Although
D. for people’s health C. Heavy
D. If
fer? My coach Claire Dunphy always 511. Find the appositive:Have you ever eaten
brings her puppies to practice. pad thai, a delicious sweet rice-and-noodle
A. coach dish from Thailand?
B. my
C. puppies
D. my coach
506. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is
referring to:The monkey, a nimble animal, A. a delicious sweet rice-and-noodle dish
is often found in the jungle.
B. a delicious sweet rice-and-noodle dish
A. animal from Thailand
B. jungle C. Have you ever eaten pad thai
C. monkey D. none of above
D. found
512. Ford’s company, using an assembly line
507. Sixty million people France’s population and interchangeable parts, first produced
are dispersed throughout the country. the Model T in 1909.
A. Correct A. participial phrase
B. Incorrect B. gerund phrase
508. What’s the appositive phrase? Melissa, C. infinitive phrase

my sister in college, called me last night. D. appositive phrase
A. Melissa 513. Choose the appositive. I haven’t been to
B. my sister the new mall, but I will go on Sat.
C. sister A. new mall
D. my sister in college B. but I will go
509. The dog climbed into the plastic swim- C. no appositive
ming pool, a great escape, in order to beat D. none of above
the heat.
514. Which option is true based on the sen-
A. the dog climbed tence below? Blake Shelton asked my sis-
B. into the plastic swimming pool ter Lisa for another bowl of noodle soup.
C. to beat the heat A. I have many sisters.
D. a great escape B. I have only one sister.

515. What is the participial phrase in the fol- 520. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen-
lowing sentence? The servants of the tence:The old car, a classic Volkswagen
house Capulet and Montague, fighting in Beetle, was parked in the garage.
the streets, caused the feud to start up
A. was parked in the garage
again.
B. Volkswagen Beetle
A. The servants of the house Capulet and
Montague C. The old car
B. fighting in the streets D. a classic Volkswagen Beetle
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C. caused the feud to start up again
521. Developing the automobile was actu-
D. none of above ally the creative work of many people,
516. Which is properly punctuated? Context:I but Henry Ford deservedly receives much
have more than one cousin. credit.
A. My cousin, Leonardo DiCaprio likes to A. participial phrase
design and fly kites. B. gerund phrase
B. My cousin Leonardo DiCaprio, likes to C. infinitive phrase
design and fly kites.
C. My cousin, Leonardo DiCaprio, likes to
design and fly kites. 522. True or False:An appositive is always set
D. My cousin Leonardo DiCaprio likes to off by commas.
design and fly kites.
A. True
517. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is B. An appositive is never set off by com-
referring to:Mr. Sonntag hired two new mas.
teachers, Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker.
C. False
A. Mr. Sunday
D. An appositive is always set off by
B. two
parentheses.
C. teachers
D. Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker 523. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen-
tence:The president, a charismatic leader,
518. Which of the following is an appositive addressed the nation.
phrase in the sentence:‘The book, a best-
seller, sold millions of copies.’? A. the president
A. a bestseller B. addressed the nation

B. a bestseller C. a charismatic leader
C. sold millions of copies D. the nation
D. The book
524. What is involved in the infinitive form?
519. How does the prepositional phrase in this A. verb + ING
sentence function?The man with a great
voice captivated his audience. B. verb + S
A. adverb C. preposition + verb
B. adjective D. verb + verb

525. What part of the sentence needs to be

offset by commas? Maria was a wonder-
ful singer an award winner in fact.

A. Maria
B. a wonderful singer
C. an award winner in fact
D. winner
526. Choose the appositive. John, where are

you moving? I am moving to the best
state in America, Texas.
A. Jackie Chan
A. John
B. a master of karate
B. Texas C. a master
C. no appositive D. bad guys
D. none of above 530. Which sentence is correct?
527. True or False?An appositive gives extra A. After, today we will have two whole
description to the noun right before it. weeks off of school!
B. After today, we will have two whole
A. True
weeks off of school!
B. False C. After today we, will have two whole
weeks off of school!
528. Which is properly punctuated?
D. After today we will have two whole
A. Lily Tucker-Pritchett’s latest painting, a weeks off of school!
portrait of my guinea pig, hangs above my
sofa. 531. Identify the appositive or appositive
phrase:Santa Claus gave his favorite rein-
B. Lily Tucker-Pritchett’s latest painting, deer, Rudolph, a special treat on Christmas
a portrait of my guinea pig hangs above Eve.
my sofa.
A. Santa Claus
C. Lily Tucker-Pritchett’s latest painting a B. reindeer
portrait of my guinea pig hangs above my
sofa. C. Rudolph
D. special treat
D. Lily Tucker-Pritchett’s latest painting a
portrait of my guinea pig hangs above my 532. which is INCORRECT?
sofa.
A. My dog, the wierdly cute one is eating
529. Jackie Chan, a master of karate, is able a treat
to defeat all the bad guys. Where is the B. The pickle, the delicious one, is rolling
appositive? down the street.

533. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- 538. If you don’t know the meaning of a word,
tence below.Yori’s letter, a poem about an appositive can help you.
our friendship, made my birthday unfor- A. True
gettable.
B. False
A. birthday
B. Yori’s letter 539. Trucks, large and small cargo carries,
come in all colors.the appositive phrase is
C. a poem about our friendship
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D. none of above A. trucks
534. Which group of words in the follow- B. large and small cargo carries
ing sentence makes up the appositive C. in all colors
phrase?Darrius and Jaidyn, the captains of
the track team, decided the group should D. come
run more sprints.
540. Identify the appositive in the sentence:A
A. more sprints famous Englishman, William Shakespeare
B. decided the group wrote plays like “Romeo and Juliet.”
A. A famous Englishman
C. Darrius and Jaidyn
B. William Shakespeare
D. the captains of the track team
C. wrote plays
535. What makes an appositive phrase so
D. “Romeo and Juliet”
great and worth my time to learn?
A. My teacher says so 541. What does a Independent Clause have?
B. It eliminates repetition, being boring, A. Can stand on its own
and wordy. B. A subject
C. It makes your writing longer. That C. A verb
must be better.
D. All of the above
D. It adds interesting extra punctuation.
542. Highlight all the words that make up the
536. Find the object of the preposition:Running appositive phrase. During tennis practice,
around the house was always a dangerous Courteney Cox’s teammate Sam always
decision. pretends his racket is a guitar.
A. running A. During tennis practice
B. house B. Sam
C. dangerous C. his racket
D. decision D. a guitar
537. An appositive provides more information 543. An appositive can be set apart by 1 or 2
about a noun. commas.
A. True A. Yes
B. False B. No

544. A shiny red apple dropped. Shiny and red

are what?

A. verbs
B. subjects
A. Perry
C. adjective modifiers
B. a platypus with a fancy hat
D. Adverb modifiers
C. the tri-state area
545. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- D. to help
tence below.This grandfather clock, an oak
masterpiece of handiwork, is an antique. 549. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen-
A. an oak masterpiece of handiwork tence below.The party, a celebration of my
friend’s eighteenth birthday, was held at
B. This grandfather clock a local swimming pool.
C. an antique A. a local swimming pool
D. none of above B. The party
546. In the sentence ‘The city, known for its C. a celebration of my friend’s eighteenth
vibrant nightlife, attracts tourists from all birthday
over the world.’, what is the appositive D. none of above
phrase?
A. attracts tourists from all over the dent?Before returning to school, the team
world went to Culvers for ice cream.
B. known for its vibrant nightlife A. dependent clause
C. The city B. independent clause
D. vibrant nightlife
547. Which of the following sentences does tence:My sister’s dog, Max, loves to play
not contain an appositive phrase?a) My fetch.
best friend, Sarah, is coming over for din- A. My sister
ner.b) The book, a thrilling mystery, kept
B. Max
me on the edge of my seat.c) The car, a
shiny red convertible, caught everyone’s C. My sister’s dog
attention.d) The movie, a romantic com- D. loves to play fetch
edy, made me laugh out loud.
552. What is the appositive(s)? The female
A. c
kingfisher, a large-headed bird that lives
B. a near the water, is known for its bright
C. d plumage.
D. b A. female kingfisher
B. bright plumage
lowing sentence?Perry, a platypus with a C. large-headed bird
fancy hat, fights crime to help the tri-state D. a large-headed bird that lives near the
Area. water

553. Which is the correct version of:Although B. a quite serious man

I like my dog, the chihuahua he, can be a
C. I
stinker
D. a silly gift
A. Although I like my dog, the chihuahua
he can be a stinker
558. Identify the Infinitive phrase in the fol-
B. Although I like my dog, the chihuahua lowing sentence. When you are ready to
he can, be a stinker leave for the game, call me.
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C. Although I like my dog the chihuahua A. to leave
he, can be a stinker
B. to leave for the game
D. Although I like my dog, the chihuahua,
he can be a stinker C. to leave for the game, call me
D. none of above
554. Which is punctuated correctly? 1. Mrs.
Parr’s son, a bundle of energy ran down
559. What is the appositive?I haven’t been to
the hallway. 2. Mrs. Parr’s son, a bundle
the new mall, but I will go on Saturday.
of energy, ran down the hallway. 3. Mrs.
Parr’s son a bundle, of energy, ran down A. new mall
the hallway. B. I will go
A. 1
C. no appositive
B. 2
D. on Saturday
C. 3
D. none of above 560. What’s the prepositional phrase?:Fred
ran into the pole because he didn’t watch
555. Somehow, Bobby, the mischievous tod- where he was going.
dler, climbed out on the roof and threat-
A. where he was going
ened to jump off.
A. Somehow Bobby B. into the pole
B. The mischievous toddler C. because he didn’t watch
C. climbed out D. With column staff
D. the roof
561. Which words make up the appositive
556. After getting good grades, I went to the phrases? A clever inventor, Suzanne
beach all summer. Troiani is always tinkering in her studio.
A. Infinitive Phrase A. A clever inventor
B. Gerund Phrase B. in her studio
C. Participial Phrase C. always tinkering
D. none of above D. inventor
557. What’s the appositive phrase? I sent my
562. The store doesn’t open until 10:00 AM.
dad, a quite serious man, a silly gift for
Christmas. A. Dependent
A. my dad B. Independent

563. What is the purpose of an appositive George Bailey realize what a wonderful
phrase?a) To add unnecessary informa- life he has had.
tion.b) To provide additional details about

A. Clarence, an angel,
a noun.c) To confuse the reader.d) To re-
place a noun in a sentence. B. George Bailey
A. c C. , must accomplish this goal by helping

B. a a wonderful life he has had.
C. b D. what a wonderful life he has had.
D. d
564. Which part of the sentence is the depen- A. An appositive is a noun or pronoun that
dent clause? Because they love to read, gives more information or details another
Sam and Brooke went to the library. noun or pronoun.
A. Because they love to read B. An appositive modifies a verb, an ad-
B. Sam and Brooke went to the library. jective, or another adverb.
C. An appositive is a word used in place
565. What is a phrase? of a noun or another pronoun.
A. A complete thought with both a subject D. none of above
and verb
B. An incomplete thought with just a sub- 570. How many prepositional phrases are in
ject or verb the following sentence? (a connected
prepositional phrase counts as two!) Dur-
566. Identify the noun or pronoun the apposi- ing our math test, I kept hearing strange
tive/appositive phrase explains.When the noises in the ceiling.
retired teacher ran into Janet, her long lost A. 1
student, Janet squealed with delight.
B. 2
A. retired
C. 3
B. teacher
D. 4
C. Janet
571. My friend, Jason, is the funniest one in
D. delight
our group.
567. Find the object of the preposition:Talking A. Correct
to the coach, I realized how to run the
B. Incorrect
play.
A. coach 572. Which sentence has the correct placement
of the comma?
B. realized
A. Even though I forgot to take out the
C. run
trash my mom, let me go to the party.
D. play B. Even though, I forgot to take out the
568. What is the appositive phrase in the fol- trash my mom let me go to the party.
lowing:Clarence, an angel, must accom- C. Even though I forgot, to take out the
plish this goal by helping the character trash my mom let me go to the party.

D. Even though I forgot to take out the 577. What is the participial phrase in the fol-
trash, my mom let me go to the party. lowing sentence? Juliet, the daughter of
the Capulets, is known to be a very docile
573. Which of the following is an appositive daughter, considering marriage only when
phrase in the sentence:‘My best friend, her mother asks her to.
Julie, is coming over for dinner.’?
A. the daughter of the Capulets
A. is coming over for dinner
B. is known to be a very docile daughter
B. My best friend
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C. considering marriage only when her
C. Julie mother asks her to
D. My best friend, Julie, is coming over D. none of above
for dinner.
578. What is the appositive(s)? I lost my sil-
574. Norma Ellis a local TV reporter was the ver necklace, a present from my mother,
first to report the fire. at the Carnival.
A. Norma Ellis A. I lost my silver necklace
B. a local TV reporter B. a present from my mother
C. R C. at the Carnival
D. N D. none of above
575. Select the appositive or appositive 579. Which of the following sentences con-
phrase. In the time of the Roman Republic, tains an appositive phrase?a) The cat sat
only male Roman citizens were allowed on the mat.b) My favorite color is blue.c)
to wear the toga, a long cloth wrapped The book, a classic novel, was written by
around the body. Jane Austen.d) I enjoy playing soccer.
A. In the time of the Roman Republic A. My favorite color is blue.
B. only male Roman citizens were al- B. I enjoy playing soccer.

lowed to wear the toga, C. The cat sat on the mat.
C. a long cloth wrapped around the body. D. The book, a classic novel, was written
by Jane Austen.
D. none of above 580. What’s the appositive phrase? I read a
book last night, a real page turner.
576. Which sentence below is correctly punctu-
ated? A. I read a book last night
A. My sister, the tall one is about to enter B. Read
high school. C. A real page turner
B. My sister the tall one is about to enter D. Turner
high school.
581. How can the following two sentences
C. My sister the tall one, is about to enter be joined together using an appositive
high school. phrase?The band played “Panther Pride”
D. My sister, the tall one, is about to enter during the graduation ceremony. “Panther
high school. Pride” is the school’s fight song.

A. The band played “Panther Pride, “ the 585. By giving people an alternative to mass
school’s fight song, during the graduation transit, automobiles did much to change
ceremony. the social and business scene of the United

B. The school’s fight song “Panther States.
Pride”, and the band played it during the A. participial phrase
graduation ceremony. B. gerund phrase
C. During the graduation ceremony, the C. infinitive phrase
band played “Panther Pride that is the
school’s fight song. D. appositive phrase
D. The band played “Panther Pride” dur- 586. Choose the appositive phrase:My fa-
ing the graduation ceremony, and it is the vorite part of the meal, buttery rolls,
school’s fight song. makes me happy.
A. buttery rolls
582. True or false?Removing a nonessential
appositive changes the basic meaning of B. My favorite part of the meal
the sentence. C. of the meal
A. True D. makes me happy
B. False
587. Choose the appositive in the sentence.
583. What is the definition of an appositive Jada, my sister, is beautiful.
phrase? A. Jada
A. An appositive phrase is a verb or verb B. my sister
phrase that renames or identifies another C. is beautiful
verb or pronoun in the sentence.
D. none of above
B. An appositive phrase is a prepositional
phrase that renames or identifies another 588. Pastor John gave a great sermon during
preposition in the sentence. church this morning. Identify the apposi-
tive
C. An appositive phrase is a noun or noun
phrase that renames or identifies another A. there is not an appositive
noun or pronoun in the sentence. B. John
D. An appositive phrase is a conjunction C. sermon
or conjunction phrase that renames or
D. church
identifies another conjunction in the sen-
tence. 589. Can a sentence have more than one
prepositional phrase contained within it?
584. Identify the appositive phrase:Mr. Angel,
my new English teacher, drives a 1969 A. Yes
Dodge Charger. B. No
A. Mr. Angel
590. True or False:Appositive phrases are al-
B. English teacher ways set off by commas.
C. my new English teacher A. Sometimes
D. 1969 Dodge Charger B. False

C. Only in formal writing

D. True
591. Coffee, a great source of energy, is the

perfect drink on cool nights.
A. Coffee
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B. Coffee, a great source of energy
C. a great source of energy
D. cool nights
592. What are appositives phrases always A. Todoroki is totally tubular.

separated from noun phrases by? B. John Laurens loves Hamilton.
A. brackets C. Mulligan is my favorite character, he is
very tall
B. Period
D. none of above
C. Semi-colon 596. Which of the following is an appositive
D. Comma(s) phrase in the sentence:‘My dog, a playful
Labrador, loves to fetch.’?
593. In the sentence ‘My grandmother, a wise A. loves to fetch
woman, always gives good advice.’, what B. My dog
is the appositive phrase?
C. a playful Labrador
A. My grandmother D. playful Labrador loves to fetch
B. always gives good advice 597. Combine the following sentences using an
appositive:The teacher is strict. Her name
C. the sentence
is Mrs. Smith.
D. a wise woman A. The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is strict.
B. The teacher, Mrs. Johnson, is strict.
C. The teacher, Mrs. Davis, is strict.
a prepositional phrase?
D. The teacher, Mrs. Brown, is strict.
A. The book on the shelf belongs to John
598. When the retired teacher ran into Janet,
B. My best friend, Sarah, is an excellent her long lost student, Janet squealed with
artist delight.
C. She sings with passion A. When the retired teacher ran into
Janet
summer activity B. her long lost student
C. Janet squealed
595. Witch one is the compound sentence? D. with delight

599. Identify the appositive phrase(s). The 603. True or false:sentences CANNOT make
dog climbed into the plastic swimming sense without an appositive phrase.
pool, a great escape, in order to beat the

A. True
heat.
B. False
A. the dog climbed
604. In the sentence “On the bed was Pete,
B. into the plastic swimming pool
the sweetest cat.” the appositive phrase
C. to beat the heat
D. a great escape A. describes Pete & can replace his name
in the sentence (renames him)
600. Which noun is being modified (added
B. just describes Pete
to) by the appositive phrase in this sen-
tence:Jesse Owens, a runner, completed in 605. Perhaps he plays with other dogs in the
the Olympics in 1936. neighborhood.
A. Olympics A. appositive phrase
B. runner B. independent clause
C. Jesse Owens C. prepositional phrase
D. none of above D. none of above
601. Appositives are special because they can 606. Jumping up and down, the cheerleaders
be deleted from a sentence without chang- urged the team on and got the fans to their
ing the sentence’s meaning. What could feet.
be deleted from the sentence below? My A. Infinitive Phrase
niece, Eleanor, is a big fan of unicorns.
B. Gerund Phrase
A. My niece C. Participial Phrase
B. Eleanor D. none of above
C. is a big fan of
607. What is an Appositive?
D. unicorns
A. An appositive shows the relationship
Explanation:The only word you can delete
between a noun or pronoun and another
without changing the meaning of the sen-
word in the sentence.
tence is “Eleanor.” We don’t need to know
her name to understand the sentence. My B. An appositive is a noun or pronoun that
niece is a big fan of unicorns. identifies or renames another noun or pro-
noun.
602. What is the appositive? Heidi, my cousin, C. An appositive modifies a verb, an ad-
will be traveling to Disney World next jective, or another adverb.
week.
D. An appositive is a word used in place
A. my cousin of a noun or another pronoun.
B. will be traveling
608. An appositive phrase identifies a in a
C. Disney World sentence (multiple answers)
D. Heidi A. place

B. thing 613. Where does the comma go with apposi-

C. event tives that begin the noun phrase?
D. person A. Before and after the appositive phrase

B. Before the appositive phrase
609. In the following sentence, what is the ap-
positive phrase? On the bed was Pete, the C. After the appositive phrase
sweetest cat. D. These appositives do not use commas
A. On the bed
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614. The painter one of the city’s most promis-
B. was ing young artists, began showing his work
in galleries before he was sixteen.
C. Pete
A. Correct
D. the sweetest cat
B. Incorrect
610. Identify the appositive phrase:The
fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, can 615. Choose the appositive phrase:Our neigh-
travel more than 100 miles per hour at bor and his daughters, Penny and Sonya,
certain times. take walks every evening.
A. The fastest animal A. Our neighbor and his daughters
B. the peregrine falcon B. Penny
C. can travel more than 100 miles per C. Sonya
hour D. Penny and Sonya
D. at certain times
616. Where should a comma be placed in the
611. Choose the appositive phrase:When the following sentence? Grandma will you
science teacher saw the spider, a large buy me some ice cream?
tarantula with a large hairy body, he A. After “me”
walked straight up to it and asked it if he
would like to go hiking with him. B. After “Grandma”
A. when the science teacher saw the spi- C. After “you”

der D. After “will”
B. a large tarantula 617. Identify the appositive phrase:The party
C. a large tarantula with a large hairy decorations, the pink and black balloons,
body need to be picked up this afternoon.
D. he walked straight up to it
612. Identify the appositive phrase:Jackson, a

good friend, helped me through a tough
time in my life.
A. a good friend
B. helped me
C. through a tough time
D. in my life A. the pink and black balloons

B. the party balloons 621. Highlight all the words that make up the
appositive phrase. The talented wizard
C. this afternoon
Ross Geller has a book of magical spells

D. need to be picked up this afternoon coming out next month.
A. The talented wizard
B. Ross Geller
A. Roald Dahl a famous children’s author
wrote many of his books in pencil on yel- C. book of magical spells
low legal pads. D. out next month
B. Roald Dahl, a famous children’s author, 622. Is this an essential appositive or a
wrote many of his books in pencil on yel- nonessential appositive? The Italian artist
low legal pads. Leonardo da Vinci drew a flying machine
C. Roald Dahl, a famous children’s author with flapping wings around 1500.
wrote many of his books in pencil on yel- A. Essential (or restrictive) appositive
low legal pads. B. Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) ap-
D. Roald Dahl a famous children’s author, positive
623. How many prepositional phrases are in
low legal pads.
the following sentence? Enter the num-
Explanation:The correct sentence is
ber of prepositional phrases (a connected
‘Roald Dahl, a famous children’s author,
prepositional phrase counts as two!) On
Wednesday, we celebrated at my mom’s
low legal pads.’ It is punctuated correctly
house for two hours.
with commas to set off the appositive
phrase. A. One
B. Two
619. Which is properly punctuated? Context:I
have only one science tutor. C. Three
D. Four
A. My science tutor Rachel Green wrote
a catchy song about the solar system. 624. Which of the following is an appositive
B. My science tutor, Rachel Green, wrote phrase?a) The dog barked loudly.b) The
a catchy song about the solar system. dog, a golden retriever, barked loudly.c)
The dog ran in the park.d) The dog, a
C. My science tutor, Rachel Green wrote golden retriever, ran in the park.
A. The dog ran in the park.
D. My science tutor Rachel Green, wrote B. The dog barked loudly.
C. The dog, a golden retriever, barked
620. How does a prepositional phrase func- loudly.
tion? D. The dog, a golden retriever, ran in the
A. adjective OR adverb park.
B. adverb only 625. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is

referring to:The fastest animal, the pere-
C. noun
grine falcon, can travel more than 100
D. adjective only miles per hour at certain times.

A. animal D. It’s the last day of school and, I cannot

B. 100 miles wait until it’s over!
C. falcon 630. Check the punctuation:Tomorrow, I

D. times needed to meet her by the bridge.
A. No Change
B. Tomorrow, I needed to meet her, by
A. An appositive shows the relationship the bridge.
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between a noun or pronoun and another
C. Tomorrow, I needed, to meet her, by
word in the sentence.
the bridge.
B. An appositive is a phrase that tells
D. Tomorrow, I needed, to meet her by
more about or renames another noun or
the bridge.
pronoun.
C. An appositive modifies a verb, an ad- 631. Steven Baldwin, the only red-head of the
jective, or another adverb. Baldwin brothers, has had a less success-
ful career than his siblings.
of a noun or another pronoun. A. Stephen Baldwin
B. the only red-head of the Baldwin broth-
627. What punctuation is used to separate a
ers
nonrestrictive appositive from the word it
is renaming and the rest of the sentence? C. has had a less successful career
A. a period (.) D. less successful career than his siblings
B. a semicolon (;) 632. Identify the appositive or appositive
C. an apostrophe (’) phrase:Charles Dickens, the author of A
Christmas Carol, once worked in a shoe
D. a comma (, )
polish factory.
628. Identify the participial phrase in the fol- A. Charles Dickens
lowing sentence. As she turned around, B. the author
Teresa noticed a large dog racing across
the open field. C. the author of A Christmas Carol
A. As she turned around D. in a shoe polish factory
B. noticed a large dog 633. Identify the appositive in the sentence
C. racing across the open field below.The word palindrome comes from
Greek and means “running back again.”
D. none of above
A. The word palindrome
629. Which sentence is correct? B. The word
A. It’s the last day of school and I cannot C. palindrome
wait until it’s over!
D. none of above
B. Its the last day of school, and I cannot
wait until its over! 634. What is the structure of a prepositional
C. It’s the last day of school, and I cannot phrase?
wait until it’s over! A. Adjective + noun/pronoun + verb

B. Noun/pronoun + verb + modifiers D. The professor, she was a woman of

C. To + verb in base form keen insight, explained her interpretation
of the story.

D. Preposition + object + modifiers
638. An appositive is
635. Which sentence has correctly punctuated A. an adjective or adverb
the appositive phrase?
B. an adjective
A. Sherlock Holmes, a character created
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continues to ap- C. a noun or pronoun
pear in television shows more than 100 D. none of above
years after his first appearance in print.
B. Sherlock Holmes, a character created lowing:Clarence, an angel, must accom-
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, continues to plish this goal by helping the character
appear in television shows more than 100 George Bailey realize what a wonderful
years after his first appearance in print. life he has had.
C. Sherlock Holmes a character created A. Clarence,
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, continues to ap-
B. , must accomplish this goal by helping
pear in television shows, more than 100
years after his first appearance in print.
a wonderful life he has had.
D. none of above
C. , an angel,
636. Texting while driving is one of the D. what a wonderful life he has had.
biggest causes of accidents.This sentence
contains a/n phrase. 640. Is the clause in red dependent or indepen-
dent?My mom ran a marathon when she
A. infinitive was 35 years old.
B. gerund A. dependent clause
C. appositive B. independent clause
D. none of above 641. Identify the appositive in the sen-
tence:My friend, a talented singer, per-
637. How can the following two sentences
formed on stage.a) My friendb) a talented
be joined together using an appositive
singerc) performed on staged) None of the
phrase?The professor explained her inter-
above
pretation of the story. She was a woman
of keen insight. A. performed on stage
A. The professor explained her interpre- B. My friend
tation of the story, and she was a woman C. a talented singer
of keen insight.
D. None of the above.
B. The professor, a woman of keen in-
sight, explained her interpretation of the 642. Identify the appositive phrase:Basketball,
story. my favourite sport, requires a great deal
of stamina.
C. She was a woman of keen insight, the
professor explained her interpretation of A. Basketball
the story. B. my favourite sport

C. requires a great deal of stamina

D. none of above

lowing sentence:The book, a classic novel,
has been on the bestseller list for months.
A. The book
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B. a classic novel
A. a large sweet tea
C. has been on the bestseller list
B. drink
D. for months
C. kitchen floor
644. What’s part of this sentence needs to be D. there is no subject
offset with commas? I sent my dad a quite
648. What is the appositive(s)? Heidi, my
serious man a silly gift for Christmas.
cousin, will be traveling to Disney World
A. my dad next week.
B. a quite serious man A. Heidi
C. I B. will be traveling
C. to Disney World
D. a silly gift
D. my cousin
645. What phrases are included in this sen-
tence? *Check ALL THAT APPLY* I felt like
dent?Before I went to school, I had a big
going to the other coffee shop, the one
cup of coffee.
around the corner from my house.
A. dependent clause
A. single prepositional phrase
B. independent clause
B. multiple prepositional phrases
650. What is an appositive phrase?
C. connected prepositional phrase
A. a noun that describes or offers more
D. appositive phrase info on the subject
B. the object that shows the receiver of
646. A gerund phrase
the action
A. Always contains to+verb C. a description
B. Always begins with an-ing verb D. a dependent clause
C. Always contains a past tense verb 651. Choose the appositive. The dogs jumped
D. Can always be deleted from the sen- the fence, and they became lost. Mr. Fos,
tence the owner, searched all day for them.
A. the owner
647. What is the SUBJECT (not the appositive B. and they became lost
phrase) of this sentence?My Sonic drink,
a large sweet tea, spilled all over the C. no appositive
kitchen floor. D. none of above

652. Identify the appositive in the sen- B. After Kim’s birthday on December 1,
tence:The famous scientist, Albert Einstein, we will go to New york.

C. After Kim’s birthday on December 1,
A. Albert Einstein we will go to New York.
B. developed the theory of relativity D. After Kim’s birthday on December, 1
we will go to New York.
C. The famous scientist
D. The famous scientist, Albert Einstein, 657. Identify the appositive phrase in the fol-
developed the theory of relativity. lowing sentence:The book, a thrilling mys-
tery, kept me on the edge of my seat.a)
653. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is The bookb) a thrilling mysteryc) kept me
referring to:Our family visited The Smith- on the edged) of my seat
sonian Institution, a vast network of gal- A. of my seat
leries, in Washington, D.C.
B. a thrilling mystery
A. family
C. kept me on the edge
B. The Smithsonian Institution
D. The book
C. galleries
658. Which part is the independent clause?
D. Washington, D.C.
While Cole and Carson play basketball,
654. Identify the appositive phrase:The book Isaac and Austin are reading a book.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare A. While Cole and Carson play basketball
is a required reading assignment for En-
B. Isaac and Austin are reading a book.
glish 9.
A. The book 659. Adverb clauses answer the questions
When?, Where?, , Why?, and To What
B. Romeo and Juliet by William Shake-
Extent?
speare
A. Which one?
C. required reading assignment
B. How?
D. for class
C. What kind?
655. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- D. How many?
tence below.Most Irish Setters, slightly
nervous dogs, calm down once they get to 660. Selected the appositive phrase in the sen-
know people. tence:Our dog, a cocker spaniel, is ten
years old.
A. slightly nervous dogs
A. Our dog
B. Most Irish Setters
B. a cocker spaniel
C. Most Irish Setters, slightly nervous
dogs, C. is ten years old.
D. none of above D. no appositive phrase
656. Which sentence is correct? 661. Find the sentence with and appositive.
A. After, Kim’s birthday on December 1 A. Well now class, let’s open our books.
we will go to New York. B. May I borrow your hammer, Dad?

C. Florida, a peninsula, is about 400 miles 666. Select the appositive or appositive
long. phrase. In the winter, surfers from around
the world try their luck at Mavericks, a
D. none of above
destination surfing spot in Northern Cali-
662. How many prepositional phrases are in fornia.
the sentence? (a connected prepositional A. In the winter,
phrase counts as two!) Maria cited some
B. surfers from around the world try their
research from a variety of sources by sci-
luck at Mavericks,
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entists.
C. a destination surfing spot in Northern
A. 1 California.
B. 2 D. none of above
C. 3
D. 4
A. An appositive shows the relationship
663. Identify the appositive phrase:Have you between a noun or pronoun and another
read anything by Laurie Halse Anderson, word in the sentence.
the woman who wrote Chains and Fever? B. An appositive is a noun or pronoun that
A. by Laurie Halse Anderson identifies or renames another noun or pro-
noun.
B. the woman
C. An appositive modifies a verb, an ad-
C. the woman who wrote Chains and jective, or another adverb.
Fever
D. anything by Laurie Halse Anderson of a noun or another pronoun.
664. When the retired teacher ran into Janet, 668. Identify the prepositional phrase in the
her long lost student, Janet squealed with following sentence:The chairs were placed
delight. upon the desks.
A. When the retired teacher ran into A. upon the desks
Janet B. were placed
B. Her long Lost Student C. the chairs were placed upon
C. She Squealed D. the chairs
D. With delight 669. Selected the appositive phrase in the sen-
tence:Seattle, the largest city in Washing-
ton, gets a lot of rain.
an appositive phrase?a) The dog barked
loudly.b) My best friend, Sarah, is coming A. Seattle
over.c) I enjoy playing soccer. B. the largest city in Washington
A. The dog barked loudly. C. gets a lot of rain
B. I enjoy playing soccer. D. no appositive phrase
C. The cat meowed softly.
670. Many rural people, farmers, are moving
D. My best friend, Sarah, is coming over. to urban areas.

A. Correct 676. Selected the appositive phrase in the sen-

B. Incorrect tence:Jane made the salad, a tossed one
with French dressing.

671. Which sentence is correctly written be- A. Jane made
low? (Look for the appositive)
B. the salad
A. Track and field, an Olympic sport was
ruled by Jesse Owens! C. a tossed one with French dressing.
B. Track and field, an Olympic sport, was D. no appositive phrase
ruled by Jesse Owens! 677. What’s the appositive phrase? The bird
672. Find the preposition:We needed those whistled a song, a beautiful tune, for my
scissors to wrap presents for her birthday. guest.
A. we A. the bird
B. those B. a song
C. to C. a beautiful tune
D. for D. my guest
673. Which is punctuated correctly? 1. Our 678. What is the appositive in the follow-
class library which is stocked, full of ing sentence? The silversmith Paul Re-
books, is amazing. 2. Our class library vere warned the people that British troops
which is stocked full of books, is amazing. were going to attack soon.
3. Our class, library, which is stocked full A. Paul Revere
of books is amazing. 4 Our class library,
B. silversmith
which is stocked full of books, is amazing.
C. people
A. 1
D. troops
B. 2
C. 3 679. Once they entered the woods, a dark,
dense forest of towering trees, they in-
D. 4
stantly felt a sense of overwhelming
674. Which sentence has the correct placement gloom.
of the comma? A. Once they entered the woods
A. All, of a sudden the lights turned out. B. a dark, dense forest of towering trees
B. All of a sudden, the lights turned out. C. they instantly felt a sense of over-
C. All of a sudden the lights, turned out. whelming gloom
D. All of, a sudden the lights turned out. D. overwhelming gloom
675. In the following sentence, which one of 680. Identify the appositive:Santa Claus gave
the following words is the preposition? his favorite reindeer, Rudolph, a special
Shane went to the store. treat on Christmas Eve.
A. Shane A. Santa Claus
B. went B. reindeer
C. to C. Rudolph
D. the D. special treat

681. Choose the appositive phrase:Our family 685. Which sentence has correctly punctuated
visited The Smithsonian Institution, a vast the appositive?
network of galleries, in Washington, D.C. A. Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, de-
A. The Smithsonian Institution signed many buildings, including New
York’s Guggenheim Museum.
B. a vast network of galleries
B. Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright designed
C. Washington, D.C.
D. Our family visited Guggenheim Museum.
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682. Which sentence below is correctly punctu- C. Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright de-
ated? signed many buildings, including New
York’s, Guggenheim Museum.
favourite restaurant. D. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed
B. We decided to eat at Olive Garden, my Guggenheim Museum.
favourite restaurant.
C. We decided to eat at, Olive Garden, my 686. Find the Appositives and Appositives
favourite restaurant. phrases.Milton Hershey, founder of the
Hershey Chocolate Company, became one
D. We decided, to eat, at Olive Garden my of thefirst businessmen to produce choco-
favourite restaurant. late that the average person could afford.
683. How should you combine the two sen- A. Milton Hershey
tences into one sentence that uses an B. founder of the Hershey Chocolate Com-
appositive phrase? Keisha won the pany
award.Keisha is a computer scientist.
C. one of thefirst businessmen
A. Keisha is a computer scientist who
D. none of above
won an award.
B. Keisha, won the award, is a computer 687. What can an infinitive modify?
scientist. A. Verbs
C. Keisha won the award for computer B. Adverbs
science.
C. Nouns
D. Keisha, a computer scientist, won the
D. All of the above
award.
688. Choose the appositive phrase:The giant
684. Check the punctuation:For the last seven plane, a Boeing 747, launched into the air.
years, I have loved playing soccer.
A. The giant plane
A. No Change
B. a Boeing 747
B. For the last, seven years I have loved
playing soccer. C. into the air
C. For the last seven years I have loved D. plane

playing soccer. 689. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is
D. For the last seven years I have loved, referring to:Dave Lewis, a teacher at Law-
playing soccer. son, works with many aspiring musicians.

A. Dave Lewis B. I enjoy reading books.

B. teacher C. The car needs a new battery.

C. musicians D. My teacher, Mr. Johnson, is very
D. Dave knowledgeable.
690. Phrases have 695. My least favorite part of school is doing

homework.
A. 1 word
B. more than 1 word
B. Gerund Phrase
fer? What does the bold appositive phrase
refer to? A star basketball player, Steven D. none of above
Tyler is the tallest person in class.
696. To get a clear idea of changes in automo-
A. Steven Tyler bile designs over the years, look at the pic-
B. tallest person ture to the right.
C. class A. participial phrase
D. basketball player B. gerund phrase
692. Which part of the sentence is an apposi- C. infinitive phrase

tive phrase?When the retired teacher ran D. appositive phrase
into Janet, her long lost student, Janet
gave her former teacher a huge hug. 697. What is the appositive phrase in the fol-
lowing sentence? Juliet, the daughter of
A. When the retired teacher ran into
the Capulets, is known to be a very docile
Janet
daughter, considering marriage only when
B. her long lost student her mother asks her to.
C. Janet squealed A. the daughter of the Capulets
D. with delight B. is known to be a very docile daughter
693. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is C. considering marriage only when her
referring to:Dave Lewis, a teacher at Law- mother asks her to
son, works with many aspiring musicians. D. none of above
A. Dave Lewis
698. Which sentence about Bob is punctuated
B. teacher correctly?
C. musicians A. Bob my pet snake has only bitten one
D. Dave person.
694. Which of the following is an example of B. Bob, my pet snake has only bitten one
an appositive phrase?a) The dog barked person.
loudly.b) My teacher, Mr. Johnson, is very C. Bob, my pet snake, has only bitten one
knowledgeable.c) I enjoy reading books.d) person.
The car needs a new battery. D. Bob my pet snake, has only bitten one
A. The dog barked loudly. person.

699. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen- 703. The Outsiders, a young adult novel, is
tence below.A favorite food of my father, one of the best books I have ever read. Is
chicken enchiladas is often served at our this a correctly written appositive?
house.
A. Yes
A. A favorite food of my father
B. No
B. chicken enchiladas
C. A favorite food of my father, chicken 704. Which of these is a sentence with parallel
structure?
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enchiladas
D. none of above A. I love to hike in the woods, competing
in competitions, and I have loved reading
700. Which noun is being modified (added Harry Potter.
to) by the appositive phrase in this
sentence:J.C., Jesse’s childhood nickname, B. I love to hike in the woods, compete in
was the youngest child in his large family. competitions, and read Harry Potter.
A. B.C. C. I love to hike in the woods, compete in

competitions, and to read Harry Potter.
B. nickname
D. none of above
C. child
D. none of above 705. How does an appositive function?
701. What is the OBJECT of the preposition in A. as an adj.
the following sentence? I received a letter B. as an adv.
from the friendly little, old lady.
C. as a noun
A. from
D. none of above
B. lady
C. friendly 706. Identify the appositive phrase(s). When
D. old the science teacher saw the spider, a large
tarantula with a hairy body, he walked
702. Why do we use appositives? right up to it and asked it if it wanted to
go hiking with him.
A. when the science teacher saw the spi-
der
B. a large tarantula
D. he walked straight up to it
707. Appositive phrases function as
A. To further describe a noun A. Adjectives
B. To restate a noun B. Adverbs

C. To “level up” our writing skills C. Nouns
D. All of the above D. Verbs

708. Identify the prepositional phrase:The C. Running

strange man parked his car by the tall
D. none of above
trees.

A. parked his car 713. Which option is true based on the sen-
B. strange man parked tence below? I asked my cousin Eli Man-
ning if he could train my pet pigeon to de-
C. by the tall trees liver packages.
D. the tall trees A. I have more than one cousin.
709. Which sentence is punctuated correctly B. I have only one cousin.
for appositive phrases?
A. My car the red one with a white top is 714. Identify the appositive phrase:In It’s a
out of gas. Wonderful Life, one of the most popu-
lar movies ever made, a character named
B. My car, the red one with a white top, is Clarence wants to get his wings.
out of gas.
A. In It’s a Wonderful Life
C. My car the red one, with a white top is
out of gas. B. one of the most popular movies ever
made
D. My car, the red one with a white top is
out of gas. C. a character named
710. Which of the following is an example of D. Clarence wants to get his wings
an appositive phrase set off by commas?
715. How does an appositive phrase function?
A. The book on the shelf belongs to John
A. renames the noun
B. My best friend, Sarah, is an excellent
artist B. gives more information about the noun
C. She sings with passion C. is a concise way to define a noun
D. To swim in the ocean is my favorite D. all of the above
summer activity
716. Essential or Nonessential appositives:I
711. What’s the appositive phrase?After the played with Louis the best dog ever.
pep-rally, a player celebration, we walked
to the game. A. It needs commas. “The best dog ever”
is nonessential.
A. a player celebration
B. It is correct without commas. “The
B. pep-rally
best dog ever” is essential.
C. game
D. we 717. The college recommends sending applica-
tions early.
712. Identify the appositive phrase in this sen- A. Infinitive Phrase
tence:Running, the sport that Jesse Owens
loved, was always a talent that he had. B. Gerund Phrase
A. always a talent C. Participial Phrase
B. a sport that Jesse Owens loved D. none of above

718. Choose the sentence that contains an ap- 722. Which sentence is correct?
positive phrase:a) The bird flew high in the A. Sometimes, I like pepperoni and
sky.b) The bird, a colorful parrot, flew high sausage on my pizza.
in the sky.c) The bird flew high in the sky
and landed on a branch.d) The bird flew B. Sometimes I like pepperoni, and
high in the sky, searching for food. sausage, on my pizza.
A. The bird flew high in the sky. C. Sometimes I like pepperoni, and
sausage on my pizza.
B. The bird flew high in the sky and landed
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on a branch. D. Sometimes I like pepperoni and
C. The bird flew high in the sky, searching sausage on my pizza.
for food. 723. Identify the appositive phrase in the sen-
D. The bird, a colorful parrot, flew high in tence below.Volunteers, excited children
the sky. and experienced adults, gathered for a day
of cleaning cages, stocking supplies, and
visiting with the animals.
lowing sentence? Attending the Capulets
party with his cousin, Romeo hoped to see A. excited children and experienced
Rosaline, the girl he was crushing on. adults
A. Attending the Capulets party with his B. Volunteers
cousin C. children and experienced adults
B. Romeo hoped to see Rosaline D. none of above
C. the girl he was crushing on
724. Getting up at five, we got an early start.
D. none of above
720. APPOSITIVE PHRASES RULE 5 Instagram
was created by Kevin Systrom. Instagram B. Gerund Phrase
has 1 billion active accounts. C. Participial Phrase
A. Instagram, created by Keving Syt- D. none of above
strom, has 1 billion active accounts.
B. Instagram, was created by Kevin Sys- 725. Identify the prepositional phrase in the
trom, has 1 billion active accounts. following sentence:The bird flew into the
window but was okay.
C. Created by Kevin Systrom, Instagram
has 1 billion active accounts. A. the bird flew
D. Instagram, which was created by B. into the window but was okay
Kevin Systrom, has 1 billion active ac- C. flew into the window
counts.
D. into the window
721. Marcus my sisters hamster likes to run in
a wheel. where should the commas go 726. How are appositives usually punctuated?
A. , my sisters hamster, A. question marks
B. , Marcus my sisters, B. exclamation marks
C. , hamster likes to run, C. .
D. none of above D. commas

727. Which sentence is correct? B. Gerund Phrase

A. Without the rain, the picnic would have C. Participial Phrase

been fun. D. none of above
B. Without, the rain the picnic would have
been fun. 732. Before our party on Friday
C. Without the rain the picnic, would have A. Independent Clause
been fun. B. Dependent Clause
D. Without the rain, the picnic, would
have been fun. 733. Identify the appositive phrase:Have you
read anything by Laurie Halse Anderson,
728. What is the appositive phrase in this sen- the woman who wrote Chains and Fever?
tence?Did you know that Mr. Angel, my A. by Laurie Halse Anderson
new English teacher, drives a 1969 Dodge
Charger? B. the woman
A. Mr. Angel C. the woman who wrote Chains and

Fever
B. English teacher
D. anything by Laurie Halse Anderson
C. my new English teacher
D. 1969 Dodge Charger 734. Identify the appositive in the sen-
tence:My brother, a skilled artist, painted
729. What is the participial phrase in the fol- a beautiful picture.a) My brotherb) a
lowing sentence? The Capulets and the skilled artistc) painted a beautiful pic-
Montagues, feuding families from the city tured) None of the above
of Verona, were told not to cause a distur-
A. My brother
bance again.
B. painted a beautiful picture
A. The Capulets and the Montagues
C. a skilled artist
B. feuding families from the city of
Verona D. None of the above.
C. were told not to cause a disturbance 735. Which sentence is composed of two inden-
again pendent clauses?
D. none of above A. Whenever my little sister gets mad,
she screams and cries.
730. Identify the appositive in the sentence
below.Have you read George Orwell’s B. The window, which was very dirty,
fictional masterpiece “Nineteen Eighty- needed to be cleaned.
Four”? C. Although spring is here., there is still
A. fictional masterpiece snow on the ground.
B. George Orwell’s fictional masterpiece D. Both my cousins play basketball, but
C. “Nineteen Eighty-Four” they play in different leagues.
D. none of above 736. Which option is true based on the sen-

tence below? Whenever we go to the
731. Swimming in your pool is always fun. beach, I ask my babysitter, Kenny Ches-
A. Infinitive Phrase ney, to buy me a corn dog.

A. I have more than one babysitter. A. before the noun it describes.

B. I have only one babysitter. B. after the noun it describes.
C. in a different sentence.
tence:My sister, a talented musician, plays
the piano beautifully.a) My sisterb) a tal- D. none of above
ented musicianc) plays the piano beautiful-
lyd) None of the above 741. A participial phrase
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. a talented musician
A. Always contains to+verb
B. None of the above.
C. plays the piano beautifully B. Always begins with an-ing verb
D. My sister C. Always contains a past tense verb
738. Which is a list of common prepositions? D. Can always be deleted from the sen-
tence

ing sentence makes up the participial
phrase?Racing against the clock, Brianna
got her essay turned in before 8 AM.
A. Against, Beside, In, Over, Up A. Brianna

B. Desk, Chair, Table, Seat B. before 8 AM
C. Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Lexus
C. Racing against the clock
D. Chicken, Cat, Dog, Elephant
D. got her essay turned in
739. Find the adjective clause.The computer
that has a broken screen is out of order
today. 743. Which of the following is an appositive
phrase?a) The dog barked loudly.b) The
A. that has a broken screen dog, a golden retriever, barked loudly.c)
B. The computer is out of order today. The dog barked loudly, waking up the
entire neighborhood.d) The dog barked
740. Appositives are located
loudly and ran away.
A. The dog barked loudly.
B. The dog barked loudly, waking up the
entire neighborhood.
C. The dog barked loudly and ran away.
D. The dog, a golden retriever, barked
loudly.

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