The Language of Grammar
Across
- 3. Punctuation showing possession or omitted letters
- 4. Two complete thoughts joined without punctuation or a conjunction
- 8. A word that shows an action or state of being
- 10. A mnemonic for common subordinating conjunctions
- 12. A group of words that works as a unit but lacks a subject or predicate
- 14. Punctuation that ends a direct question
- 15. A word that takes the place of a noun (it, she)
- 17. Punctuation that separates items or ideas
- 18. A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses
- 20. Punctuation joining related complete thoughts
- 21. A word that describes a noun
- 22. The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is
Down
- 1. A sentence with two or more independent clauses
- 2. Two complete thoughts incorrectly joined by a comma alone
- 5. A group of words (clause) with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone as a complete thought
- 6. An incomplete sentence
- 7. A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
- 9. A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
- 11. A group of words (clause) with a subject and verb that expresses a complete thought
- 12. Punctuation that ends a statement or command
- 13. The coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so
- 16. Punctuation introducing a list, explanation, or example
- 19. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause