Appositives
Identify the appositive. Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time, won six rings during the course of his immaculate career.
the appositive is, The greatest basketball player of all time.
identify the subject of the sentence. Davion temporarily moved to Mozambique for his construction company.
Davion is the subject.
Identify the type of sentence. Oh what a great day!
Exclamitory
Identify the subordinating conjunction. Adam's head was pounding with pain because he fought 12 rounds of boxing the night prior.
The subordinating conjunction is because.
The United States of America has strong relations with South Korea, a country in asia. Identify the error
``The error is that Asia is not capitalized, all continents are capitalized.
Identify the appositive. Muhammad Ali, a professional boxer, won the heavyweight championship three times during the course of his career.
The appositive is, a professional boxer,
Identify the nouns of the sentence. The Office, a comedy show released in 2005, stars Steve Carell before his eventual departure from the series in 2011.
The nouns are the Office since it is the title of a television show and Steve Carell since it is the name of a person.
Identify the sentence type. Why did the man commit all those horrible atrocities?
The type of sentence is a question.
Identify the conjunction. Moses was brutally shot in the chest by a gang member, so he drove himself to the hospital where he received medical attention.
The conjunction is so.
Identify the error. Military strikes cause widespread casualties across the village of people.
The error is that cause should be replaced with cased as we are talking in past tense.
What is an appositive?
an appositive is a noun, phrase, or a noun clause placed to another noun to rename it, or explain it more fully.
Identify the verbs. Robert tried losing weight by running on the treadmill and deadlifting.
The verbs are deadlifting and running as it describes a movement.
Identify the question. He made a clutch three pointer to tie the high stakes basketball game.
the type of sentence is a declarative sentence.
True or false, because is the only word in the english language to include a u, e and start with a b all while being a conjunction.
Identify the error. During the Summer, I went to the park and played basketball alone.
Summer is not capitalized.
Answer the question. Can you use appositives multiple times in one sentence.
The answer is Yes you can use multiple appositives in one sentence to provide more information.
True or false, a predicate describes a conclusion.
Completely false, a predicate is the part of the sentence that contains the verb and provides info about the subject.
Identify the sentence type. He got an 100 on the test.
the sentence type is a statement.
True or false since is a conjunction.
true since it introduces a subordinate clause.
The error is that opposition is spelled with an o not an a.
Answer the question. Where appositives used in ancient Greek literature?
Answer yes, yes they did.
Identify the adjectives. The man gave a angry expression while robbing the convenience store.
The adjective is angry.
identify the type of sentence. Stop, don't disrupt the class.
The sentence type is a imperative.
Which conjunction best fits into the sentence, but, because, or so. The track runner twisted his ankle badly (blank) continued to run.
But would fit the best as it shows contrast between two ideas.
identify the error. "If I traveled through time would I create a paradox?
The error is that there should be a comma between time and would.