Appositives
An appositive is a word that is most often placed __ another word to explain or identify it.
What is After
What does the appositive phrase rename or modify?
People with Arthritis often move to Arizona, a very dry place.
What is Arizona?
Label each underlined group of words infinitive or prepositional phrase.
The top team in each division goes to the playoffs.
What is prepositional phrase
Identify the infinitive.
I love to run to school.
What is the term used for staying home to avoid spreading germs?
What is "social distancing"?
An appositive always renames a ___ or a ____.
What is Noun or Pronoun.
What does the appositive phrase rename or modify?
Beth was in the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet.
What is play
Label each bolded group of words infinitive or prepositional phrase.
To win is the dream is the dream of every World Series player
What is infinitive
What is to go.
What 2016 movie is going to have a sequel this year?
What is "Trolls"?
+1 Bonus if you knew the title was Trolls World Tour
Does this sentence contain an appositive?
Jeff plays baseball for the Yankees, a championship team.
What is yes?
What does the appositive phrase rename or modify?
My sister, Shirley, is a professor at Memphis State.
What is sister.
Label each bolded group of words infinitive or prepositional phrase.
The two winners are invited to the World Series.
What is preposition.
What is the infinitive phrase?
They start to walk slowly.
What is to walk slowly?
When was the first official day of Spring in 2020?
What is March 19th?
Does this sentence contain an appositive?
Jerry, while driving to work, eats his breakfast.
What is no.
What is the appositive?
My birthday, October 21st, falls on a Tuesday this year.
What is October 21st.
Label each bolded group of words infinitive or prepositional phrase.
To excel is each team's goal at these games.
What is infinitive
Johnny began to scream loudly to loud music to annoy his parents.
What is "to scream loudly" and "to annoy his parents"?
What author and illustrator has a daily doodle lesson called "Lunch Doodles"?
Who is Mo Willems?
Find the appositive:
Everyone in the 10th grade must read the book, The Pearl.
What is "The Pearl"?
What is the appositive?
Salt, the most popular seasoning in the world, was once used as money.
What is the most popular seasoning in the world.
Infinitive or preposition?
We went to the baseball game last Saturday
What is preposition-to the baseball game
Are there any infinitive phrases? Identify them if so.
I didn't have the heart to tell him that his attempt to find his keys were futile, since he locked them in his car.
What is "to tell him" and "to find his keys"
What was Mr. Smock's tie of the day for Monday, March 23rd?
What is Garfield as "Garf Brooks"?