This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Appositive Phrases – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Appositive Phrases Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. France has a lower population growth rate than its neighbor, Germany. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 2. Is this sentence correctly punctuated:Brandon the clever boy, is awesome. A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 3. Identify the appositive phrase:When the science teacher saw a large spider with a hairy body, a tarantula, he walked right up to it and asked it if it wanted to go hiking with him. A) When the science teacher saw a large spider with a hairy body. B) A large spider with a hairy body. C) A tarantula. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A large spider with a hairy body. 4. Where do the commas belong in this sentence:Ms. Howell doesn't like making us test so much. A) After "Howell" and "making". B) After "us". C) After "Howell" and "us". D) No commas needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No commas needed. 5. What is the appositive in the sentence:'The capital of France, Paris, is beautiful.' A) London. B) Berlin. C) Paris. D) Madrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paris. 6. Does this sentence contain an appositive:Yes or no?All children, except one, grow up. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 7. Combine these sentences using an appositive:'My father is an engineer. He works for a tech company.' A) My father, who is an engineer, works for a tech company. B) The tech company is where my father works as an engineer. C) My father, an engineer, works for a tech company. D) My father works for a tech company, he is an engineer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My father, an engineer, works for a tech company. 8. Selected the appositive phrase in the sentence:Queen Victoria, one of England's greatest monarchs, ruled for sixty-three years. A) Queen Victoria. B) One of England's greatest monarchs. C) Ruled for sixty-three years. D) No appositive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One of England's greatest monarchs. 9. Find out the appositive or appositive phraseThe Golden Gate Bridge, the bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, first opened in 1937. A) The Golden Gate Bridge. B) The bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County. C) San Francisco and Marin County. D) First opened in 1937. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County. 10. In the sentence 'My dog, a golden retriever, loves to play in the park.', what is the appositive phrase? A) A golden retriever. B) My dog. C) Loves to play in the park. D) In the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A golden retriever. 11. Identify the appositive phrase:There was a huge party at the high school, the one with the best ACT scores. A) There was a huge party. B) At the high school. C) The one with the best ACT scores. D) With the best act scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The one with the best ACT scores. 12. Where do commas belong in this sentence:My coworker Mrs. Hargrove is also reading Harry Potter with her class. A) After "coworker". B) After "Hargrove". C) After "reading" and after "Potter". D) After "coworker" and after "Hargrove". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After "coworker" and after "Hargrove". 13. Patricia would have gone for a walk to explore the surroundingshad others been interested. A) Noun phrase. B) Verb phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) Infinitive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb phrase. 14. What is the appositive or appositive phrase in the sentence?Mrs. Guerrero, our social studies teacher, is retiring. A) Mrs. Guerrero. B) Our social studies teacher. C) Is retiring. D) The teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our social studies teacher. 15. Which part of the sentence is an appositive phrase?The dog climbed into the plastic swimming pool, a great escape, in order to beat the heat. A) The dog climbed. B) Into the plastic swimming pool. C) To beat the heat. D) A great escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A great escape. 16. Which is correct for:Mrs. Sanchez, the super awesome writing teacher is teaching us appositive phrases. A) Mrs. Sanchez the, super awesome writing teacher is teaching, us appositive phrases. B) Mrs. Sanchez the super awesome writing teacher is teaching us appositive phrases. C) Mrs. Sanchez, the super awesome writing teacher, is teaching us appositive phrases. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mrs. Sanchez, the super awesome writing teacher, is teaching us appositive phrases. 17. The dog climbed into the plastic swimming pool, a great escape, in order to beat the heat. A) The dog climbed. B) Into the plastic swimming pool. C) To beat the heat. D) A great escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A great escape. 18. The insect, a large beetle crawled across the sidewalk. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 19. Identify the noun or pronoun the appositive/appositive phrase explains.When the science teacher saw the spider, a large tarantula with a hairy body, he walked right up to it and asked it if it wanted to go hiking with him. A) Science teacher. B) Teacher. C) Spider. D) Body. E) Hiking with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spider. 20. Which part of the sentence is an appositive phrase?When the retired teacher ran into Janet, her long lost student, Janet gave her former teacher a huge hug. A) When the retired teacher ran into Janet. B) Her long lost student. C) Janet squealed. D) With delight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her long lost student. 21. Identify the appositive phrase in the following sentence:The author, a famous novelist, will be signing books at the bookstore. A) The author. B) A famous novelist. C) Will be signing books. D) At the bookstore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A famous novelist. 22. Punctuate the appositive correctly in the following sentence:The city New York is famous for its skyscrapers and bustling streets. A) The city New York, is famous for its skyscrapers and bustling streets. B) The city, New York, is famous for its skyscrapers and bustling streets. C) The city, New York is famous for its skyscrapers and bustling streets. D) The city New York is famous for its skyscrapers and bustling streets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The city, New York, is famous for its skyscrapers and bustling streets. 23. What's the appositive phrase?After the pep-rally, a player celebration, we walked to the game. A) A player celebration. B) Pep-rally. C) Game. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A player celebration. 24. What punctuation is typically used with non-restrictive appositives? A) Commas. B) Colons. C) Periods. D) Semicolons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commas. 25. What does an appositive phrase often add to a sentence? A) A question. B) A command. C) Description or definition. D) A conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Description or definition. ← 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