Appositive Phrases Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Appositive Phrases – Quiz 8
1. 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.
2. An appositive phrase is an appositive that includes its modifiers.
A) True.
B) False.
3. My least favorite part of school is doing homework.
A) Gerund Phrase.
B) Infinitive Phrase.
C) Participial Phrase.
D) None of above.
4. Check for punctuation:In the middle of the night the dog started barking.
A) In the middle of the night, the dog started barking.
B) No Change.
C) In the middle, of the night, the dog started barking.
D) In the middle of the night the dog, started barking.
5. How does the prepositional phrase in this sentence function?The man with a great voice captivated his audience.
A) Adverb.
B) Adjective.
6. Identify the appositive phrase in the following sentence:My teacher Mrs. Johnson is very knowledgeable.
A) Is very knowledgeable.
B) Mrs. Johnson is.
C) My teacher.
D) Mrs. Johnson.
7. What is the appositive 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) The daughter of the Capulets.
B) Is known to be a very docile daughter.
C) Considering marriage only when her mother asks her to.
D) None of above.
8. How should you combine the two sentences into one sentence that uses an appositive phrase? Keisha won the award.Keisha is a computer scientist.
A) Keisha, a computer scientist, won the award.
B) Keisha, won the award, is a computer scientist.
C) Keisha is a computer scientist who won an award.
D) Keisha won the award for computer science.
9. To what does the appositive phrase refer? What does the bold appositive phrase refer to? A star basketball player, Steven Tyler is the tallest person in class.
A) Steven Tyler.
B) Tallest person.
C) Class.
D) Basketball player.
10. What is the definition of an appositive?.
A) A verb or verb phrase that renames or identifies another verb or pronoun in a sentence.
B) A noun or noun phrase that renames or identifies another noun or pronoun in a sentence.
C) A type of punctuation used to separate items in a list.
D) A conjunction that connects two independent clauses in a sentence.
11. Find the nonessential appositive:The insect the cockroah is crawling across the garbage container.
A) Cockroach.
B) Container.
C) Insect.
D) Garbage.
12. What makes an appositive phrase so great and worth my time to learn?.
A) It eliminates repetition, being boring, and wordy.
B) My teacher says so.
C) It makes your writing longer. That must be better.
D) It adds interesting extra punctuation.
13. What is the purpose of an appositive in a sentence?.
A) To emphasize the main idea of the sentence.
B) To provide additional information about a noun in the sentence.
C) To indicate the tense of the verb in the sentence.
D) To separate the subject from the predicate in the sentence.
14. Collecting baseball cards used to be a popular hobby.
A) Gerund Phrase.
B) Infinitive Phrase.
C) Participial Phrase.
D) None of above.
15. Choose the appositive phrase:The flashlight should be returned to Mark, the owner.
A) Mark.
B) Should be returned.
C) The owner.
D) The flashlight.
16. Phrases have _____ .
A) More than 1 word.
B) 1 word.
17. Where can an appositive phrase be placed?.
A) All of the above.
B) Beginning.
C) Middle (interrupting).
D) End.
18. How does the prepositional phrase in this sentence function?With a lot of hard work and dedication, Jason beat his personal record and won first place.
A) Adj.
B) Adv.
19. What's the prepositional phrase?:Susan ran behind the bushes when she played hide and seek.
A) Behind the bushes.
B) When she played.
C) Susan ran behind.
D) Played hide and seek.
20. What is being identified by the following appositive:In New York, the most important state in any Presidential race, and a state where politics were particularly sensitive to the iews of various nationality and minority groups, Democrats were joyous and Republicans angry and gloomy.
A) Place.
B) Person.
C) Thing.
D) None of above.
21. The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.
A) Correct.
B) Not Correct.
22. Choose the sentence that includes an essential appositive phrase.
A) The popular U.S. president John F. Kennedy was known for his eloquent and inspirational speeches.
B) Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, became queen of England in 1558.
23. Clearly overjoyed with their vehicles, many Americans regarded automobiles as necessities by the 1920s.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Appositive phrase.
C) Infinitive phrase.
D) Participial phrase.
24. What is the appositive? Heidi, my cousin, will be traveling to Disney World next week.
A) Heidi.
B) My cousin.
C) Disney World.
D) Will be traveling.
25. Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?a) My brother, a talented musician, plays the guitar.b) My brother a talented musician plays the guitar.c) My brother a talented musician, plays the guitar.d) My brother, a talented musician plays the guitar.
A) C.
B) B.
C) D.
D) A.