Identify the Appositives
My little brother Curtis is a math geek
Curtis
Addie, his sister, wanted to annoy him.
Addie
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
Commas are always used to signify appositives.
True or False
Commas are never used when an appositive is a pronoun.
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
Appositives always follow a verb
True or False
False
They NEVER follow a verb and ALWAYS follow a noun
my friend; a snare drum
Jeopardy, a trivia game, is hard to make from scratch with only one topic, appositives.
Jeopardy; topic
Appositives that are pronouns need commas.
True or False
False
They do not need commas
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.
the sun; four closest planets; outer four planets
Appositives make it so that the noun is harder to understand and you can't identify it.
True or False
False
Appositives make it easier to identify a noun