This printable crossword puzzle has 10 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
a punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral.
tells us what the subject of our clause or sentence is doing-physically or mentally.
a phrase or clause placed awkwardly in a sentence so that it appears to modify or refer to an unintended word.
a regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base.
a grammar term for a verb that connects a subject with a noun or adjective that is the subject.
re those whose past tense and past participles are formed by adding a -d or an -ed to the end of the verb.
a form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing, e.g., asking in do you mind my asking you?.
a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
refers to language that uses words in ways that deviate from their literal interpretation to achieve a more complex or powerful effect.
lls you when a person did something or when something existed or happened.