This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Appositive Phrases – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Appositive Phrases Quiz 39 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the appositive phrase:My friend Sarah, an excellent musician, plays the piano beautifully. A) My friend Sarah. B) An excellent musician. C) Plays the piano. D) Beautifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An excellent musician. 2. Ken and Joyce, Ken's wife, are business partners.The appositive is ..... A) Ken's wife. B) Ken and Joyce. C) Are business partners. D) Ken's wife, are business partners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ken's wife. 3. Identify the appositive phrase in the following sentence:'My best friend, Sarah, is coming over.' A) Is coming over. B) My best friend. C) Sarah. D) Coming over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah. 4. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following:Many animals, including bears, love to eat the honey made from the bees. A) Made from. B) Including bears. C) Many animals. D) To eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To eat. 5. Identify the appositive in the following sentence:The book, a classic novel, was on the bestseller list for months. A) The bestseller list. B) The book. C) A classic novel. D) Months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A classic novel. 6. For each sentence, identify the appositive phrase. Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday, is celebrated throughout the country. A) A Mexican holiday. B) Celebrated. C) Day of the Dead. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Mexican holiday. 7. Differentiate between a verbal phrase and an appositive phrase. A) A verbal phrase contains a verb; an appositive phrase renames a noun. B) A verbal phrase describes an action; an appositive phrase describes an adjective. C) A verbal phrase is always a complete sentence; an appositive phrase is not. D) A verbal phrase renames a noun; an appositive phrase contains a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A verbal phrase contains a verb; an appositive phrase renames a noun. 8. Provide an example of a sentence with a non-restrictive appositive. A) My brother, a talented musician, plays the guitar. B) My sister, a skilled painter, loves to draw. C) The cat, a playful creature, sleeps all day. D) Their house, a cozy cottage, is painted blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother, a talented musician, plays the guitar. 9. What is the best way to join the following two sentences using an appositive phrase?Diamond is the hardest mineral in the world. It is a form of pure carbon. A) Diamond, is a form of pure carbon, is the hardest mineral in the world. B) Diamond, the hardest mineral in the world, is a form of pure carbon. C) The hardest mineral in the world, is a form of pure carbon. D) Made of pure carbon, diamond is the hardest mineral in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diamond, the hardest mineral in the world, is a form of pure carbon. 10. Chocolate my favorite treat always makes me happy. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← 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