Join the sentences by using a Noun or a phrase in Apposition:

  Join the sentences by using a Noun or a phrase in Apposition:

Two simple sentences can be joined by placing a noun or phrase in apposition. A noun or phrase that is placed immediately after a noun to make a reference to it is said to be in apposition to it.

Example: Rabindranath was a great poet.He won the Nobel Prize.

Ans: Rabindranath,a great poet,won the Nobel Prize.

                       Practice yourself

i) Satyajit Ray died in 1994. He was a great filmmaker.

ii) Nurul Hasan was the governor of West Bengal. He was a noted historian.

iii) We saw the picture. It is a masterpiece of art.

iv) They went to Kashmir. The valley is known as heaven on earth.

v) Owen died young. He was a poet of great promise.

vi) His brother is an engineer. He lived in America.

vii) Rana Pratap loved Chaitak. It was his faithful horse.

viii) Chandigar is a fine city. It was designed by De Corbusier.

ix) The police arrested the man. He was a notorious extremist.

x) Kolkata is called the city of joy. Many tourists visit this city.

xi) Mozart was a great musician, He composed beautiful music.

xii) I spent two days in London. It is one of the most attractive places in England.

xiii) There goes my brother. He is called Sourabh..

xiv) Yuvraj Singh is a dashing cricketer. He hit sixes in an over.

xv) Mr. Roy is the Principal of our school. He is an MA in English.

xvi) Tagore’s most famous work is Gitanjali. It is a collection of short poems.

xvii) His uncle built this bridge.His uncle was an engineer.

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