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Read the sentence.

Mom brought her dog, AN OLD BLACK POODLE, to Grandpa’s birthday party.

AN OLD BLACK POODLE is what kind of phrase?


A) appositive phrase
B) infinitive phrase
C) verb phrase
D) gerund phrase

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User AmbGup
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your answer is appositive phrase.

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User Sarit Rotshild
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The correct answer is option A. In the sentence, 'an old black poodle' is an example of an appositive phrase. An appositive can either be a noun or a noun phrase that renames a noun. It can either be restrictive or nonrestrictive.
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