English Language Arts Grade 9 45 min

Identify appositives and appositive phrases

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Identify the appositive phrase in: My friend, a skilled musician, plays the guitar.

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Which phrase is the appositive in: We visited Paris, the capital of France.

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Find the restrictive appositive in: The poet Robert Frost is famous for his nature poems.

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence: The puppy, a golden retriever, wagged its tail.
0.wagged its tail
1.The puppy
2.a golden retriever
3.its tail
Easy
What is the appositive phrase in: I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird', a classic novel.
0.I read
1.a classic novel
2.'To Kill a Mockingbird'
3.classic novel
Easy
Find the appositive in the sentence: My sister Maria loves to read science fiction.
0.My sister
1.loves to read
2.science fiction
3.Maria

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