Across
- 2. Descriptive words that modify verbs
- 5. Descriptive words that modify nouns
- 9. The nouns to which the pronouns reference
- 14. The number of the subject needs to agree with the number of the verb
- 15. Replaces the nouns in sentences
- 17. Extra details surrounded by commas or dashes and are not part of the subject
- 19. Combinations of words that, taken together, have agreed upon meanings
- 20. The noun showing ownership within a sentence
- 22. To pause for rest
- 23. MOdify the location and/or time of a noun
- 25. The noun performing the action in a sentence
Down
- 1. Sentences that contain singular subjects that look plural
- 3. A pronoun that does not clearly refer to the noun or nouns it represents
- 4. The action being performed by the subject
- 6. Describes actions that are happening right now
- 7. Describes actions that have yet to happen
- 8. Author's choice of words
- 10. Made up of two or more subjects combined with a conjunction
- 11. When the subject appears after the verb in a sentence
- 12. To set something down
- 13. Must match in number and person to the words or phrases they modify
- 16. Describes actions that have already happened
- 18. Commonly misused words that have similar pronunciations but are spelled differently and have different meanings
- 21. The noun that receives the action in a sentence
- 24. People, places, things, or ideas