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Use these words to fill in the puzzle: conventions, comma splice, comma, infinitive, gerund, verb tense, verb, syntax, punctuation, capitalization, object, clause, plural, hyphen, apostrophe, gender, antonym, and phrase.
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antonym:This is a word or phrase that means the opposite of another word.
verb:This is a word that denotes action, occurrence or existence.
syntax:This refers to the ordering of elements in a sentence.
punctuation:This is the system of standardized marks in written language to clarify meaning.
phrase:This is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate. It can be dependent or independent.
plural:This indicates more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Clue 7:This is a group of words used as a single part of speech without a subject and verb.
hyphen:This is a punctuation mark used to divide or to compound words or elements.
infinitive:This is always in the form of to + a verb-like word. This verbal unit in a sentence actually acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb, rather than a verb.
object:This is never the subject, but always a noun, in a sentence it can be either direct or indirect.
gender:Traditionally, this has been used primarily to refer to the grammatical categories of masculine, feminine, and neuter.
comma:This is a punctuation mark that may be used to indicate a pause, connection, separation, list or for clarity or to show importance.
apostrophe:This is used to show the possessive form of a noun and is used to show that a letter or letters have been left out of a contraction.
commasplice:This results when two or more independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction. (no space between words)
capitalization:This is the use of letters to indicate proper nouns or the beginning of a sentence.
verb tense:This indicates the time of the action or state of being. (two words)
gerund:This is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun
conventions:In writing, this is the trait to measure standard writing and the editing processes of spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization, and paraphrasing.
Use these words to fill in the puzzle: conventions, comma splice, comma, infinitive, gerund, verb tense, verb, syntax, punctuation, capitalization, object, clause, plural, hyphen, apostrophe, gender, antonym, and phrase.
Across:2. | This is used to show the possessive form of a noun and is used to show that a letter or letters have been left out of a contraction. | 6. | This is a punctuation mark used to divide or to compound words or elements. | 8. | This is never the subject, but always a noun, in a sentence it can be either direct or indirect. | 10. | This indicates more than one person, place, thing, or idea. |
| 12. | This is a word or phrase that means the opposite of another word. | 13. | This is always in the form of to + a verb-like word. This verbal unit in a sentence actually acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb, rather than a verb. | 14. | Traditionally, this has been used primarily to refer to the grammatical categories of masculine, feminine, and neuter. | 15. | This is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate. It can be dependent or independent. |
| | Down:1. | This indicates the time of the action or state of being. (two words) | 3. | This is the system of standardized marks in written language to clarify meaning. | 4. | This refers to the ordering of elements in a sentence. | 5. | This is the use of letters to indicate proper nouns or the beginning of a sentence. |
| 7. | This results when two or more independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction. (no space between words) | 9. | This is a punctuation mark that may be used to indicate a pause, connection, separation, list or for clarity or to show importance. | 11. | This is a group of words used as a single part of speech without a subject and verb. | 14. | This is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun |
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Use these words to fill in the puzzle: conventions, comma splice, comma, infinitive, gerund, verb tense, verb, syntax, punctuation, capitalization, object, clause, plural, hyphen, apostrophe, gender, antonym, and phrase.
Across:2. | This is used to show the possessive form of a noun and is used to show that a letter or letters have been left out of a contraction. | 6. | This is a punctuation mark used to divide or to compound words or elements. | 8. | This is never the subject, but always a noun, in a sentence it can be either direct or indirect. | 10. | This indicates more than one person, place, thing, or idea. |
| 12. | This is a word or phrase that means the opposite of another word. | 13. | This is always in the form of to + a verb-like word. This verbal unit in a sentence actually acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb, rather than a verb. | 14. | Traditionally, this has been used primarily to refer to the grammatical categories of masculine, feminine, and neuter. | 15. | This is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate. It can be dependent or independent. |
| | Down:1. | This indicates the time of the action or state of being. (two words) | 3. | This is the system of standardized marks in written language to clarify meaning. | 4. | This refers to the ordering of elements in a sentence. | 5. | This is the use of letters to indicate proper nouns or the beginning of a sentence. |
| 7. | This results when two or more independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction. (no space between words) | 9. | This is a punctuation mark that may be used to indicate a pause, connection, separation, list or for clarity or to show importance. | 11. | This is a group of words used as a single part of speech without a subject and verb. | 14. | This is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun |
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