Identify the Appositives
DAILY DOUBLE: My little brother Curtis is a math geek.
Curtis
Addie, his sister, wanted to annoy him.
Addie
Is the following a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? If it is a fragment or run-on, correct whatever errors you see.
"Because I have a hearing problem, I read lips."
Complete sentence
Identify the sentence below as written in either active or passive voice. Then convert it to the other style.
"The teacher always answers the students’ questions."
This sentence is in active voice.
The students' questions are always answered by the teacher.
Appositives can be however long it wants as long as it is next to a noun.
True or False
True
An appositive can be as long as needed.
Our planet Earth is vibrant and large.
Earth
During lunch, we were served spaghetti, a pasta dish.
spaghetti
Is the following a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? If it is a fragment or run-on, correct whatever errors you see.
"I’ll be better tomorrow and I need a good rest."
Run-on
I’ll be better tomorrow; I need a good rest.
I’ll be better tomorrow. I need a good rest.
I’ll be better tomorrow, and I need a good rest.
DAILY DOUBLE: Identify the sentence below as written in either active or passive voice. Then convert it to the other style.
"I am constantly singing the song from MSM."
This sentence is in active voice.
The song from MSM is being constantly sung by me.
Identify the sentence below as written in either active or passive voice. Then convert it to the other style.
"The Grand Canyon is visited by thousands of tourists every year."
This sentence is in passive voice.
Thousands of tourists visit the Grand Canyon every year.
The girl, a classmate of his, saw him skateboarding and wanted to try for herself.
a classmate of his
The kids ran for a position on the student council, an important group of students.
council
Is the following a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? If it is a fragment or run-on, correct whatever errors you see.
"Going to Florida and to Jamaica for Spring Break."
Fragment
Answers may vary.
Raiden and Ryan are going to Florida and to Jamaica for Spring Break.
Identify the sentence below as written in either active or passive voice. Then convert it to the other style.
"Many items were sold by the Middle Years students at the garage sale."
This sentence is in passive voice.
The Middle Years students sold many items at the garage sale.
DAILY DOUBLE: Commas are always used to signify the location of an appositive.
True or False
False
John, my friend, forgot his instrument, a snare drum.
my friend; a snare drum
Jeopardy, a trivia game, is hard to make from scratch with only one topic, appositives.
Jeopardy; topic
Is the following a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? If it is a fragment or run-on, correct whatever errors you see.
"There weren't enough copies to go around so we had to share the copies that were available."
Run-on
There weren't enough copies to go around. We had to share the copies that were available.
There weren't enough copies to go around, so we had to share the copies that were available.
There weren't enough copies to go around; we had to share the copies that were available.
Identify the sentence below as written in either active or passive voice. Then convert it to the other style.
"Everyone at Burger King knows Helton Hirtz."
This sentence is in active voice.
Helton Hirtz is known by everyone at Burger King.
Appositives are always located near a verb.
True or False
False
They are ALWAYS near a noun that they provide additional information about.
The English teacher Mr. Wise and Ms. Red, the literature teacher, talked about their next plan for the students.
Mr. Wise; the literature teacher
The sun, a ball of fire, is surrounded by 8 planets. The four closest planets, terrestrials, are made of rock, while the outer four planets, the gas giants, are made of gasses and liquids.
sun; planets; planets
Is the following a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? If it is a fragment or run-on, correct whatever errors you see.
"While they were gone to the grocery store."
Fragment
Answers may vary
While they were gone to the grocery store, dad cleaned the house.
Dad cleaned the house while they were gone to the grocery store.
Identify the sentence below as written in either active or passive voice. Then convert it to the other style.
"Helton demands that everyone call him The Burger King."
This sentence is in active voice.
That everyone calls him The Burger King is demanded by Helton.
Is the following a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? If it is a fragment or run-on, correct whatever errors you see.
"We went to the car, we opened the doors."
Run-on
We went to the car, and we opened the doors.
We went to the car; we opened the doors.
We went to the car. We opened the doors.