Improving Sentence Variety While Avoiding Fragments
Directions: Block the first sentence in each problem, and paste it into the answer window. Then add the information from the second sentence in each pair to the first sentence, after the subject, and use commas to set off the inserted information. When you click "check," feedback will appear in a pop-up window, and your cumulative score will appear here.
What Appositives Are
Please read the following lesson before attempting the exercise.
LESSON: An appositive is a word or phrase that renames a noun or pronoun:
Harvey Maddox, THAT DIRTY BUM, owes me $5.00. Once I had a ruby ring, A DEEP RED RUBY SET IN GOLD.
It's called an appositive because it's positioned next to (ad + positio in Latin) what it renames. Sometimes appositives can become very long, but they should never be punctuated as if they were sentences. This exercise will give you practice in recognizing this structure and distinguishing appositives from sentences. Appositives, like relative clauses, are set off from the rest of the sentence by commas UNLESS they are needed identify what they rename.
To enter a response, click in the answer window, type the response, and click "Check."
Volney Rogers drafted the legislation required to create Mill Creek Park. He was a Youngstown attorney.
The hot super bubble contains enough energy to create 10,000 new stars. The hot super bubble is the biggest thing in our galaxy.
Sir Isaac Newton is largely responsible for mankind's conquest of space. He was the developer of the theory of gravity.
"Happy Birthday to You" was written by Mildred and Patty Hill. "Happy Birthday to You" is the most popular song in the world. (NOTE: periods and commas go INSIDE close-quotation marks.)
In Dahomey played Broadway in 1902 as the first successful Black musical.In Dahomey was a comic show with original music, elaborate scenery, and a full-fledged plot.