Question

1. Identify the appositive or appositive phrase.

Mrs. Guerrero, the president of the historical society, is retiring next summer.

Mrs. Guerrero

the president of the historical society

is retiring

next summer



2. My best friend Justin was responsible for the birthday party.
My best friend

Justin

was responsible

for the birthday party



3. Identify the appositive or appositive phrase and the word or words it renames.

Stephanie, the youth police board president, wants to volunteer at the food bank.
the youth police board president; renames Stephanie

Stephanie; renames the youth police board president

food bank; renames volunteer

to volunteer; renames wants



4. Choose the correct answer.

Select the sentence with an incorrectly punctuated appositive or appositive phrase.

Were the writers Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville acquainted with one another?

The book, Tom Sawyer, is full of entertaining and vivid characters.

Grandpa has many recordings of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his favorite composer.

Shep, the Samuelsons’ golden retriever, likes to fetch tennis and golf balls.



5. Choose the correct answer.

Which of the following is not true about an appositive?
It renames or further explains another noun or pronoun.

It is a noun or pronoun.

It is an appositive phrase if it includes modifiers.

It is a prepositional phrase.

Answer 1

The appositive phrases in the given sentences are identified, and examples are provided. The sentence with an incorrectly punctuated appositive is chosen, and the false statement about an appositive is identified.

Step-by-step explanation:

The appositive in the sentence 'Mrs. Guerrero, the president of the historical society, is retiring next summer' is 'the president of the historical society', which renames 'Mrs. Guerrero'.

In the sentence 'My best friend Justin was responsible for the birthday party', the appositive is 'Justin', which renames 'my best friend'.

In the sentence 'Stephanie, the youth police board president, wants to volunteer at the food bank', the appositive is 'the youth police board president', which renames 'Stephanie'.

The sentence with an incorrectly punctuated appositive or appositive phrase is 'Grandpa has many recordings of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his favorite composer.'

The statement that is not true about an appositive is 'It is a prepositional phrase'.

Answer 2

1. the president of the historical society (appositives are commonly between commas).
2. My best friend (it's a descriptor that can be removed and the sentence still makes sense)
3. the youth police board president; renames Stephanie
4.Were the writers Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville acquainted with one another? (It should have a comma after writers)
5. it is a prepositional phrase