Find the appositive below:
After the rain, the dog, a dirty, but lovable mutt, ran away.
What is a dirty, but lovable mutt?
Yes- there are adjectives here- but because it says MUTT, it is an appositive because it's renaming dog
100
The young tennis star, hands sweating, eyes riveted, stared down his opponent.
Brushstroke? No action word- choose something else
What is absolute
hands sweating, eyes riveted
100
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The haunted house dark and forbidden seemed to cackle at me.
What is The haunted house, dark and forbidden, seemed to cackle at me.
100
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appositive: My cat sleeps all day.
What is My cat, a sloth, sleeps all day.
100
A male swan is called a what?
What is a cob?
200
Browsing through the aisles, the boy finally found the Count Chocula.
Where is the participle?
What is Browsing through the aisles ?
Don't you love how the commas help!
200
The volcano, a tormented monster, spewed lava in protest.
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What is appositive?
a tormented monster
200
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Our family dog Scout needs to go to the vet next week.
What is
Our family dog, Scout, needs to go to the vet next week.
200
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absolute: The musicians played all night long.
What is: Guitars wailing, drums pulsing, the musicians played all night long.
200
Our solar system is located in what galaxy?
What is the Milky Way?
300
The hungry alligator, mouth gaping, waited quietly at the river's edge.
Absolute?
What is mouth gaping?
300
Winding this way and that, the country road led to an abandoned shack.
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What is participle:
Winding this way and that
300
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The enflamed church lit up the sky at night and rained ashes all over the town.
What is CORRECT
300
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participle: The sun set at dusk.
What is
Abducted by Apollo, the sun set at dusk.
300
Dry ice is the solid form of what chemical compound?
What is carbon dioxide?
400
The wasp, menacing and alert, swooped down to sting its prey.
Adjectives out of order?
What is menacing and alert?
400
Majestic and regal, the bald eagle soared over the mountain's peak.
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What is adjectives out of order
Majestic and regal,
400
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The airplane's wheels gears grinding rubber popping veered out of control.
What is The airplane's wheels, gears grinding, rubber popping, veered out of control.
400
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action word: The kids walked to school.
What is
The kids trudged to school.
400
What number does the letter V with a bar over it represent in Roman numerals?
What is 5,000?
500
The stressed student begged her teacher for a hint.
What is a participle in this sentence? Why?
What is stressed?
It is a verb behaving like an adjective.
500
The enraptured crowd grew silent when the matador stepped closer to the bull.
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What is participle- not a phrase but a word here!
enraptured
500
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The lions lazed in the sunshine drinking up the picture perfect day.
What is
The lions lazed in the sunshine, drinking up the picture perfect day.
500
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adjectives out of order:
The ferris wheel did not feel safe.
What is
The ferris wheel, rickety and rusty, did not feel safe.