Read the sentence below and complete the instruction that follows. Our family enjoys stargazing with our telescope, a gift from my grandfather, when we go camping. Identify the nonessential appositive phrase.

An appositive phrase renames or explains a nearby noun. “A gift from my grandfather” gives extra information about “our telescope,” and the commas mark it as nonessential to the sentence’s main meaning. The correct choice is “a gift from my grandfather.”

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