Peter Pan This is a delightful

story about Peter Pan, a boy who lived with fairies. He stayed with many other boys in Never Never land, a place where children never grow up. Read about his adventures with Wendy, his playmates.

Gulliver's Travel Here is an exciting

tale about a man who travelled to Liliput, a land of tiny people. Find out how he saved the Liliputians from the Belfuscans, their enemies.

Let's look again at some of the sentences you have just read

1. This is a delightful story story about Peter Pan, a boy who lived with fairies.2. He stayed with other boys in Never Never Land, a place where children never grow up.3. Read about his adventures with Wendy, his playmates.4. Here is an exciting tale about a man who traveled to Liliput, a land of tiny people.5. Find out how he saved the the Liliputians from the Belfuscans their enemies.

In each of the sentences above , the italicized part restates the noun it follows . Sometimes, it is just another name for the noun. Usually, however, it explains or gives additional information about the noun, making it more definite in our minds.

In the first sentences, for example, “ a boy who lived with fairies” is the same as Peter Pan. In the second, “ a place where children never grow up” is the same as Never Never Land.

appositives.

Group of words like those are called

Appositives are words or group of words that follow after a noun or a pronoun and identify or rename it.

Exercise 1 (Guided Practice) You probably have noticed the commas that separate the appositives from the rest of

the sentence. Practice using commas for appositives in the sentences below. Can you find them? If an appositives comes in the middle of the sentence, be sure to put a comma before and after it.

1. Miss Maňo the librarian helps the children get the books they need. 2. I enjoyed reading about Black Beauty a wonderful race horse., 3.I heard that Mr. Gomez the Pta president would donate books to the library. 4. Reading books my favorite pasttime gives me hours of pleasure. 5. Robin Hood the noble outlaw had many thrilling adventures. When we want to get to s certain place faster, we sometimes take short-cuts. We can

take short-cuts in speaking, too. Using appositives is one way of doing this. See how many words we save in the example below by using appositives. Mr. Santos came this morning. Mr. Santos is my father's lawyer. Mr. Santos, my father's lawyer, came this morning

Exercise 2 (Evaluation)

Now, try using appositives to combine the sentences pair in each number below. The appositives, which is to take the place of the second sentences, should be in the blank.

1. I enjoyed reading Black Beauty, __________. It's an interesting story of a horse. I enjoyed reading Black Beauty, ________________. 2. Anna Sewell has written a very interesting story.Miss Sewell is the author. Anna Sewell, ________ has written a very interesting story. 3. Black Beauty was afraid of Dick. Dick was a cruel plowboy. Black Beauty was afraid of Dick, ____________. 4.The Yearling, _________, is a favorite among the boys. The Yearling, ___________is a favorite among the boys. 5. Everyone loves Lassie. She's a beautiful dog. Everyone loves Lassie,

_______________.

ASSIGNMENT

Choose a partner. Talk about the tourist spot you want to visit. On a sheet of paper, present the advantages and disadvantages by using appositive phrases to give more information about the place.

THANK YOU!!!!!

Prepared by:JAPETH A. NERIO