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Put your Spanish grammar skills to the test with this challenging crossword focused on participial constructions. From absolute participial clauses to past participle agreements, this puzzle covers the nuanced ways Spanish uses participles to add depth and elegance to sentences — a hallmark of advanced, C1-level expression.
Grid
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Clues
Across
- 3. Four
- 4. Past participle expressing completion
- 7. Agreement in gender and number
- 10. Verb without a direct object
- 12. Verb form used as adjective or noun
- 13. Study of word forms and structure
- 14. Related to speech act or utterance
Down
- 1. To want or to love
- 2. To speak or talk
- 5. Grammatical structure or building
- 6. Verb that takes a direct object
- 8. Always, at all times without exception
- 9. Verb that is fully conjugated
- 11. Soon
Answers
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Across
- 3. Four → cuatro
- 4. Past participle expressing completion → perfecto
- 7. Agreement in gender and number → concordancia
- 10. Verb without a direct object → intransitivo
- 12. Verb form used as adjective or noun → participio
- 13. Study of word forms and structure → morfologia
- 14. Related to speech act or utterance → locutivo
Down
- 1. To want or to love → querer
- 2. To speak or talk → hablar
- 5. Grammatical structure or building → construccion
- 6. Verb that takes a direct object → transitivo
- 8. Always, at all times without exception → siempre
- 9. Verb that is fully conjugated → conjugado
- 11. Soon → pronto
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