This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Appositive Phrases – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Appositive Phrases Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:The scientist ..... won the Nobel Prize. A) Marie Curie. B) Who is Marie Curie. C) Marie, Curie. D) The Marie Curie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marie Curie. 2. Identify the appositive in the sentence:'The chef, an expert in Italian cuisine, opened a new restaurant.' A) The chef. B) An expert in Italian cuisine. C) Opened. D) New restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An expert in Italian cuisine. 3. Find the appositive in the sentence. A) The package,. B) , a brown box,. C) Box. D) In the mail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , a brown box,. 4. True or False:An appositive can be removed from a sentence without altering its basic meaning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which transition word indicates a conclusion? A) Next. B) After that. C) Secondly. D) Finally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finally. 6. Yesterday, I talked to Brian, my best friend, about an upcoming birthday party we had to plan. A) Complex sentence. B) Appositive phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appositive phrase. 7. The following is correct:A vocational counselor, Jane Smith has agreed to help me get a job. Subject:Jane Smith. Appositive:A vocational counselor (The appositive is extra information; therefore need the comma before Jane) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which sentence includes a compound appositive? A) I always liked languages; French and German were my favorite subjects in school. B) Two cities, Venice and Genoa, were great rivals at one time. C) When I traveled to Florence and Rome, I learned a little Italian. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two cities, Venice and Genoa, were great rivals at one time. 9. What is the function of an appositive in a sentence? A) To describe an action. B) To provide additional information about a noun. C) To connect two clauses. D) To indicate possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide additional information about a noun. 10. Complete the sentence to show you have more than one brother:My brother ..... is a freshman. A) , Liam,. B) Liam. C) Liam,. D) ; Liam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liam. 11. Choose the sentence that contains an appositive. A) The dog barked loudly. B) My friend, an excellent cook, made dinner. C) She runs every morning. D) The book is on the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend, an excellent cook, made dinner. 12. Which phrase in the following sentence is an appositive phrase?Johnny and McDunn spot the monster, a hundred-foot dinosaur. A) Johnny and McDunn. B) Monster. C) A hundred-foot dinosaur. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hundred-foot dinosaur. 13. Complete the sentence with an appropriate non-essential appositive:'My cat, ..... , sleeps all day.' A) A lazy feline. B) Who is very old. C) With black fur. D) A Siamese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lazy feline. 14. Identify the appositive in this sentence:'My dog, a golden retriever, loves to swim.' A) My dog. B) A golden retriever. C) Loves to swim. D) To swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A golden retriever. 15. Is this appositive restrictive or non-restrictive?Crickets, common insects, are good sources of protein. A) Restrictive. B) Non-restrictive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-restrictive. 16. ..... , will be speaking at the international conference. A) The renowned professor. B) Because the renowned professor. C) The renowned professor is. D) His international conference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The renowned professor. 17. The appositive in 'My cousin, a skilled skateboarder, won the competition' is nonrestrictive. What does this tell you? A) The information 'a skilled skateboarder' is essential to understand the sentence. B) The sentence would have the same basic meaning if you removed 'a skilled skateboarder.'. C) The speaker has many cousins who are skilled skateboarders. D) The appositive must come at the end of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sentence would have the same basic meaning if you removed 'a skilled skateboarder.'. 18. Find the appositive in this sentence:Practice, his number one secret, has made him so successful. A) Practice. B) Secret. C) Him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secret. 19. Exercise 1:Identifying Appositives and Appositive PhrasesIdentify the Appositive Phrase in the sentence.4. The couple named the child Miley, an old family name. A) The couple. B) An old family name. C) Child Miley. D) Miley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An old family name. 20. Where should the commas go in the following sentence?Marcus my sisters hamster likes to run in a wheel. A) Marcus, my sisters hamster,. B) Marcus my sisters,. C) Sisters, hamster likes to run,. D) No commas are needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcus, my sisters hamster,. 21. Complete the sentence:My grandmother, ..... , bakes the best cookies. A) An amazing chef. B) She is great. C) In the kitchen. D) With love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An amazing chef. 22. Identify the appositive:The novel '1984', a dystopian classic, was written by George Orwell. A) The novel '1984'. B) A dystopian classic. C) Was written. D) By George Orwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dystopian classic. 23. True or False:An appositive can be used to give more information about a noun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. What is the main job of an appositive in a sentence? A) To rename or give more information about a noun right next to it. B) To show action or a state of being. C) To connect two complete sentences. D) To describe a verb or an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To rename or give more information about a noun right next to it. 25. Which type of punctuation is most commonly used to set off an appositive? A) Period. B) Semicolon. C) Dash. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books