The eight parts of speech crossword · Grade 3

The crossword clues

Directions: Read each clue and pick the answer from the word bank. Write one letter in each box.

• Word bank
• ARTICLE · CONJUNCTION · IRREGULAR · NOUN · POSSESSIVE · PREDICATE
• PREPOSITION · PRONOUN · SUBJECT · TENSE · VERB
• Across
• 4 Kind of verb that breaks the -ed rule, like ran or ate (9)
• 6 A word that takes the place of a noun, like she or they (7)
• 8 The part of a sentence that tells who or what it is about (7)
• 10 A joining word such as and, but or so (11)
• 11 The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is (9)
• Down
• 1 The word a, an or the (7)
• 2 An action word, like run, think or splash (4)
• 3 A word that shows position or direction, like under or through (11)
• 5 Showing ownership, like Maya's or their (10)
• 7 A word that names a person, place, thing or idea (4)
• 9 The verb form that shows when: past, present or future (5)