Week 18 Grammar Worksheet: Appositives

Tuesday

An appositive is a word placed after another word to explain or identify it. The appositive always appears after the word it explains or identifies. It is always a noun or a pronoun, and the word it explains is also a noun or pronoun.

ex. My uncle, a lawyer, is visiting us.

Directions: Underline the appositive and circle the noun it modifies.

1. Queen Victoria, one of England's greatest monarchs, ruled for sixty-three years.

2. Jane made the salad, a tossed one with French dressing.

3. Harvey Jensen, the pro at the country club, is giving me golf lessons.

4. James Hilton's book, Lost Horizon, has been filmed twice.

5. Chemistry, Sue's favorite subject, is easy for her.

6. Jerry is visiting in Peoria, his old home town.

7. Mr. and Mrs. Miller, our neighbors for the past eight years, are moving to Dallas.

8. Have you ever read The Red Pony, a novel by John Steinbeck?

9. Groucho Marx, the star of many film comedies, also had his own television show.

10. The boys repaired our television set, an eighteen-year-old portable.

Wednesday

Remember that appositive phrases are always separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.

Directions: Correct the sentences using the correct punctuation.

1. San Diego a beautiful city in southern California is a popular place to visit.

2. A man with a generous heart Mr Baldwin donated the money for the new library

3. Joey made a fingerpainting his favorite kind of art

4. Our class learned how to use a protractor a tool for measuring angles

5. Anthonys brother John knows how to play the trombone

6. He was able to finish his essay using Speak Pro a new software program

7. The new school Wagner Elementary is on Main Street

8. A huge dog with big paws Bear was always tracking mud into the house

9. Corinas white cat Puff is soft and fluffy

10. Fiercely competitive boys James and Nick never want to lose a game

Thursday

An appositive is a word or phrase that identifies a noun or gives additional information about a noun or pronoun. The appositive is usually next to the noun it is identifying or clarifying. It is usually, but not always, right before or after the noun.

Directions: Rewrite each sentence, adding an appositive to give additional information about a noun or pronoun in the sentence. Underline the appositive.

1. The engaged couple got married in San Diego.

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2. Miss Jones waved to the children.

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3. I checked out Romeo & Juliet from the library.

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4 Joe is teaching Charles to drive.

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5. Grandpas dog plays with a ball.

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6. Roses grow in the garden.

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7. His favorite food was served for dinner.

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8. Alexander scored 15,700 points on the video game.

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9. Mars orbits the sun.

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10. Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation

Friday

Directions: Rewrite the following sentences, adding appositive phrases as specified in parenthesis. Punctuate the

appositive phrases used and underline them. (Note: You can add appositives after any noun in the sentence.)

Example: The girls went to the park. (Begin your appositive with a negation.)

Answers: The girls, not the boys, went to the park.

or

The girls went to the park, not the museum.

11. Tom turned the car to the left. (Begin your appositive with a negation.)

12. The smugglers took the contaminated fish to market. (Begin your appositive with the word fish.)

13. The pilot ate his dessert while he was piloting the plane. (Begin your appositive with the pronoun

something.)

14. The students entered the talent show. (Begin your appositive with the connective word especially.)

15. The woman drank tea before sleeping. (Begin your appositive with the word tea.)

16. The boys choose to go watch action movies. (Begin your appositive with the negation never.)

17. Doughnuts are often high in fat. (Begin your appositive with the pronoun the kind.)

18. The dinner was given by the people at the church. (Begin your appositive with the connective mainly.)