Across
- 3. who is used for the subjective case while _____ is used for the objective case
- 5. a and an are examples of _____ articles
- 7. function words that replace nouns and reduce redundancy
- 8. a _____ follows copula or copular verbs and renames the subject
- 10. “mountain” is an example of a ______ noun, while “Mount Everest” is an example of a proper noun
- 11. the “muscle” of an utterance and powerful enough to exist alone
- 13. conjunctions are many times referred to as the “_____” that connects words phrases and clauses
- 14. myself, yourself, and ourselves are all examples of _____ pronouns
- 16. acts as a noun in a sentence and is formed by adding -ing to a verb form
- 17. modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
- 18. in the segment, We are praying for a miracle, the word “are” is the ______ verb, and the word “praying” is the main verb
- 20. in the segment, She has eaten every chicken wing on the plate, the verb is in the _____ _____ tense
- 21. when parsing a sentence into phrases, it helps to convert interrogatives to the ______ form
- 23. a noun is a content word used to name a person place thing or ______
- 24. adjectives are the _____-largest group of words in the average person’s lexicon
Down
- 1. _____ of the verb is the process of moving a verb through all of its tenses
- 2. in the segment, I have many pencils in my backpack, the word “many” is acting as an indefinite ______, while the same word acts as an indefinite pronoun in the segment, Many ran the race on Thursday
- 4. the type of clause that cannot stand on its own/cannot exist apart from other language elements
- 6. a rule-based, socially-shared system used for communicating a message
- 7. the _____ tense is formed by combining an auxiliary with the present participle
- 9. in _____ voice, the subject of the sentence is receiving the action (not performing it)
- 12. the type of morpheme that only changes the form of a word and not the meaning or grammatical class
- 15. have, _____, and had are the three perfect auxiliaries used for the perfect tense
- 19. the type of sentence that makes a request command or demand
- 22. the word “blackboard” is an example of a ______ compound, while “low-income” is an example of a hyphenated compound
