Grammar
Across
- 5. words that show action or state of being. They also indicate the time that
- 7. words that join 2 or more words, phrases, or clauses
- 12. action or state of being occurs—past, present, or future. (runs, is, went)
- 14. has 2 or more independent clauses and one or moredependentclauses
- 17. the part of a sentence that shows the verb and how the verb is impacting the subject or object of the sentence; the action.
- 19. An incomplete sentence; a sentence that cannot stand on its own
- 22. A sentence that incorrectly joins independent clauses
- 24. contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
- 25. they show relationships. (of, before, in)
- 26. like when, where, how, or to what extent. (happily, well, today)
- 27. words used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns (red, first, afraid)
- 28. a phrase that renames a noun or pronoun. It usually follows the nounandidentifies, explains, or adds to the meaning of the noun.
Down
- 1. Begins with “to,” followed by the base form of the verb;
- 2. It cannot stand as its own sentence and depends on the rest of the sentence to complete the thought.
- 3. refer to or substitute for a noun or noun phrase (her, them, who)
- 4. words that connect a noun or a pronoun to the rest of the
- 6. the nouns or pronouns that cause the action or state of being to happen.
- 8. an exclamatory or emotional word, phrase, or utterance (Wow,
- 9. a complete thought; it can stand alone as a sentence.
- 10. (broken, burnt, hardworking)
- 11. words that name persons, places, things, and ideas (burglar, house, anger)
- 13. words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They answer
- 15. Verbs that always end in -ing, but they function as nouns (running,hiking,swimming)
- 16. contains two or more independent clauses and zero dependent ones
- 18. modify nouns to show specificity or generality (a, an, the)
- 20. contains one independent clause
- 21. How a verb expresses time; can be past, present, or future, as well as simple perfect, continuous/progressive, or perfect continuous/progressive
- 23. a word formed from a verb -ing, -ed, etc.—and used as an