Learning Objective:
combine
short related sentences
with appositives
Writing conventions
1.2
Appositives
• Appositive – a word or group of words that tell
more about the subject.
Example: Mrs. Fajardo, our principal, wants us
to do well on the CSTs.
• What is an appositive?
Steps for Combining sentences using
appositives
1. Read the two sentences.
2. Identify how the two
sentences are related.
3. Choose the appositive
that will describe the
subject.
4. Combine the sentences
using commas before
and after the appositive.
1.Our soccer team lost the
game.
2.Our team is called the
Wildcats.
• Our soccer team, the
Wildcats, lost the game
last night.
Steps for Combining sentences using
appositives
1. Read the two sentences.
2. Identify how the two
sentences are related.
3. Choose the appositive
sentence that will
describe the subject.
4. Combine the sentences
using commas before
and after the appositive.
1. Sarah is going to the
park.
2. Sarah is my sister.
Sarah ,my sister, is going to
the park.
Steps for Combining sentences using
appositives
1. Read the two sentences. 1. My favorite movie is about
monkeys in space.
2. Identify how the two
sentences are related. 2. My favorite movie is Space
Chimps.
3. Choose the appositive
that will describe the
subject.
• My favorite movie, Space Chimps,
4. Combine the sentences
is about monkeys in space.
using commas before
and after the appositive.
What did we use to combine sentences?
Why is knowing how to combine sentences with appositives
important?
• Combine the following sentences with an
appositive
1. Mr. Nuno will teach us about math today.
2. Mr. Nuno is a teacher.
Mr. Nuno, our teacher, will
teach us about math today.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Read the two
sentences.
Identify how the two
sentences are related.
Choose the appositive
that will describe the
subject.
Combine the
sentences using
commas before and
after the appositive.