Across
- 3. The system for the purpose of communicating a message; made of form, content & use
- 5. the way in which linguistic elements are put together to form constituents like phrases or clauses.
- 7. Can also be called helping verbs; comes before the main verb.
- 9. Part of speech expressing condition, action or existence.
- 11. Type of pronoun that shows possession.
- 13. Different degrees of _________ concerning adverbs: positive, comparative, superlative\
- 15. Type of adverb that conjoins two independent clauses.
- 17. Type of adjective that limits a noun or pronoun; many of these have to do with number or time.
- 18. Verb ending in “-ed” or “-ing”
- 20. Smallest meaningful unit of language that can make up words or sentences; can be bound or free.
- 21. Type of sentence that asks a question.
- 23. Type of mood when verbs express wishes or hypothetical situations/.
- 25. Part of speech that modifies verbs and adverbs; can indicate the performance of actions (how, when, why, etc.).
Down
- 1. Type of verb linking subject of sentence to another word(s) in the predicate.
- 2. Nouns in this case can be the subject (or subject complements) of a sentence; can also be called subjective.
- 4. Part of speech that modifies a noun or pronoun.
- 6. The system of word-forming elements and processes in a language
- 8. Type of adjective that describes a noun or pronoun; lots of possibilities.
- 10. Connecting words in a sentence; can combine phrases, clauses or ideas.
- 12. Part of speech naming people, places, things and ideas; can be common or proper.
- 14. What type of clause contains a subject, verb and a complete thought?
- 16. The use of adjectives as _________ is when the adjective follows the direct object it’s modifying.
- 19. group of related words that functions as a single part of speech; lacks subject, predicate or both
- 22. A _________ is made up of a noun phrase and a verb phrase.
- 24. A form of a verb that is used as other parts of speech within a sentence.