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📘 Appositive Phrases – Quiz 14
1. Choose the sentence that correctly uses an appositive phrase.a) The cat, a black and white, is sleeping.b) The cat is sleeping.c) The cat, a black and white, is playing.d) The cat, a black and white, is eating.
A) D.
B) A.
C) B.
D) C.
2. Swimming in your pool is always fun.
A) Gerund Phrase.
B) Infinitive Phrase.
C) Participial Phrase.
D) None of above.
3. Where does the comma go with appositives that begin the noun phrase?.
A) After the appositive phrase.
B) Before and after the appositive phrase.
C) Before the appositive phrase.
D) These appositives do not use commas.
4. Which sentence below is correctly punctuated?.
A) Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright designed many buildings, including New York's Guggenheim Museum.
B) Architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed many buildings, including New York's Guggenheim Museum.
C) Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, designed many buildings, including New York's Guggenheim Museum.
D) Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed many buildings, including New York's Guggenheim Museum.
5. What is an appositive?.
A) An appositive is a noun or pronoun that gives more information or details another noun or pronoun.
B) An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
C) An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.
D) None of above.
6. Which sentence is correct?.
A) Before you leave, hand me your papers.
B) Before you leave hand me your papers.
C) Before, you leave hand me your papers.
D) Before you leave hand me your, papers.
7. What punctuation is used to set off an appositive in a sentence?.
A) :.
B) ;.
C) , .
D) .
8. Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence below.A favorite food of my father, chicken enchiladas is often served at our house.
A) A favorite food of my father.
B) Chicken enchiladas.
C) A favorite food of my father, chicken enchiladas.
D) None of above.
9. Which sentence is written correctly?.
A) The students who are wearing purple are talented writers.
B) The students, who are wearing purple, are talented writers.
10. Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive?Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist, drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500.
A) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive.
B) Essential (or restrictive) appositive.
11. What is a phrase?.
A) An incomplete thought with just a subject or verb.
B) A complete thought with both a subject and verb.
12. Identify the appositive phrase:Did you know that Mr. Angel, my new English teacher, drives a 1969 Dodge Charger?.
A) Mr. Angel.
B) English teacher.
C) My new English teacher.
D) 1969 Dodge Charger.
13. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? Romeo and Juliet, excited by their newfound love, decide to marry the day after the party.
A) Excited by their newfound love.
B) Romeo and Juliet.
C) Decide to marry the day after the party.
D) None of above.
14. Identify the appositive or appositive phrase:My cousin Sammy broke his arm in the championship game last weekend.
A) Sammy.
B) Arm.
C) Championship game.
D) My cousin.
15. Identify the Appositive phrase in the following sentence. The capybara, the world's largest rodent, can grow to 4 feet in length.
A) The world's largest rodent.
B) To 4 feet in length.
C) The capybara.
D) None of above.
16. Choose the appositive phrase:Dave Lewis, a teacher at Lawson, works with many aspiring musicians.
A) Dave Lewis.
B) Aspiring musicians.
C) Works with many aspiring musicians.
D) A teacher at Lawson.
17. What is an example of a phrase?.
A) The best dog.
B) Dog.
C) I love dogs.
D) .
18. Choose the sentence that contains an appositive phrase:a) The tree swayed in the wind.b) The tree, a tall oak, swayed in the wind.c) The tree swayed in the wind and dropped its leaves.d) The tree swayed in the wind, providing shade on a hot day.
A) The tree, a tall oak, swayed in the wind.
B) The tree swayed in the wind.
C) The tree swayed in the wind and dropped its leaves.
D) The tree swayed in the wind, providing shade on a hot day.
19. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. The solution suggested by the principal was supported by both the students and the faculty.
A) Suggested by the principal.
B) Supported by both the students and the faculty.
C) Was supported by both the students and the faculty.
D) None of above.
20. I am expected to do the dishes at his house every night.
A) Infinitive Phrase.
B) Gerund Phrase.
C) Participial Phrase.
D) None of above.
21. Identify the appositive phrase:Dogs, great companions, are good for people's' health.
A) Great companions.
B) Dogs.
C) Are good for people's' health.
D) None of above.
22. Identify the appositive:My dog, Skip, buried his bone in the backyard.
A) Backyard.
B) Dog.
C) Skip.
D) Bone.
23. The artist paints swiftly. What is swiftly modifying as an adverb?.
A) Paints.
B) Artist.
C) Swiftly.
D) The.
24. What is an appositive phrase?.
A) A descriptive phrase that modifies an action.
B) A noun/noun phrase that provides more information about another noun/pronoun/noun phrase.
C) A descriptive phrase that provides more information about where or when something happened.
D) A word that replaces a noun/noun phrase to avoid being repetitive.
25. An appositive is.
A) A noun or pronoun .
B) An adjective or adverb.
C) An adjective.
D) None of above.