Morphology and Syntax Extra Credit Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. the body of rules you use to construct sentences and to understand how others have constructed their sentences
- 5. a type of word which can be influenced to create comparative and superlative forms
- 9. Identify the main verb in the following sentence: I did not understand the homework.
- 10. a unit of meaning in written language; a letter or set of letters representing a phoneme
- 11. a type of sentence voice wherein the subject receives the action rather than does it
- 16. Syntactic ________ is the parts of speech combined to make sentences, whereas syntactic ___________ is the role of a word or group of words in relation to the other words/groups of words.
- 17. a group of words having a subject and a verb; can be independent or dependent
- 18. Use the copula inflected for the past perfect tense to complete this sentence: The boy's teacher ____________ understanding every time he needed extra time on his assignments.
- 20. The following sentence is what type of adverb? He played professionally for about 13 years before he decided to retire.
- 22. What kind of inflectional morpheme is present in the word "cat's?"
- 23. the number of descriptive adjectives in the following sentence: My cute dog played in the fluffy snow and barked at the pretty, white flurries.
- 24. a class of words which serves to modify verbs and other modifiers
Down
- 1. a type of verb which supports the work of the main verb
- 3. a socially-shared, rule-based, dynamic, generative system whose purpose is communicating messages
- 4. Identify the complete verb in the following sentence: I could have run in the afternoon.
- 6. the third largest groups of words in the lexicon which serve to modify nouns and pronouns
- 7. Use the comparative form of "honest" to complete the sentence: The little boy was far _________ than was his twin brother.
- 8. a category of verb-like words (but not verbs) consisting of infinitives, gerunds, and participles
- 12. the class of words which signifies action or state; acts as the "muscle" of the utterance
- 13. The following sentence uses which type of adverb? You can eat your snack in the car as long as you don't get crumbs everywhere.
- 14. Use a reflexive pronoun to complete the sentence: Jason and Amy had to finish the project _______ after Mason dropped the class.
- 15. The acronym often used to represent the most frequently-used coordinating conjunctions.
- 16. How many clauses are in the following sentence? I knew I should try to finish my homework but I couldn't bring myself to doing it, especially because I felt so tired after I got home.
- 19. a class of pronouns which is used to refer to the self or others and which can be inflected to show attributes
- 21. a group of words organized in to phrases and clauses which communicates a complete idea