EF 2/3

His wife is Mary.  Mary is a doctor.

His wife, Mary, is a doctor.

My brother, Dave, is a doctor.

Dave, my brother, is a doctor.

His brother lives in Vancouver.  His brother drives a bus.

His brother, a bus driver, lives in Vancouver.

       

His brother is a bus driver and lives in Vancouver.

His brother who is a bus driver lives in Vancouver.

His brother is a bus driver, and he lives in Vancouver.

South Hill Education Centre is a high school for adults.

It offers classes six days a week.

South Hill Education Centre, a high school for adults, offers classes six days a week.

My class, English Foundations 2/3, runs from November to January.

Vancouver, the largest city in BC, is a nice city.

My dog, Ruff, is very friendly.

Her new watch, a Rolex, was a gift.

His sister, the nurse, is very friendly.

1.   My lunch, an onion and garlic sandwich, smells great.

My lunch is an onion and garlic sandwich, and it smells great.

My lunch is an onion and garlic sandwich and smells great.

My lunch which is an onion and garlic sandwich smells great.

My lunch smells great because it is an onion and garlic sandwich.

2.   My son, an engineer, will be moving to Toronto next week.

My son is an engineer and will be moving to Toronto next week.

My son, who is an engineer, will be moving to Toronto next week.

My son is an engineer, and he will be moving to Toronto next week.

My son will be moving to Toronto next week because he is an engineer.

3.   Jessica, the youngest student in the class, had the highest marks.

The youngest student in the class, Jessica, had the highest marks.

5.   Eileen, the marketing manager, organized the advertising campaign.

commercials

6.   The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight, a retired teacher.

The class was taught by a retired teacher, Mrs. McKnight.

passive voice

Mrs. McKnight, a retired teacher, taught the class.

active voice

My car, a Hyundai, is red.

My phone, an iphone, is pretty nice.

        Her handbag, a Coach, costs a lot of money.

        His handbag, a Safeway, was $.02.

        His favourite actor, Daniel Craig, plays James Bond.

        Her favourite dessert, cheesecake, is very delicious.

persuasive paragraph

convince, persuade

 

“Is English important for newcomers to Canada?”

opinion? NO. YES.

Topic sentence:

YES very important

1. coommunicqte witth people first language engliosh 2comfortbale living here, know the culture

3. find a job, see doctor, sshopping, children teacher

       

In this class, put commas around all of your appositives.  In higher level classes, you will learn when you should and shouldn’t put commas around appositives.

Combines these exercises using appositives:

1.               My lunch is an onion and garlic sandwich.  It smells great.

2.               My son is an engineer.  He will be moving to Toronto next week.

3.               Jessica was the youngest student in the class.  She had the highest mark.

4.               The baby is six months old.  He does not sleep well.

5.               Eileen is the marketing manager.  She organized the ad campaign.

6.               The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight.  She is a retired teacher.

7.               The car was a red convertible.  The car was speeding through the neighbourhood.

8.               Friends is an American sitcom.  It is very popular with ESL students.

9.               The Nakdong River is the longest river in Korea.  It is over 500 km long.

10.          English is the language of business.  English is a challenging language to   

 learn.