Appositive Phrases Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍

1. Which sentence is composed of two indenpendent clauses?.

A) It was getting dark outside, so the children had to come inside.

B) When the bell rang, the students were dismissed for the day.

C) The fluffy cat that belonged to our neighbors ran away.

D) Since we left early, we missed the drawing for the grand prize.

2. Identify the prepositional phrase:The strange man parked his car by the tall trees.

A) By the tall trees.

B) Parked his car.

C) Strange man parked.

D) The tall trees.

3. Select all the possible answers.How are participial phrases and appositive phrases alike?.

A) Both are used as adjectives to describe nouns and pronouns.

B) They are used to describe verbs.

C) None of above.

4. An appositive provides more information about a noun.

A) Yes.

B) No.

5. The intruder, a large, inquisitive cockroach with hairy legs, is crawling across the kitchen table.What does the bold portion describe?.

A) The intruder.

B) The cockroach.

C) The kitchen table.

D) None of above.

6. What is an appositive?.

A) An appositive is a phrase that tells more about or renames another noun or pronoun.

B) An appositive shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

C) An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

D) An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

7. Identify the appositive in the sentence:My best friend, Sarah, is coming over for dinner.

A) Is coming over for dinner.

B) Sarah.

C) My.

D) Best friend.

8. Find the object of the preposition:Talking to the coach, I realized how to run the play.

A) Run.

B) Coach.

C) Realized.

D) Play.

9. What's the prepositional phrase?:Mary ran around the corner to meet her friends.

A) Around the corner.

B) Ran around.

C) To meet.

D) Her friends.

10. What's part of this sentence needs to be offset with commas? I sent my dad a quite serious man a silly gift for Christmas.

A) A quite serious man.

B) I.

C) A silly gift.

D) My dad.

11. To what does the appositive phrase refer? Phoebe Buffay's lucky charm, a stuffed giraffe, goes everywhere with her.

A) Phoebe Buffay's lucky charm.

B) Lucky charm.

C) With her.

D) Phoebe Buffay.

12. What is an appositive?.

A) A conjunction that connects two independent clauses in a sentence.

B) A type of punctuation used to separate items in a list.

C) A verb or verb phrase that renames or identifies another verb or pronoun in a sentence.

D) A noun or noun phrase that renames or identifies another noun or pronoun in a sentence.

13. Choose the appositive phrase:Mr. Sonntag hired two new teachers, Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker.

A) Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker.

B) Mr. Sunday.

C) Two new teachers.

D) Two new teachers, Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker.

14. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:My cat jumped on my bed and woke me up.

A) On my bed.

B) My cat jumped.

C) On my bed and woke me up.

D) Woke me.

15. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The bird flew into the window but was okay.

A) Into the window but was okay.

B) The bird flew.

C) Into the window.

D) Flew into the window.

16. Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? The Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500.

A) Essential (or restrictive) appositive.

B) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive.

17. Chocolate my favorite treat always makes me happy.

A) Incorrect.

B) Correct.

18. To what does the appositive phrase refer? The enthusiastic collector Manny Delgado has a closet full of limited-edition bowling shoes.

A) Collector.

B) The enthusiastic collector.

C) Limited-edition bowling shoes.

D) Closet full.

19. I would love a bright red Porsche, a sports car.The appositive phrase is _____ .

A) I would love a bright red Porsche.

B) I would love a bright red Porsche, a sports car.

C) Red Porsche.

D) A sports car.

20. What is the best definition of an appositive phrase?.

A) A descriptive phrase.

B) A phrase with just a verb.

C) Words!.

D) A descriptive phrase that can rename a noun.

21. Which of the following sentences contains an appositive phrase?a) The cat sat on the mat.b) My favorite color is blue.c) The book, a classic novel, was written by Jane Austen.d) I enjoy playing soccer.

A) The cat sat on the mat.

B) I enjoy playing soccer.

C) My favorite color is blue.

D) The book, a classic novel, was written by Jane Austen.

22. Which is true based on the following statement? Jay Pritchett's hamster, Sigfried, squeaks with joy when I rub its belly.

A) Jay Pritchett has only one hamster.

B) Jay Pritchett has more than one hamster.

23. An appositive phrase is a/n _____ phrase.

A) Noun.

B) Adjective.

C) Adverb.

D) Verb.

24. Identify the appositive phrase:Have you read anything by Laurie Halse Anderson, the woman who wrote Chains and Fever?.

A) The woman who wrote Chains and Fever.

B) By Laurie Halse Anderson.

C) The woman.

D) Anything by Laurie Halse Anderson.

25. Which of the following sentences contains an appositive phrase?a) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very strict.b) The teacher is very strict.c) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very kind.d) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very tall.

A) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very strict.

B) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very tall.

C) The teacher is very strict.

D) The teacher, Mrs. Smith, is very kind.