Appositive Phrases Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Appositive Phrases – Quiz 18
1. What's the prepositional phrase?:Mr. Pierre had to drive through the largest puddle.
A) Had to drive.
B) To drive through.
C) To drive.
D) Through the largest puddle.
2. My personal favorite is Talmadge the candidate with the best record.
A) The candidate with the best record.
B) Talmadge.
C) R.
3. What is the appositive phrase in the following:In It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies ever made, a character named Clarence wants to get his wings.
A) , a character named Clarence wants to get his wings.
B) , one of the most popular movies ever made, .
C) In It's a Wonderful Life,.
D) In It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies ever made,.
4. Selected the appositive phrase in the sentence:Seattle, the largest city in Washington, gets a lot of rain.
A) No appositive phrase.
B) Seattle.
C) The largest city in Washington.
D) Gets a lot of rain.
5. True or False:An appositive is always set off by commas.
A) An appositive is always set off by parentheses.
B) False.
C) True.
D) An appositive is never set off by commas.
6. Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence below.This grandfather clock, an oak masterpiece of handiwork, is an antique.
A) An oak masterpiece of handiwork.
B) This grandfather clock.
C) An antique.
D) None of above.
7. What type of punctuation is typically used in an appositive phrase?.
A) Exclamation marks.
B) Parenthesis.
C) Quotation marks.
D) Commas.
8. What part of the sentence needs to be offset by commas? Maria was a wonderful singer an award winner in fact.
A) An award winner in fact.
B) Winner.
C) A wonderful singer.
D) Maria.
9. What is the function of infinitive phrases?.
A) To add descriptive details to a sentence.
B) To indicate location, time, manner, or purpose.
C) To provide the action in a sentence.
D) To modify a verb.
10. What's the appositive phrase? I sent my dad, a quite serious man, a silly gift for Christmas.
A) My dad.
B) I.
C) A silly gift.
D) A quite serious man.
11. Select the appositive or appositive phrase. In the winter, surfers from around the world try their luck at Mavericks, a destination surfing spot in Northern California.
A) A destination surfing spot in Northern California. .
B) In the winter,.
C) Surfers from around the world try their luck at Mavericks,.
D) None of above.
12. APPOSITIVE PHRASES RULE 5 Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom. Instagram has 1 billion active accounts.
A) Instagram, was created by Kevin Systrom, has 1 billion active accounts.
B) Instagram, created by Keving Sytstrom, has 1 billion active accounts.
C) Instagram, which was created by Kevin Systrom, has 1 billion active accounts.
D) Created by Kevin Systrom, Instagram has 1 billion active accounts.
13. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
A) If you want to go to the concert, you need your parents' permission.
B) If you want to go to the concert you need your parents' permission.
14. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is referring to:The giant plane, a Boeing 747, launched into the air.
A) Plane.
B) Air.
C) Giant plane.
D) Into the air.
15. Today, nearly one sixth of the population is lcoated near Paris, the capital.
A) Correct.
B) Incorrect.
16. Basketball, my favorite sport, requires a great deal of stamina.
A) My favorite sport.
B) Basketball.
C) Requires a great deal.
D) Of stamina.
17. Which is punctuated correctly? 1. The flashlight should be, returned to, Mark the owner. 2. The flashlight, should be returned to Mark, the owner. 3. The flashlight should be returned to Mark, the owner. 4.The flashlight should be returned to Mark the owner.
A) 4.
B) 2.
C) 1.
D) 3.
18. Choose the appositive phrase:When the retired teacher ran into Janet, her long lost student, Janet squealed with delight.
A) Her long lost student.
B) With delight.
C) When the retired teacher ran into Janet.
D) Janet squealed.
19. Identify the appositive:My cousin Sammy broke his arm in the championship game last weekend.
A) Arm.
B) Cousin.
C) Sammy.
D) Game.
20. True or False:Appositive phrases are always set off by commas.
A) True.
B) Sometimes.
C) Only in formal writing.
D) False.
21. Choose the sentence that contains an appositive:a) The bird flew high in the sky.b) The red apple fell from the tree.c) My favorite subject is math.d) My friend, Alex, is coming to visit.
A) The red apple fell from the tree.
B) My friend, Alex, is coming to visit.
C) The bird flew high in the sky.
D) My favorite subject is math.
22. Identify the noun or pronoun the appositive/appositive phrase explains.My favorite part of the meal, buttery rolls, makes me happy.
A) Favorite.
B) Part.
C) Happy.
D) My.
E) Meal.
23. Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive?Clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had.
A) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive.
B) Essential (or restrictive) appositive.
24. Identify the prepositional phrase:The pencil that fell off the desk was yellow.
A) Was yellow.
B) Fell off the desk.
C) Off the desk.
D) Pencil that fell.
25. Identify the appositive:While we were in New York, my family and I saw the incredible play Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
A) Hamilton.
B) New York.
C) Play.
D) Lin-Manuel Miranda.