Question

Which group of words in this sentence is an appositive phrase? Mr. Wilson, a whiz at foreign languages, helped me learn Spanish because I wanted to do well in a competition at school.

Answer 1

An appositive phrase gives you an alternative description or more information about a noun, and it is separated from other elements in the sentence by commas.

The appositive phrase in this sentence is "a whiz at foreign languages" - you can identify it because it is describing and giving you more information about Mr. Wilson (the proper noun the phrase is next to) and has commas around it.