APPOSITIVE
Appositive is a word to serve to discribe noun or pronoun that took in.Appositives usually offset with commas,parantheses,or dashes.it is now concluded that appositive is word describing a subject that has previously appearead or that has come after it.Most important is that when two words describe the subject located earlier or after th word
it is now
concluded that appositive is word describing a subject that has previously
appeared or that has come after it.Most important is that when two words
describe the subject located earlier or after that word,that word is an
appositve word.
example multiple choice :
1......,Aziz, is
attending the lecture.
a.Right now
b.Happily
c.Becauce of
time
d. My Friend
Explanation:in the above equation after the coma suggest that aziz was not the subject from sentence.There for the correct answer is D.My friend
2.The Canadian,........ ,is a train trip from Toronto
to Vancouver with the best scenery of forests and rivers.
a.is one of the
iconic train trips in the world.
b.was one of
the iconic train trips in the world.
c.One of the iconic train trips in the world.
d.which is one
of the iconic train trips in the world.
Explanation: The Subject is discription on the above setence is canadian.the correct answer is that C because it outfitted the subject.
3Smallpox,..........,causes a high fever
and severe skin eruptions.
a.which
infecting diseases.
b.disiases are
highly infectious.
c.a highly infectious disease.
d.infects disease.
Explanition:correct exploration is C.Because on the answer the subject.but in a,b,and c is a verb.
4.sarah rarely misses her basketball shots.
a.An excellent basketball player
b.An Excellent
basketball player is
c.Sarah is an
excellent basketball player
d.her excellent
basketball play
Explanition:correct exploration is A.because at the above sentence of sarah is subject and misses is a verb.the above setence does not dissociete coma.
5Sarchopagus,…….,was often decorated with biblical scenes in early Cristian times
a.it was coffin
placed above ground
b.that was coffin
placed above ground
c.a coffin placed above ground
d.which of coffin
placed above ground
Explanition:on choice a and b fault the appositive should not begin subject,the answer d use to be which used verb.so the correct answer is c.
Question Error Anlysis
1.My boss John Jacobs was early that morning,so I got in
trouble for being late
Explanition:in "john jacobs" word to item "my boss".So after the word "john jacobs" was put in the a coma.
2.Marvin,
the librarian from Ridgedale always has a good
recommendation for something to read. No error
Explanition: the word redgedale is word apossitive.
3.My
brother,a chemical engineer,is very
diligent
Explanition:subject "a chemical " is word of appositive in which appositive is pronounced after noun
4.Our
family's pet bird, a canary wakes me every morning with
her beautiful song. No error.
Explanition:the pharase "a cannry" is a word appositive.it should be the back of "a cannry" induced coma.
5.I've
never understood how bugs tiny creatures, could scare
such big humans! No error.
Explanition:on the above sentence should be after the word in coma on condition appositive is the word appositive is always marked by coma."never understood"is an adjectiva
Referensi:
https://books.google.co.id/books?id=Q8tTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60&dq=appositive+toefl&hl=jv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJsYfpuqjoAhVP6nMBHSK6AQQQ6AEIRjAD#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.co.id/books?id=Y12OeTuglmgC&pg=PA207&dq=toefl+appositive&hl=jv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsy7WB4KjoAhWGA3IKHTwgA4MQ6AEIJDAA#v=onepage&q=toefl%20appositive&f=false.
