Across
- 3. shows action or helps to make a statement
- 6. modifies adjectives, verbs, and adverbs
- 9. modifies nouns and pronouns
- 12. used when punctuating the titles of short things and dialogue
- 13. sentence type that has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
- 16. to + a verb
- 17. used to make words possessive and to make contractions
- 19. punctuation indicating a question
- 20. verb acting like adjectives
- 21. verbs that link two words together
- 22. joins two clause without a coordinating conjunction and can be used in series with a comma for clarity
- 23. Nominative a noun or pronoun that following a linking verb and renames the subject
- 25. verbs that help an action verb or linking verb
- 27. pronouns that don't refer to a definite person or thing
- 29. Adjective an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject
- 31. takes the place of a noun
- 32. person, place, thing, or idea
- 34. a clause that can usually stand alone
- 35. noun or pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun
- 36. used at the end of a sentence
Down
- 1. verbs not behaving like a verb
- 2. a verb that takes a direct object
- 4. starts with a relative pronoun or a subordinating conjunction
- 5. shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence
- 7. sentence type that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
- 8. indicates a pause between parts of a sentence and to separate items in a list
- 10. part of a sentence about which something is being said; must be a noun pronoun, gerund, or infinitive
- 11. punctuation indicating an exclamation
- 14. sentence type that contains one independent clause
- 15. Object a noun or pronoun that follows an action verb; never in a prepositional phrase
- 18. pronoun that starts dependent clauses
- 24. joins words, phrases, and clauses
- 26. Object a noun or pronoun that comes before a direct object; never in a prepositional phrase
- 28. a verb that does not take a direct object
- 30. sentence type that contains two or more independent clauses
- 33. verb acting like a noun
