APPOSITIVES

AND
APPOSITIVE
PHRASES
Appositive
An appositive is a noun, or noun phrase
that refers to another noun right beside it.
It provides more details about the noun.
Look at these examples:
The insect, a cockroach, is crawling
across the kitchen table.
Shagil, the cat was drinking from the
basin.
Appositive Phrases
An appositive phrase consists of the appositive
and its modifiers. Appositive phrases may be long
or short. Look at these examples:
The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the
kitchen table.
The insect, a large cockroach, is crawling across
the kitchen table.
The insect, a large cockroach with hairy legs, is
crawling across the kitchen table.
Punctuation
The important point to
remember is that an
appositive is always
separated from the rest of the
sentence with comma(s).
1.When the appositive begins the sentence:
A hot-tempered tennis player, Robbie charged the
umpire and tried to crack the poor mans skull with a
racket.
When the appositive interrupts the sentence:
Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis player, charged the
umpire and tried to crack the poor mans skull with a
racket.
When the appositive ends the sentence:
Upset by the bad call, the crowd cheered Robbie, a hot-
tempered tennis player who charged the umpire and
tried to crack the poor mans skull with a racket.
Identify the appositive phrases in the following
sentences:
1. Queen Victoria, one of Englands greatest monarchs,
ruled for sixty-three years.
2. Jane made the salad, a tossed one with French
dressing.
3. Harvey Jensen, the pro at the country club, is giving
me golf lessons.
4. James Hiltons book, Lost Horizon, has been filmed
twice.
5. Chemistry, Sues favourite subject, is easy for her.
Group work:
Imagine that the rest of your classmates are visitors.

Each member of the group presents and introduces

another member using appositive.

Examples: Siti, the smallest girl in class, sits infront.

Nurin, a Muslim classmate, wears a tudung.