Morphology and Syntax

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Across
  1. 2. Form describes the grammatical class a word/phrase belongs to, while [blank] refers to the way it is used in a sentence.
  2. 5. A subject compliment follows an intransitive (usually copular) verb, while a [blank] predicate follows a transitive verb.
  3. 7. Words that belong to the grammatical classes of either pronouns, adverbs, or adjectives, but also provide additional information regarding quantity.
  4. 11. Present participles of a verb that take the place of a noun or pronoun in a sentence.
  5. 12. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions can either be simple, [blank], or phrasal.
  6. 14. Nouns and pronouns have a [blank] which indicates whether they are being used as the subject, the object, or as a possessive.
  7. 15. Declarative, imperative, [blank], and interrogative are the four types of sentences which function to provide information, give an order, express an emotion, or ask a question.
  8. 17. These words join clauses of equal weight, and can be remembered with the mnemonic FANBOYS.
  9. 18. This aspect of a verb indicates whether the subject is doing or receiving the action.
  10. 20. Nouns, pronouns, or adjectives that are found in the predicate and provide additional information about the subject following intransitive verbs.
  11. 22. Positive, [blank], and superlative are the three forms of gradable adjectives and adverbs.
  12. 24. A finite group of words which serve to join clauses of unequal weight, where one clause has less importance than the other.
  13. 25. Words that can function as pronouns or adjectives, and identify or highlight a particular antecedent.
Down
  1. 1. This group of words joins two clauses of equal weight, but also gives information on manner, place, reason, etc.
  2. 3. Some verbs facilitate the action passing on to a direct object, while [blank] verbs do not.
  3. 4. Auxiliary verbs that provide information about certainty, intention, command, or emphasis.
  4. 6. A pair of words which are usually spread apart in a sentence that join clauses together.
  5. 8. These verbals are recognizable by the form “to+verb” and are used for efficiency.
  6. 9. When a form of the verb “to be” serves as the main verb, it is called this.
  7. 10. An optional element of the clausal structure that provides additional information about time, location, and manner.
  8. 13. Words that may look like prepositions, but are meaningfully connected to verbs.
  9. 16. Verbs in the progressive or perfect tenses that do not function as verbs, but rather as modifiers.
  10. 19. Nouns have many different classes. One of them tells whether a noun can be counted or whether it is a [blank] noun.
  11. 21. Indicative, imperative, and subjunctive are the three [blanks] of a verb which depict the speaker’s state of mind.
  12. 23. There are two categories of adjectives. Ones which describe the quality of a noun or pronoun, and [blank] adjectives which tell how much, how many, or whose.