Appositive Phrases Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Appositive Phrases – Quiz 2
1. Analyze the sentence and identify the prepositional phrase(s). A crowd swarmed around the injured player.
A) No prepositional phrase.
B) A crowd swarmed.
C) Around the injured player.
D) Swarmed around.
2. Selected the appositive phrase in the sentence:His friend, Tom, went on vacation.
A) His friend.
B) Went on vacation.
C) Tom.
D) No appositive phrase.
3. Which one is correct?.
A) Mrs. Sanchez, the amazing writing teacher, likes writing.
B) Noah the socially awkward potato, is not doing good on his school grades.
C) Grace, the freakishly tall person is going to the football game tonight.
D) Kaitlyn the random person likes hotdogs.
4. Where do the commas go with an interrupter appositive?.
A) Before and after the appositive phrase.
B) After the appositive phrase.
C) Before the appositive.
D) These types of appositive phrases do not use commas.
5. Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence below.Without Sabrina, the housekeeper, nobody in that family would know how to get through their days.
A) The housekeeper.
B) Sabrina.
C) Days.
D) None of above.
6. What's the appositive phrase? The bird whistled a song, a beautiful tune, for my guest.
A) My guest.
B) A beautiful tune.
C) The bird.
D) A song.
7. Identify the Appositive Phrase(s) in the following sentence:Fudge, a portly little man in a long, pinstriped cloak, looked cold and exhausted.
A) A portly little man in a long, pinstriped cloack.
B) Fudge.
C) Looked cold and exhausted.
D) None of above.
8. The president wants to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
A) Infinitive Phrase.
B) Gerund Phrase.
C) Participial Phrase.
D) None of above.
9. Select the appositive or appositive phrase. Ethan's sister, Zoe, loves to shop for vintage dresses at thrift stores and consignment shops and often finds incredible bargains.
A) Zoe.
B) Ethan's sister.
C) Loves to shop for vintage dresses at thrift stores and consignment shops and often finds incredible bargains.
D) None of above.
10. True or False:Appositive phrases provide additional information about the subject of a sentence.
A) True.
B) False.
C) Appositive phrases are used to connect two independent clauses.
D) Appositive phrases modify the object of a sentence.
11. What is the appositive phrase in the following:In Friday, one of the most popular comedies in decades, Craig's best friend Smokey owes someone money.
A) One of the most popular comedies in decades, .
B) Craig's best friend Smokey.
C) Owes someone money.
D) In Friday,.
12. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? Juliet, the daughter of the Capulets, is known to be a very docile daughter, considering marriage only when her mother asks her to.
A) Considering marriage only when her mother asks her to .
B) The daughter of the Capulets.
C) Is known to be a very docile daughter.
D) None of above.
13. What is being identified by the following appositive:The furniture, a mixture of Logan crafted walnut and oak, included a walnut bed whose ornate headboard rose halfway up the wall toward the high ceiling.
A) Thing .
B) Person.
C) Place.
D) None of above.
14. When the science teacher saw the spider, a large tarantula with a large hairy body, he walked straight up to it and asked it if he would to go hiking with him.
A) He walked straight up to it.
B) A large tarantula with a large hairy body.
C) When the science teacher saw the spider.
D) If he would like to go hiking with him.
15. What is the appositive(s)? I lost my silver necklace, a present from my mother, at the Carnival.
A) A present from my mother.
B) I lost my silver necklace.
C) At the Carnival.
D) None of above.
16. Find the adjective clause.The pencil that is in the drawer is my favorite.
A) The pencil is my favorite.
B) That is in the drawer.
17. Which sentence is correct?.
A) I'm having a "Roaring Twenties" themed party on December 31, 2019.
B) I'm having a, "Roaring Twenties" themed party on December 31 2019.
C) I'm having a "Roaring Twenties" themed party, on December 31 2019.
18. What's the appositive phrase? I read a book last night, a real page turner.
A) I read a book last night.
B) Read.
C) A real page turner.
D) Turner.
19. What's the appositive phrase? After the pep-rally, a player celebration, we walked to the game.
A) A player celebration.
B) Pep-rally.
C) We.
D) Game.
20. An appositive provides more information about a noun.
A) True.
B) False.
21. Identify the appositive phrase in this sentence:Jesse Owens, an Olympic athlete, was a talented sprinter.
A) An Olympic athlete.
B) Jesse Owens.
C) Talented sprinter.
D) None of above.
22. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:We stood behind a tall person and couldn't see the stage.
A) Behind a tall person.
B) We stood.
C) Couldn't see the stage.
D) And couldn't see.
23. Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence below.Yori's letter, a poem about our friendship, made my birthday unforgettable.
A) A poem about our friendship .
B) Birthday.
C) Yori's letter.
D) None of above.
24. How should appositive phrases be punctuated?.
A) With commas.
B) With parentheses.
C) With semicolons.
D) With hyphens.
25. Which of the following sentences are punctuated CORRECTLY?.
A) My mother will make my favorite food, spaghetti, for supper.
B) Jonathan, the boy in the blue baseball cap is my best friend.
C) Our teacher Mrs. Walker gave us lots of homework last night.
D) The playoffs for soccer, my favorite sport are today after school.