This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Appositive Phrases – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Appositive Phrases Quiz 33 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the placement of the appositive phrase in the sentence: "We're having enchiladas, my favorite food." A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) End. D) There is no appositive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End. 2. What is an appositive phrase in the sentence: "My father, a fat man with beautiful eyes and a subversive wit, is trying to decide which of his eight children he will take with him to the county fair" ? A) My father. B) A fat man with beautiful eyes and a subversive wit. C) Is trying to decide. D) To the county fair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fat man with beautiful eyes and a subversive wit. 3. Marie, a Sorbonne student, is well educated. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 4. Will someone be here soon to open thedoor? A) Verb phrase. B) Appositive phrase. C) Prepositional phrase. D) Infinitive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infinitive phrase. 5. Identify the appositive phrase:Basketball, my favourite sport, requires a great deal of stamina. A) Basketball. B) My favourite sport. C) Requires a great deal of stamina. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My favourite sport. 6. Rewrite the sentence to include an appositive:'The dog barked loudly. The dog is my pet.' A) The dog, my pet, barked loudly. B) The dog is my pet and it barked loudly. C) The dog barked loudly, which is my pet. D) My pet, the dog, barked loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog, my pet, barked loudly. 7. The scribe, a recorder of history, documented the king's achievements. What is the appositive phrase? A) A recorder of history. B) The king's achievements. C) The scribe. D) Documented. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A recorder of history. 8. Pastor John gave a great sermon during church this morning.Identify the appositive A) There is not an appositive. B) John. C) Sermon. D) Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John. 9. Correctly punctuate the appositive phrase in the sentence:The teacher Mrs. Johnson is very kind. A) The teacher, Mrs. Johnson, is very kind. B) The teacher, Mrs. Johnson is very kind. C) The teacher Mrs. Johnson is very kind. D) The teacher Mrs. Johnson, is very kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher, Mrs. Johnson, is very kind. 10. 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 is a computer scientist who won an award. B) Keisha, won the award, is a computer scientist. C) Keisha won the award for computer science. D) Keisha, a computer scientist, won the award. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keisha, a computer scientist, won the award. 11. Identify the appositive phrase in the following sentence:The car, a red convertible, was parked in the driveway. A) A red convertible. B) Was parked. C) Parked in the driveway. D) The car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A red convertible. 12. If the following is to be turned into a sentence with an appositive phrase, how would it look like: "The dog barked loudly, scaring the neighbors" ? A) The dog was barking, scaring all the neighbors. B) The dog, a noisy creature, barked loudly and scared the neighbors. C) The dog barked loudly because it wanted attention. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog, a noisy creature, barked loudly and scared the neighbors. 13. Identify the appositive in the following sentence:Is your friend Greg getting married? A) Greg. B) Friend. C) Is your friend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greg. 14. What is the appositive or appositive phrase? Seattle, the largest city in Washington, gets a lot of rain. A) Seattle. B) Gets a lot of rain. C) Washington. D) The largest city in Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The largest city in Washington. 15. My best friend, Jordan enjoys playing basketball. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 16. Identify the appositive phrase(s).Coffee, a great source of energy, is the perfect drink on cool nights. A) Coffee. B) Coffee, a great source of energy. C) A great source of energy. D) Cool nights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A great source of energy. 17. Which of the following sentences does not contain an appositive phrase?a) The teacher, Mrs. Johnson, gave us a challenging assignment.b) The house, a cozy cottage, was nestled among the trees.c) The dog, a loyal companion, followed me everywhere.d) The movie, a thrilling action film, kept me on the edge of my seat. A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 18. Which phrase is an appositive? The bald eagle, our national bird, soared above the trees. A) The bald eagle. B) Our national bird. C) Soared. D) Above the trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our national bird. 19. Identify the sentence with a correctly placed appositive phrase: A) The athlete won who is a champion the race. B) My uncle, a skilled carpenter, built this cabinet. C) The book which is a mystery novel sits on the shelf. D) The car, needs repairs is in the garage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My uncle, a skilled carpenter, built this cabinet. 20. Find the object of the preposition:Talking to the coach, I realized how to run the play. A) Coach. B) Realized. C) Run. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coach. 21. For each sentence, identify the appositive phrase. My favorite teacher, Mr. Smith, took us on a field trip. A) None of these. B) Mr. Smith. C) My favorite teacher. D) Field trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Smith. 22. The singer, Taylor Swift, is having a birthday today. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 23. For each sentence, identify the appositive phrase:Sam's new dog, Fluffy, is a pomeranian. A) None of these. B) Sam's new dog. C) Fluffy. D) Pomeranian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fluffy. 24. Identify the sentence with an incorrectly punctuated appositive: A) My brother Jim works at the hospital. B) The book, a bestselling novel was excellent. C) Paris, the capital of France, is beautiful. D) Dr. Smith, our family physician, retired last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The book, a bestselling novel was excellent. 25. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?Friar Laurence, doubting whether Romeo has really thought this decision through, decides to help the two children marry anyway. A) Friar Lawrence. B) Doubting whether Romeo has really though this decision through. C) Decides to help the two children marry anyway. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decides to help the two children marry anyway. 26. What is the purpose of an appositive phrase? A) To describe the action of the subject. B) To rename or further identify a noun or pronoun. C) To connect two independent clauses. D) To show the time or place of an event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To rename or further identify a noun or pronoun. 27. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?Romeo and Juliet, excited by their newfound love, decide to marry the day after the party. A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Excited by their newfound love. C) Decide to marry the day after the party. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited by their newfound love. 28. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence, "I love swimming in the ocean." A) "swimming in the ocean". B) "I love". C) "in the ocean". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "swimming in the ocean". 29. Verbals may be any of the following types: A) Gerunds, adjectives, and adverbs. B) Participles, infinitives, and gerunds. C) Participles, gerunds, and prepositions. D) Participles, infinitives, and verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participles, infinitives, and gerunds. 30. What is the purpose of an appositive?a) To add extra information about a nounb) To describe an actionc) To connect two sentencesd) To show possession A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAppositive Phrases Quiz 1Appositive Phrases Quiz 2Appositive Phrases Quiz 3Appositive Phrases Quiz 4Appositive Phrases Quiz 5Appositive Phrases Quiz 6Appositive Phrases Quiz 7Appositive Phrases Quiz 8Appositive Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books