Question

Select the sentence that contains an appositive phrase.

A. Attending school every day is proving to be beneficial for your sister’s cooking with fresh herbs.
B. Kimberly spiced up a boring dish during the last play.
C. The coach told Alex to stand in the backfield.
D. Lucky the team captain decided on the navy uniform for Saturday’s game.

Answer 1

The correct sentence with an appositive phrase is 'D. Lucky the team captain decided on the navy uniform for Saturday’s game.' The appositive 'the team captain' renames the noun 'Lucky.'

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence that contains an appositive phrase is: 'D. Lucky the team captain decided on the navy uniform for Saturday’s game.' An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it and can add explanatory or clarifying information. The phrase 'the team captain' is an appositive providing more information about 'Lucky'.

Dashes can set off or emphasize appositives that contain commas, but in the given sentence, the appositive doesn't contain commas and therefore doesn't require the use of dashes.

Another example of an appositive that uses dashes for emphasis is: 'The U.S.S. Constitution became known as "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812–during which the cannonballs fired from the British H.M.S. Guerriere merely bounced off the sides of the Constitution.'