What the appositive modifies?
Find the Appositive
How many appositives in the sentence?
Is this an Appositive?
Define Appositives
100
People with Arthritis often move to Arizona, a very dry place.
What is Arizona
100
Everyone in the 10th grade must read the book The Pearl.
What is The Pearl
100
My aunt, the nurse, is very smart, but Andy's mom, the chef, is a better cook.
What is 2
100
My dad is an architect.
What is No
100
An appositive is a word that is most often placed __ another word to explain or identify it.
What is After
200
The Hoang typewriter, a device for typing Chinese, has 5,700 keys.
What is typewriter
200
The capybara, the largest rodent in the world, weighs 160 pounds.
What is largest rodent in the world.
200
My dog, a Schnauzer, is very loyal but my friend has a cat, a Siamese, that is very smart.
What is 2
200
My grandpa, the champion jockey, won the Kentucky Derby.
What is Yes
200
An appositive is always a ___ or a ____.
What is Noun or Pronoun.
300
Beth was in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet.
What is Play
300
My favorite tree, the Horse Chestnut, stands in our yard.
What is the Horse Chestnut.
300
Bob, the artist, paints like Davinci.
What is 1
300
Jack is a great football player.
What is No
300
The word an appositive explains or modifies is always a ___ or a ___.
What is Noun or Pronoun.
400
My sister Shirley is a professor at Memphis State.
What is sister
400
My birthday, March 26th, falls on a Tuesday this year.
What is March 26th.
400
Dave, the leopard, snatched a money from a tree, making sure it never sees daylight again.
What is 1
400
Don dropped this donut in this coffee.
What is No
400
It can be placed at the ___ or the ____ of a sentence.
What is beginning or end.
500
Black Labradors, excellent water dogs, have webbed feet.
What is Labradors.
500
Salt, the most popular seasoning in the world, was once used as money.
What is the most popular seasoning in the world.
500
To most, Hockey in the best sport, but to others it's football.
What is 0
500
Jeff plays baseball for the Yankees, a championship team.
What is Yes
500
Usually appositives are set off by what?
What is Commas.
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