Combine Sentences With Appositives #1

In this worksheet, learn to use appositives, noun phrases (like this one) that usually follow and rename or describe another noun! A brief introduction tells students what appositive phrases are and when they are considered restrictive or nonrestrictive—a classification that determines whether commas are necessary. In the following five questions, students will be asked to combine two sentences into one by using an appositive phrase. 

This worksheet is a great choice for teaching middle schoolers about sentence structure and showing them a method of combining sentences that they may not have fully understood. Students can use appositive phrases to vary their sentence structures and add depth to their writing. Appositive phrases are quite common, so it is important that students understand them fully! 

Practice another method of combining sentences with Combine Sentences Using Relative Clauses #1.