Learn English as a Second Language and Use Appositives

I hope everyone is using sentence combining techniques in all the work they submit. Following is information on another sentence combining technique using appositives. An appositive is a noun or pronoun that follows another noun or pronoun and explains or defines it.

Her brother Joe is a physician. Her brother = noun, Joe= noun, Her brother Joe= appositive

The tourists drove to Albany, the capital of New York.
Albany=noun, the capital of New York = noun (and its modifiers),
Albany, the capital of New York=appositive.

Examples of sentence combining using appositives

The Mississippi River is one of the longest rivers in the world. The Mississippi River is 100 miles long.
The Mississippi River, one of the longest rivers in the world, is 100 miles long.

Combine these sentences using appositives.

1. The Golden Gate Bridge is a magnificent structure.
The Golden Gate Bridge is in San Francisco, California.
2. Disneyland is an amusement park.
Disneyland attracts people from all over the world.
3. The Pittsburg Steelers is a great football team.
The Pittsburg Steelers won the championship.
4. Dr. James Jones is a microbiologist.
Dr. James Jones won the Nobel Prize.
5. My fifth grade teacher was a brilliant woman.
Mrs. Applebee was my fifth grade teacher.

Hope this is clear.

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