English Language Arts Grade 8 45 min

Identify appositives and appositive phrases

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Find the appositive: My cousin, Leo, is visiting this week.

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Find the appositive phrase: The koala, a cute marsupial from Australia, eats eucalyptus leaves.

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Find the essential appositive: The author J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series.

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
Which word is the appositive in this sentence? My dog, Max, loves to play fetch.
0.My dog
1.Max
2.loves
3.fetch
Easy
Which phrase is the appositive phrase? The car, a shiny red convertible, sped down the street.
0.The car
1.a shiny red convertible
2.sped down
3.the street
Easy
Which word is the essential appositive? The poet Robert Frost is famous for his nature poems.
0.The poet
1.Robert Frost
2.is famous
3.poems

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