Appositive Phrases Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍

1. How does the prepositional phrase in this sentence function?Chloe went inside the restaurant to order a cheeseburger.

A) Adj.

B) Adv.

2. Which of the following is an appositive phrase in the sentence:'The car, a sleek sports car, zoomed past us.'?.

A) Zoomed past us.

B) Sleek sports car.

C) The car.

D) A sleek sports car.

3. Identify the appositive phrase in the following sentence:John, my best friend, is coming over for dinner.a) Johnb) my best friendc) is coming overd) for dinner.

A) John.

B) Is coming over.

C) For dinner.

D) My best friend.

4. Choose the appositive phrase:Wes Canaday, a teacher at Elkhart, works with many aspiring musicians.

A) Aspiring musicians.

B) Wes Canaday.

C) A teacher at Elkhart.

D) Works with many aspiring musicians.

5. The play Cats is based on poems by T. S. Eliot.

A) N.

B) Play.

C) Cats.

6. Sixty million people France's population are dispersed throughout the country.

A) Correct.

B) Incorrect.

7. What part of the sentence needs to be offset by commas? Hillde my sweet little dog cuddled up in the blankets.

A) Hillde.

B) My sweet little dog.

C) Blankets.

D) Dog.

8. Which of the following is an example of an appositive phrase?a) The dog, a loyal companion, followed him everywhere.b) The cat meowed loudly.c) The bird flew high in the sky.

A) B.

B) The dog, a loyal companion, followed him everywhere.

C) C.

D) A.

9. Identify the noun or pronoun the appositive/appositive phrase explains.When the science teacher saw the spider, a large tarantula with a hairy body, he walked right up to it and asked it if it wanted to go hiking with him.

A) Science teacher.

B) Spider.

C) Body.

D) Hiking with him.

E) Teacher.

10. Which sentence uses commas correctly?.

A) The primary colors of the spectrum are blue, red, and green.

B) The primary colors of the spectrum are blue red and green.

C) The primary colors of the spectrum are blue, red and, green.

D) The primary colors of the spectrum, are blue, red, and green.

11. Explain the difference between an appositive and an appositive phrase.

A) An appositive is a single noun or noun phrase, while an appositive phrase includes the appositive and its modifiers.

B) An appositive is always plural, while an appositive phrase is always singular.

C) An appositive is used in written language, while an appositive phrase is used in spoken language.

D) An appositive is a type of verb, while an appositive phrase is a type of adjective.

12. Identify the Appositive phrase in the following sentence. Bamboo, a kind of grass, may reach a height of 120 feet.

A) A height of 120 feet.

B) A kind of grass.

13. Identify the appositive phrase:When the science teacher saw a large spider with a hairy body, a tarantula, he walked right up to it and asked it if it wanted to go hiking with him.

A) A large spider with a hairy body.

B) When the science teacher saw a large spider with a hairy body.

C) A tarantula.

D) None of above.

14. Ken and Joyce, Ken's wife, are business partners.The appositive is _____ .

A) Ken's wife.

B) Ken and Joyce.

C) Are business partners.

D) Ken's wife, are business partners.

15. Which phrase in the following sentence is an appositive phrase? Alexandra, the girl he used to date, got married yesterday.

A) The girl he used to date.

B) Alexandra.

C) Got married yesterday.

D) None of above.

16. You must take your umbrella today, which is an important tool to protect from rain.The appositive phrase is _____ .

A) You must take your umbrella today, which is an important tool to protect from rain.

B) You must take your umbrella today.

C) Which is an important tool to protect from rain.

D) Umbrella.

17. What is the object of the preposition? We run around the park.

A) Park.

B) Run.

C) We.

D) Around.

18. Identify the appositive in the sentence below.The word palindrome comes from Greek and means "running back again.".

A) Palindrome .

B) The word palindrome.

C) The word.

D) None of above.

19. Which words in this sentence would go on the main line of a diagram? (i.e. What is the subject, verb, and direct object?)The brown fox jumped the fence.

A) Brown fox, jumped the, fence.

B) The fox, the fence.

C) Fox, jumped, fence.

D) Fox, jumped.

20. Identify the appositive phrase(s). The dog climbed into the plastic swimming pool, a great escape, in order to beat the heat.

A) A great escape.

B) The dog climbed.

C) To beat the heat.

D) Into the plastic swimming pool.

21. Highlight all the words that make up the appositive phrase. Pitbull dropped his seltzer, a very bubbly drink, and now he is afraid to open it.

A) Bubbly drink.

B) A very bubbly drink.

C) Pitbull dropped his seltzer.

D) He is afraid to open it.

22. Which sentence is correct?.

A) Yes, jessica, you are to loud.

B) Yes, Jessica you are too loud.

C) Yes, Jessica, you are to loud.

D) Yes, Jessica, you are too loud.

23. Identify the appositive phrase:Last weekend, my family visited The Smithsonian Institution, a vast network of galleries in Washington, D.C.

A) A vast network of galleries in Washington, D.C.

B) Last weekend.

C) The Smithsonian Institute.

D) A vast network of galleries.

24. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? (a connected prepositional phrase counts as two!) During our math test, I kept hearing strange noises in the ceiling.

A) 1.

B) 2.

C) 3.

D) 4.

25. Combine the following sentences using an appositive:The teacher is strict. Her name is Mrs. Smith.

A) The teacher, Mrs. Brown, is strict.

B) The teacher, Mrs. Johnson, is strict.

C) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is strict.

D) The teacher, Mrs. Davis, is strict.