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8th Grade Appositives Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

An appositive is a noun phrase that renames the noun beside it, as in Rachel Carson, a marine biologist. There are 6 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. Combine Facts About Scientists With Appositives and Combine Three Sentences With Two Appositives join sentences about scientists and inventors. Find Appositives in a Biography Paragraph marks 8 appositives in a paragraph about Henrietta Swan Leavitt, and Long Appositive Phrases and Their Commas places commas in sentences about famous ships.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Commas set off an appositive when the sentence still names the same person or thing without it. Use a comma after it at the start, commas on both sides in the middle and a comma before it at the end.

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