Appositives

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What is an appositive?

 It is a noun or a pronoun.
 It is placed after another noun to identify it.
 It gives an extra information and detail.
 It can begin with the articles “a, an, or the”
 It will NEVER begin with a relative pronoun.
 It is NOT a subject of the sentence.
Examples:

 Our friend Martha becomes a teacher.

 Mybrother, a mechanical engineer, is very

multitalented.

 The award went to Suneo, the most polite student in

his class.
Types of the Appositive:

Restrictive appositive Non-restrictive appostive

 No need comma,  Need comma,
 It’s
needed to make the  The additional information is not
very important or essential,
meaning of the sentence
complete.  If it is omitted, it can be
understood.
Example of Restrictive appositive

 One of the best selling cars in Indonesia

 One of the best selling cars in (subject of the sentence)
Indonesia Toyota Avanza is  Toyota Avanza (appositive)
produced by the Daihatsu
manufacturer.  is produced by the Daihatsu
manufacturer (Predicate and Object)
Example of Non restrictive

 Toyota Avanza, one of the best  Toyota Avanza is the Subject.

selling cars in Indonesia, is  One of the best selling cars in Indonesia
produced by the Daihatsu is the appositive.
manufacturer.  is produced by the Daihatsu
manufacturer are the predicate and object.
Other examples

1. Bruce Lee, _____________, died at the age of 32.

2. Mr Soekarno, _______________, was born in
Surabaya.
3. My cousin ________ becomes a professional football
player.
4. Joker, _______________, won many awards in Oscar.
The position of nonrestrictive appositive can be reversed:

 My brother, a mechanical engineer, is very multitalented.

 A mecahnical engineer, my brother is very multitalented.
 _________________, Bruce Lee died at the age of 32.
 __________________, Mr Soekarno was born in Surabaya.
Analyse these sentences whether they have appositives or
adjective clauses!

 John Reed, an American journalist, helped found

the Communist Labor Party in America.
 I once saw Margot Robbey, the famous
ballerina.
 My sister, who is a supervisor at Munchbucks,
drives a company car.
 Elkie Fern, who is a professional botanist, led
the kids on a nature hike.
 I took a cookie from Gretel, who is the
woodcutter’s daughter.
 Elsa, a good country woman, has a daughter
named Ulga.
 I took a cookie from Gretel, the woodcutter’s
daughter.
 Paul Revere, who was a silversmith and soldier,
is famous for his “midnight ride”.
 Og, the King of Bashan, was saved from flood by
climbing onto the roof of the ark.
 I read a biography of Disraeli, the 19th century
stateman and novelist.