1. Appositive Phrases

2. What is an appositive phrase?
1) Read the sentences.
2) The appositive phrase is bold underlined.
3) Write what you think an appositive phrase is.

3. Appositive Phrases: Read
Ellen, a 47 year-old waitress, gazed out the window with a bored look on her face.
Troy signed the contract that made him the owner of a car, a brand new cherry red convertible.
What do you think an appositive is? Write:

4. Appositive Phrase: Definition
An appositive phrase is a noun phrase that modifies (describes) another noun or pronoun in the sentence.
They can be at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence.
Usually, they are:
Surrounded by commas
The + noun phrase
A/an + noun phrase

5. Appositive Phrase: Examples
1. Underline the appositive phrase and highlight the main noun in the phrase
2. Draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun it modifies and highlight it

6. Appositive Phrase: Example 1
Ellen, a 47 year-old waitress, gazed out the window with a bored look on her face.
Nouns

7. Appositive Phrase: Example 2
Troy signed the contract that made him the owner of a car, a brand new cherry red convertible.
Nouns

8. #4
A wicked man with a perverse mind, he plotted our imminent demise.

9. #5
Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five.

10. #3
Captain Bentick was a family man, a lover of dogs and pink children and Christmas.

11. Add Appositives: Directions
Add appositives to the sentences with blank spaces.

12. #7
My sister, _____________________, is the only one who knows my secret.

13. #8
A / an __________________________, Maria earned a perfect score on her SAT.

14. #9 – Write your own sentence with an appositive phrase

15. #10 - Write your own sentence with an appositive phrase

16. #11 - Write your own sentence with an appositive phrase

17. Source
Kilgallon, Don. Sentence Composing for High School Students. Boynton/Cook Pulishers, Inc. Portsmouth, NH: 1998.