ESL Crossword Quiz

4. A common or _______ noun is a specific name for a person, place or thing.
5. Which word must be added to get the superlative for an adverb ending in ‘-ly’?
7. The flower smells sweet.‘ is written in _______ voice.
8. What is the present participle of choose _______? ie. “She is _______ the correct answer.”
11. How many prepositions are in the sentence: “Since it is too late in the evening to go out for a run, I will run around the track in the morning with my friend.”?
12. ‘The flower smells sweet.‘ is an example of an _______ clause.
13. What is the comparative for “well”?
14. A verb is a word that describes a state or an _______.
15. Definite articles are closely related to which part of speech?
16. Which type of word can be used to substitute for a noun? eg. Jill is my friend/She is my friend.
18. A prepositional phrase can be used as an adjective or an adverb. An adjective describes what, which or how many, while an adverb describes how, why, when and ______.
19. A noun describes a person, place, or object. Another name for an object is a _______.

1. ‘The flower smells sweet.‘ which word is ‘sweet’ modifying?
2. Clauses have at least one subject and one _______.
3. ‘The smell of the flower is sweet.’ is written in _______ voice.
6. ‘Because it is spring’ is an example of an _______ clause.
9. In the sentence: “I likes to eat ice cream.” The subject and the verb do not _______.
10. What part of speech needs to be inserted to avoid a comma splice?
15. An adjective modifies nouns and pronouns; an _______ modifies everything except nouns and pronouns.
17. ’Who’ is a subject pronoun, and ‘whom’ is an _______ pronoun.