1. Read the sentences.
Tiger sharks are voracious eaters. They eat fish, seals, birds, and even old tires.
Which of the following combines the two sentences with an appositive phrase?
With fish, seals, birds, and even old tires in their diets, tiger sharks are voracious eaters.
Being voracious eaters, tiger sharks eat fish, seals, birds, and even old tires.
Tiger sharks are voracious eaters, and they eat fish, seals, birds, and even old tires.
Tiger sharks, which are voracious eaters, eat fish, seals, birds, and even old tires.
2. In which sentence is the underlined phrase an adverb phrase?
The students( in Mr. Bruns’s class) planned a party for his retirement.
The students gave Mr. Bruns a book (of his favorite verses).
The students called several (of Mr. Bruns’s former students).
Mr. Bruns had been teaching (for 35 years).
3. In which sentence does the underlined adverb clause modify an adverb?
Some balloonists who had tried to cross the Atlantic Ocean disappeared (before they were able to land).
Three men crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the (Double Eagle II) in 1978.
(When the Double Eagle II landed in Paris), other balloonists who had planned to cross the Atlantic cancelled their trip.
The Double Eagle II was a hot-air balloon that flew farther (than other hot-air balloons).
4.
Read the sentences.
Two famous high-speed trains are the Bullet Train and the Train à Grande Vitesse. Both can go 186 miles per hour.
Which answer choice combines the sentences using an appositive?
Two famous high-speed trains, the Bullet Train and the Train à Grande Vitesse, can go 186 miles per hour.
Going 186 miles per hour, the most famous high-speed trains are the Bullet Train and the Train à Grande Vitesse.
Two famous high-speed trains are the Bullet Train and the Train à Grande Vitesse, and both can go 186 miles per hour.
Two famous high-speed trains, going 186 miles per hour, are the Bullet Train and the Train à Grande Vitesse.
