Crossword puzzle : Participial constructions in English

Put your grammar skills to the test with this crossword focused on participial constructions — one of English’s most versatile and sophisticated structures. From dangling participles to absolute constructions, you’ll need to think carefully about how verbs transform into modifiers. Ideal for C1 learners looking to sharpen their understanding of advanced grammar in context.

Horizontalement

1. 2. grammatical category expressing duration
2. 6. from which place or source
3. 7. Because, given that
4. 9. noun phrase placed next to another noun
5. 12. dependent clause within a sentence
6. 14. shortening a clause to a participial phrase
7. 16. verb form used as adjective or in phrases
8. 17. clause relying on main clause for meaning
9. 18. Did not in short form

Verticalement

1. 1. rules governing sentence structure
2. 3. group of words without a finite verb
3. 4. connected to the correct grammatical subject
4. 5. time reference of a verb form
5. 8. quality assigned to a noun by modifier
6. 10. part of sentence containing the verb
7. 11. roles played by words in a sentence
8. 13. connected to a noun or pronoun correctly
9. 15. noun receiving the action of a verb