Sentences

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A constituent that is acted upon (6)
  2. 5. An assistant subject to the authority or control of another (11)
  3. 6. A punctuation mark used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure (5)
  4. 9. A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated (7)
  5. 10. A person lacking intelligence or common sense (6)
  6. 11. A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language (8)
  7. 12. The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence (4)

Down

  1. 1. An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences (10)
  2. 3. The ___ matter of a conversation or discussion (7)
  3. 4. A substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion (8)
  4. 7. A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage (4)
  5. 8. An expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence (6)