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📘 Appositive Phrases – Quiz 9
1. Which group of words in the following sentence makes up the appositive phrase?Darrius and Jaidyn, the captains of the track team, decided the group should run more sprints.
A) The captains of the track team.
B) More sprints.
C) Decided the group.
D) Darrius and Jaidyn.
2. How does a prepositional phrase function?.
A) Adjective only.
B) Adverb only.
C) Adjective OR adverb.
D) Noun.
3. Which sentence has an appositive?.
A) My neighbor bought a new dog, a German Shepherd.
B) My neighbor bought a German Shepherd.
C) William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
D) My best friend lives in Cleveland.
4. Selected the appositive phrase in the sentence:My son, the policeman, will be visiting us next week.
A) Us next week.
B) We be visiting.
C) The policeman.
D) My son.
5. Which is INCORRECT?.
A) The pickle, the delicious one, is rolling down the street.
B) My dog, the wierdly cute one is eating a treat.
6. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? The Capulets and the Montagues, feuding families from the city of Verona, were told not to cause a disturbance again.
A) Feuding families from the city of Verona.
B) The Capulets and the Montagues.
C) Were told not to cause a disturbance again.
D) None of above.
7. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The chairs were placed upon the desks.
A) Were placed.
B) The chairs.
C) The chairs were placed upon.
D) Upon the desks.
8. By giving people an alternative to mass transit, automobiles did much to change the social and business scene of the United States.
A) Participial phrase.
B) Gerund phrase.
C) Infinitive phrase.
D) Appositive phrase.
9. What is the purpose of an appositive phrase in a sentence?.
A) The purpose of an appositive phrase is to indicate the tense of a verb in a sentence.
B) The purpose of an appositive phrase is to replace a noun or pronoun in a sentence.
C) The purpose of an appositive phrase is to connect two independent clauses in a sentence.
D) The purpose of an appositive phrase is to provide additional information or clarification about a noun or pronoun in a sentence.
10. He might visit the neighbors house and beg for food scraps.
A) Independent clause.
B) Appositive phrase.
C) Prepositional phrase.
D) None of above.
11. Which sentence is correct?.
A) I left my house, early but I was still late to the meeting.
B) I left my house early but, I was still late to the meeting.
C) I left my house early, but I was still late to the meeting.
D) I left my house early but I was still late to the meeting.
12. Where should a comma be placed in the following sentence? Okay we can answer it your way.
A) After "we".
B) After "can".
C) After "Okay".
D) After "it".
13. Identify the appositive phrase:Roald Dahl, a famous children's author, wrote many of his books in pencil on yellow legal pads.
A) Wrote many of his books.
B) In pencil on yellow legal pads.
C) A famous children's author.
D) Roald Dahl.
14. Which noun is the appositive in the following sentence?Mark's teacher John Oliver served in the army.
A) John Oliver.
B) Teacher.
C) Army.
D) None of above.
15. What is the function of an appositive phrase?.
A) To give the reader more information about an action or verb in the sentence.
B) To give the reader more information about a noun in a sentence.
16. In the following sentence, what is the appositive phrase? On the bed was Pete, the sweetest cat.
A) On the bed.
B) Pete.
C) The sweetest cat.
D) Was.
17. Identify the Appositive phrase in the following sentence. Provence, a region of France, is on the Mediterranean.
A) A region of France.
B) Provence.
C) On the Mediterranean.
D) None of above.
18. Find the sentence with and appositive.
A) Florida, a peninsula, is about 400 miles long. .
B) Well now class, let's open our books.
C) May I borrow your hammer, Dad?.
D) None of above.
19. The children who live up the street are quite friendly.
A) No commas.
B) Commas after children and street.
C) Comma after street.
D) Comma after children.
20. Appositive phrases function as _____ .
A) Adverbs.
B) Adjectives.
C) Nouns.
D) Verbs.
21. Sydney and Alex the best friends like chemistry class.
A) The best friends.
B) The best.
C) Sydney and Alec.
D) Chemistry.
22. A shiny red apple dropped. Shiny and red are what?.
A) Adverb modifiers.
B) Adjective modifiers.
C) Verbs.
D) Subjects.
23. Identify the prepositional phrase:The clock in my grandma's house was broken last week.
A) In my grandma's house.
B) Broken last week.
C) Grandma's house was.
D) House was broken.
24. Choose the sentence that contains an appositive phrase.a) The girl is reading a book.b) The girl, a talented writer, is reading a book.c) The girl is playing outside.d) The girl is reading a magazine.
A) B.
B) A.
C) D.
D) C.
25. The singer, Taylor Swift, is having a birthday today.
A) Correct.
B) Incorrect.