Grammar Crossword #1

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Across
  1. 2. a comparison term
  2. 3. meaning also
  3. 4. signals a noun is coming; a, an, and the
  4. 6. meaning immediately after or next
  5. 7. very short sentence; 2-5 words; must include a subject + verb and stand alone as a complete sentence
  6. 8. first word of a sentence, proper nouns, titles
  7. 11. subject opener; usually starts with a subject or article; there can be adjectives, too; the subject-verb can be reversed
  8. 12. usually modifies verbs or adjectives and answers the questions how, when, or where
  9. 13. refers back to some person or thing recently mentioned
  10. 14. people, places, things, animals, ideas
Down
  1. 1. four reasons: new speaker, topic, place, or time
  2. 2. a preposition
  3. 4. describes (or modifies) nouns or pronouns
  4. 5. clausal opener; www.asia.b; must have a subject-verb pair; begins a dependent clause
  5. 7. prepositional opener; starts with a preposition + noun and does not have a verb
  6. 9. the numeral 2
  7. 10. coordinating conjunctions; connect two or more of the same types of words, phrases, or clauses; for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
  8. 11. begins with an -ly adverb