Across
- 2. verb that assists another verb to change its tense or mode
- 3. the verb or verb phrase in a sentence or clause
- 5. the main noun/pronoun that usually comes before the verb in a sentence or clause
- 6. punctuation used to set off unnecessary side information
- 7. an incomplete sentence
- 10. -ing verb acting as a noun
- 12. the first paragraph in an essay
- 15. word that shows the position, direction, or relationship in a sentence (examples: to, from, in, around)
- 17. a group of words that has a subject and a predicate
- 19. the style of writing you should use in an essay
- 20. "to" followed by the base form of a verb (example: to write)
- 21. type of sentence that has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
- 23. the last paragraph in an essay
- 24. the number of body paragraphs in an essay
- 26. the minimum number of paragraphs in any essay
Down
- 1. the sentence at the end of your first paragraph in an essay that states your three main topics
- 4. punctuation used to indicate an interruption or to highlight important side information
- 6. verb acting as an adjective
- 8. word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
- 9. punctuation used to indicate that you have left out some information from a quotation
- 11. two or more words joined together with an apostrophe (examples: can't, wouldn't)
- 13. verb that expresses a state of being (examples: is, was)
- 14. type of sentence that has at least two independent clauses
- 16. a group of words that is working together but does not have a subject and/or predicate
- 18. word that describes a noun or pronoun
- 22. to look at something very closely and figure out how its details work together
- 25. punctuation used to connect two or more words