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