Terminology for parts of speech and grammar
Across
- 4. A word or phrase that renames or describes the subject.
- 5. A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
- 6. A word or group of words that expresses strong emotion but is not grammatically essential.
- 7. A group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with its object.
- 9. The person, place, thing, or idea performing the action or being described.
- 11. A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
- 12. A group of words containing a subject and a verb.
- 13. A group of words that acts as a unit but does not contain both a subject and a verb.
- 14. The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.
- 15. A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
- 17. A verb that does not take a direct object.
- 18. A word or phrase that gives more information about the direct object.
- 19. A verb that links the subject to a subject complement.
Down
- 1. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning.
- 2. A word that replaces a noun to avoid repetition.
- 3. The noun or pronoun that receives the direct object.
- 8. A word that describes or modifies a noun.
- 10. The receiver of the action of a verb.
- 13. A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word.
- 16. A word that expresses action or a state of being.