Parts of Speech Crossword Puzzles

“A word like under, over, or between that shows relationship or position”

PREPOSITION (11)

“A group of words containing a subject and a verb”

CLAUSE (6)

“A word like and, but, or or that joins words or clauses”

CONJUNCTION (11)

“A verb form ending in ing that acts as a noun”

GERUND (6)

“The noun that a pronoun refers back to”

ANTECEDENT (10)

“A word class that expresses action or a state of being”

VERB (4)

“A word class that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun”

ADJECTIVE (9)

“A word class that includes people, places, things, and ideas”

NOUN (4)

“A group of related words that does not contain a subject and verb together”

PHRASE (6)

“The form of a verb that shows when an action happens”

TENSE (5)

“A word that substitutes for a noun already mentioned”

PRONOUN (7)

“A word or phrase that adds detail or description to another word”

MODIFIER (8)

“A verb form used as an adjective or to build verb tenses”

PARTICIPLE (10)

“A small word like a, an, or the that introduces a noun”

ARTICLE (7)

“A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion, like wow or ouch”

INTERJECTION (12)

“What a proper noun gives to a specific person or place”

NAME (4)

“A type of noun that names a location, like a park or city”

PLACE (5)

“What a verb usually shows a person or thing doing”

ACTION (6)

“A type of noun a name like teacher or friend can describe”

PERSON (6)

“The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is”

PREDICATE (9)

“A single unit of language with meaning”

WORD (4)

“A word that shows an action or state of being”

VERB (4)

“A type of noun that names an object, like a chair or book”

THING (5)

“A word like he, she, or it that takes the place of a noun”

PRONOUN (7)

“Describes a noun that names only one, like cat”

SINGULAR (8)

“A word that names a person, place, or thing”

NOUN (4)