Appositives

Appositive definition

Appositive phrase definition

Examples:

• The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.
• My uncle, a lawyer, is visiting us.
• My teacher, miss Marshall, is very strict .
• My radio, an old portable, is in the repair shop.
• Our house, a brick bungalow, is on oak street.

Examples of my own:

• St. Patrick, a missionary from Ireland, is the reason why we wear green.
• TassA, the school teacher, is my mother.
• Mason, the guy in mrs. Cox's group, is very nice.

Practice:

• Queen Victoria, one of England's greatest monarchs, ruled for sixty-three years.
• Jane made the salad, a tossed one with French dressing.
• Harvey Jensen, the pro at the country club, is giving me golf lessons.
• James Hilton's book, Lost Horizon, has been filmed twice.
• Chemistry, Sue's favorite subject, is easy for her.
• Jerry is visiting in Peoria, his old home town.
• Mr. and Mrs. Miller, our neighbors for the past eight years, are moving to Dallas.
• Groucho Marx, the star of many film comedies, also had his own television show.