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Punctuation

Medium · 15×15 · 14 words
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  1. 1. A mark longer than a hyphen, used to show a break or emphasis
  2. 4. Type of sentence made of an independent clause and a dependent clause
  3. 6. A mark used to connect two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction
  4. 11. Type of clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence
  5. 13. A group of words containing a subject and a verb
  6. 14. Slanted text style used to set off titles of books or movies

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  1. 2. A short mark used to join compound words or split a word between lines
  2. 3. Type of sentence made of two independent clauses joined together
  3. 5. Describes a noun form that shows ownership, often using an apostrophe and s
  4. 7. A shortened form of two words combined with an apostrophe, like don't
  5. 8. A square mark used to add an editor's note inside a quotation
  6. 9. A reference that credits the source of a quote or idea
  7. 10. Type of clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
  8. 12. Three dots used to show that words have been left out of a quotation

Punctuation

Easy · 11×11 · 11 words
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  1. 1. The punctuation mark used to show a short pause in a sentence
  2. 4. The curved marks used to add extra information to a sentence
  3. 9. A sentence that shows strong feeling, ending with a mark like this: !
  4. 10. The name of a book or story, sometimes shown in italics or quotes
  5. 11. The punctuation mark made of two dots used before a list

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  1. 2. A general word for a punctuation symbol
  2. 3. A series of items often separated by commas
  3. 5. The punctuation mark that joins two related complete sentences
  4. 6. The punctuation mark that ends a statement sentence
  5. 7. The type of letter used at the start of a sentence or a name
  6. 8. What a comma tells the reader to briefly do

Parts of Speech

Medium · 15×15 · 15 words
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  1. 1. A group of related words that does not contain a subject and verb together
  2. 3. A small word like a, an, or the that introduces a noun
  3. 7. A word class that includes people, places, things, and ideas
  4. 9. A word like under, over, or between that shows relationship or position
  5. 11. A word class that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun
  6. 12. A word or phrase that adds detail or description to another word
  7. 13. A word that substitutes for a noun already mentioned
  8. 14. The form of a verb that shows when an action happens

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  1. 1. A verb form used as an adjective or to build verb tenses
  2. 2. A verb form ending in ing that acts as a noun
  3. 4. A word like and, but, or or that joins words or clauses
  4. 5. A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion, like wow or ouch
  5. 6. A group of words containing a subject and a verb
  6. 8. The noun that a pronoun refers back to
  7. 10. A word class that expresses action or a state of being

Parts of Speech

Easy · 11×11 · 11 words
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  1. 1. A type of noun a name like teacher or friend can describe
  2. 3. A single unit of language with meaning
  3. 4. A word that names a person, place, or thing
  4. 5. Describes a noun that names only one, like cat
  5. 7. A type of noun that names a location, like a park or city
  6. 8. A type of noun that names an object, like a chair or book
  7. 9. A word that shows an action or state of being
  8. 10. What a proper noun gives to a specific person or place

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  1. 1. A word like he, she, or it that takes the place of a noun
  2. 2. The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is
  3. 6. What a verb usually shows a person or thing doing

Grammar

Hard · 15×15 · 16 words
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  1. 2. Not the time of the action, but its completion status
  2. 5. A professional substitute for a name
  3. 7. A verbal that acts like a descriptor
  4. 11. Mood for a dreamer's hypothetical world
  5. 13. The case for the one receiving the gift
  6. 14. A double meaning that leaves the reader guessing
  7. 16. The painter's tool of the sentence

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  1. 1. A linguistic bridge that links state to being
  2. 3. The price you pay for ordering words incorrectly
  3. 4. A short bridge for two words to cross
  4. 6. Starting every sentence with the same words again
  5. 8. An action that passes through to an object
  6. 9. The mood for those who deal only in facts
  7. 10. The possessive case for origin or belonging
  8. 12. The entire inventory of a speaker's mind
  9. 15. Expressing possibility, necessity, or permission

Grammar

Medium · 11×11 · 10 words
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  1. 1. Three dots indicating a trail of thought or an omission
  2. 5. The temporal flow of an action, such as perfective or progressive
  3. 7. A word like and or but that acts as a linguistic bridge
  4. 9. Nominative, accusative, or genitive, for example
  5. 10. A grammatical category that tells us when an action happened

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  1. 2. A curved mark used to tuck away an extra thought
  2. 3. A descriptive tool used to spice up a dull noun
  3. 4. The base form of a verb often preceded by to
  4. 6. The set of rules governing word order
  5. 8. The entity targeted by the action of a verb

Grammar

Easy · 7×7 · 6 words
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  1. 5. The part of a sentence that performs the action
  2. 6. Symbol used at the end of a sentence

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  1. 1. The time of a verb's action
  2. 2. A word that expresses an action
  3. 3. Tense used for things that already happened
  4. 4. Letters added to the beginning of a word
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