IXL | Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Select the appositive or appositive phrase.

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Select the appositive or appositive phrase.

Billions of years ago, a large asteroid crashed into Mercury and formed the Caloris Basin, one of the largest formations of this kind in the solar system.

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An appositive is a noun that usually follows and renames or describes another noun or noun phrase.

My roommate, Amanda, works for a nonprofit organization.

An appositive phrase consists of an appositive and all its modifiers.

The Golden Gate Bridge, the bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, first opened in 1937.

If the appositive is not necessary for narrowing down who or what is being described, it is set off with commas. If the appositive is necessary for narrowing down who or what is being described, it is not set off with commas.

Marco's youngest sister, Rita, plays the saxophone.

The appositive is not necessary for narrowing down the identity of Marco's youngest sister.

The author J. K. Rowling was born in Yate, England.

The appositive is necessary for narrowing down the identity of the author born in Yate, England.

An appositive phrase is a noun phrase. Clauses, verb phrases, adjective phrases, and adverb phrases are not appositives.

My roommate, whose name is Amanda, works for a nonprofit organization.

The text in bold is a relative clause, not an appositive.

Rotary International, founded in 1905, now boasts over one million members.

The text in bold is an adjective phrase, not an appositive.

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The appositive phrase is one of the largest formations of this kind in the solar system. It renames or describes the noun phrase the Caloris Basin.

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