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📝 Appositive Phrases – Quiz 4
1. Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence below.Volunteers, excited children and experienced adults, gathered for a day of cleaning cages, stocking supplies, and visiting with the animals.
A) Excited children and experienced adults.
B) Volunteers.
C) Children and experienced adults.
D) None of above.
2. Find the appositive phrase:A cute, rosy-cheeked child, he must have been about two years old.
A) A cute, rosy-cheeked child.
B) Cute, rosy-cheeked.
C) Two years old.
D) He must have been.
3. Choose the noun the appositive phrase is referring to:Dave Lewis, a teacher at Lawson, works with many aspiring musicians.
A) Musicians.
B) Dave Lewis.
C) Dave.
D) Teacher.
4. Which sentence has the correct placement of the comma?.
A) Even though, I forgot to take out the trash my mom let me go to the party.
B) Even though I forgot to take out the trash my mom, let me go to the party.
C) Even though I forgot, to take out the trash my mom let me go to the party.
D) Even though I forgot to take out the trash, my mom let me go to the party.
5. To be truly successful is to be true to yourself and to the highest principles of honor.
A) Infinitive Phrase.
B) Gerund Phrase.
C) Participial Phrase.
D) None of above.
6. Choose the appositive phrase:Tom, old fellow, I am glad to see you.
A) I am glad.
B) To see you.
C) Tom.
D) Old fellow.
7. Which of the following is an example of a prepositional phrase providing additional information about a verb?.
A) To swim in the ocean is my favorite summer activity.
B) The book on the shelf belongs to John.
C) My best friend, Sarah, is an excellent artist.
8. Identify the appositive or appositive phrase:Charles Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol, once worked in a shoe polish factory.
A) The author.
B) The author of A Christmas Carol.
C) In a shoe polish factory.
D) Charles Dickens.
9. Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence:The chef, an expert in French cuisine, prepared a delicious meal.
A) An expert in French cuisine.
B) The chef.
C) French cuisine.
D) Prepared a delicious meal.
10. Which part of the sentence is an appositive phrase? While falling asleep, some people experience hypnic jerks, involuntary twitches of the body. Experts say they're normal, but the cause is unknown.
A) Involuntary twitches of the body.
B) While falling asleep,.
C) Some people experience hypnic jerks.
D) Experts say they're normal.
E) But the cause is unknown.
11. What is the structure of an infinitive phrase?.
A) Noun/pronoun + verb + modifiers.
B) Preposition + object + modifiers.
C) To + verb in base form.
D) Adjective + noun/pronoun + verb.
12. Gathering my courage, I asked the teacher for help with my schoolwork.
A) Participial Phrase .
B) Infinitive Phrase.
C) Gerund Phrase.
D) None of above.
13. 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) Game.
D) We.
14. What is the OBJECT of the preposition in the following sentence? I received a letter from the friendly little, old lady.
A) Lady.
B) Old.
C) Friendly.
D) From.
15. The store doesn't open until 10:00 AM.
A) Dependent.
B) Independent.
16. What is an adverb phrase.
A) Word.
B) A sentence with only 1 clause.
C) An adverb.
D) A clause that functions as an adverb.
17. Identify the appositive in the sentence:My sister, a talented musician, plays the piano beautifully.a) My sisterb) a talented musicianc) plays the piano beautifullyd) None of the above.
A) A talented musician.
B) None of the above.
C) Plays the piano beautifully.
D) My sister.
18. 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) When the science teacher saw the spider.
B) A large tarantula.
C) He walked straight up to it.
D) A large tarantula with a hairy body.
19. What's the appositive phrase? I went shopping at Walmart, the most crowded store in town.
A) I.
B) The most crowded store in town.
C) Shopping.
D) Walmart.
20. The team that wins four games bears a special title, World Champions. The appositive is _____ .
A) World Champions .
B) The team.
C) A special title.
D) None of above.
21. Which of the following is an example of an appositive phrase providing additional information about a noun?.
A) The book on the shelf belongs to John.
B) She sings with passion.
C) To swim in the ocean is my favorite summer activity.
D) My teacher, Ms. White, is an excellent teacher.
22. Which sentence about Bob is punctuated correctly?.
A) Bob, my pet snake has only bitten one person.
B) Bob, my pet snake, has only bitten one person.
C) Bob my pet snake, has only bitten one person.
D) Bob my pet snake has only bitten one person.
23. Choose the appositive phrase:Somehow, Bobby, the mischievous toddler, climbed out on the roof.
A) The mischievous toddler.
B) Somehow, Bobby.
C) On the roof.
D) Climbed out.
24. Where do you place adverbs on a diagram?.
A) On a diagonal line below the verb it is modifying.
B) On a horizontal line above the noun.
C) On a horizontal line above the verb.
D) On a diagonal line below the noun it is modifying.
25. Somehow, Bobby, the mischievous toddler, climbed out on the roof.
A) The mischievous toddler.
B) Somehow, Bobby.
C) On the roof.
D) Climbed out.