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Grammar crossword

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Grammar1234567891011

Across

  • 2 Cluster of words with no action word of its own
  • 5 Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  • 6 Form meaning more than one
  • 7 Who or what a statement is about
  • 8 Part telling what the doer does
  • 9 Group of words with its own doer and action
  • 11 Past, present or future, grammatically

Down

  • 1 She, they or it, standing in for a name
  • 3 Modifier often ending in -ly
  • 4 A, an or the
  • 5 Word that describes a thing, like 'sleepy'
  • 9 Mark separating items in a list
  • 10 Rules for word order

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Grammar1PR2PHR3ASEO4ADNRV5APOSTROPHEDUIRJNCBE6PLURAL7SUBJECTET8PREDICATEV9CLAU10SEOYMNM11TENSEAAX
  1. 1 down: PRONOUN. She, they or it, standing in for a name
  2. 2 across: PHRASE. Cluster of words with no action word of its own
  3. 3 down: ADVERB. Modifier often ending in -ly
  4. 4 down: ARTICLE. A, an or the
  5. 5 across: APOSTROPHE. Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  6. 5 down: ADJECTIVE. Word that describes a thing, like 'sleepy'
  7. 6 across: PLURAL. Form meaning more than one
  8. 7 across: SUBJECT. Who or what a statement is about
  9. 8 across: PREDICATE. Part telling what the doer does
  10. 9 across: CLAUSE. Group of words with its own doer and action
  11. 9 down: COMMA. Mark separating items in a list
  12. 10 down: SYNTAX. Rules for word order
  13. 11 across: TENSE. Past, present or future, grammatically
Grammar12345678910111213

Across

  • 3 Rules for word order
  • 4 Part telling what the doer does
  • 6 Who or what a statement is about
  • 8 Mark separating items in a list
  • 9 Cluster of words with no action word of its own
  • 11 Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  • 13 Form meaning more than one

Down

  • 1 Past, present or future, grammatically
  • 2 Group of words with its own doer and action
  • 5 Word that describes a thing, like 'sleepy'
  • 7 She, they or it, standing in for a name
  • 10 A, an or the
  • 11 Modifier often ending in -ly
  • 12 Two stacked dots that introduce a list

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Grammar1TE2CNL3SYNTAXEUS4PREDIC5ATED6SUBJECTE7P8COMMA9PHRASETOIN10AV11APOSTROPHEDUTVNI12CECOR13PLURALBEON
  1. 1 down: TENSE. Past, present or future, grammatically
  2. 2 down: CLAUSE. Group of words with its own doer and action
  3. 3 across: SYNTAX. Rules for word order
  4. 4 across: PREDICATE. Part telling what the doer does
  5. 5 down: ADJECTIVE. Word that describes a thing, like 'sleepy'
  6. 6 across: SUBJECT. Who or what a statement is about
  7. 7 down: PRONOUN. She, they or it, standing in for a name
  8. 8 across: COMMA. Mark separating items in a list
  9. 9 across: PHRASE. Cluster of words with no action word of its own
  10. 10 down: ARTICLE. A, an or the
  11. 11 across: APOSTROPHE. Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  12. 11 down: ADVERB. Modifier often ending in -ly
  13. 12 down: COLON. Two stacked dots that introduce a list
  14. 13 across: PLURAL. Form meaning more than one
Grammar12345678910111213

Across

  • 5 Rules for word order
  • 6 Modifier often ending in -ly
  • 7 A, an or the
  • 9 Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  • 11 Group of words with its own doer and action
  • 12 Two stacked dots that introduce a list
  • 13 Who or what a statement is about

Down

  • 1 Cluster of words with no action word of its own
  • 2 Mark separating items in a list
  • 3 Past, present or future, grammatically
  • 4 Part telling what the doer does
  • 7 Word that describes a thing, like 'sleepy'
  • 8 Form meaning more than one
  • 10 She, they or it, standing in for a name

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Grammar1P2CHOR3TMAEM4P5SYNTAX6ADVERB7ARTICLESEDEDJIECC8P9APOSTRO10PHELTIR11CLAUSEV12COLONRENAOL13SUBJECTN
  1. 1 down: PHRASE. Cluster of words with no action word of its own
  2. 2 down: COMMA. Mark separating items in a list
  3. 3 down: TENSE. Past, present or future, grammatically
  4. 4 down: PREDICATE. Part telling what the doer does
  5. 5 across: SYNTAX. Rules for word order
  6. 6 across: ADVERB. Modifier often ending in -ly
  7. 7 across: ARTICLE. A, an or the
  8. 7 down: ADJECTIVE. Word that describes a thing, like 'sleepy'
  9. 8 down: PLURAL. Form meaning more than one
  10. 9 across: APOSTROPHE. Mark showing possession or a missing letter
  11. 10 down: PRONOUN. She, they or it, standing in for a name
  12. 11 across: CLAUSE. Group of words with its own doer and action
  13. 12 across: COLON. Two stacked dots that introduce a list
  14. 13 across: SUBJECT. Who or what a statement is about

About Grammar

Grammar is the set of rules speakers already follow before anyone names them: a five-year-old says "three dogs" without being taught the plural rule. Naming the parts is what makes the rules usable. A subject and a predicate together form a clause; a phrase lacks one or the other. Syntax governs order, which is why "the red barn" works and "the barn red" does not. Punctuation marks like the colon and apostrophe do quieter work, signaling ownership, pause, and what follows.

Reach for this during a language arts unit on sentence structure and parts of speech, or as review before a writing assignment.

What is in this crossword

A 17 by 18 crossword with 7 across and 6 down, on the subject of Grammar.

Grid
17 x 18
Across
7
Down
6
Longest answer
APOSTROPHE (10 letters)

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