Language Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• noun: naming word
• preposition: shows the relationship/position of the noun/pronoun to the rest of the sentence.
• abbreviations: shortened forms of a word/phrase, said as a full word
• initialism: each letter is pronounced individually.
• acronym: words formed from the 1st/initial letters of words but are said as a full word
• prefixes: found in front of a root word
• suffixes: added to the end of a root word
• active: this voice is clear and straight-forward
• passive: the emphasis is now not on the person or thing performing the action in this voice
• adjectives: describing words
• fyi: for your information (abbreviation)
• adverbs: these words/phrases/clauses answer questions like: where? when? how? how often? why?
• phrase: a few words that do not make sense on their own
• clause: contains a subject and finite verb
• compound: these types of sentences have two main clauses joined with co-ordinating conjunctions
• complex: these types of sentences have a main clause and a dependent clause joined with sub-ordinating conjunctions
• finite: these verbs have a subject and tense
• auxiliary: these verbs are also known as helping verbs (e.g. is/was/will)
• transitive: an object follows directly after this verb
• intransitive: an object does not follow directly after this verb, or there is no object at all
• indirect speech: also known as reported speech