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Put your grammar skills to the test with this challenging crossword focused on advanced subordinate clauses in English. From concessive and conditional structures to nominal and relative clauses, this puzzle will push your C1-level understanding to its limits. Can you find all the answers and prove your mastery of complex sentence construction?
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Full of danger, opposite of safe
- 2. Rules governing sentence structure
- 9. overused and lacking originality
- 10. Past form of will used in reporting
- 11. Because, given that
- 12. Clause expressing hypothetical situations
- 14. To go away from
- 15. Clause with omitted but implied elements
Down
- 1. Clause showing consequence or outcome
- 3. Noun that a relative pronoun refers to
- 4. Word connecting clauses together
- 5. Dependent clause linked to main clause
- 6. Had not in short form
- 7. Clause admitting contrast or exception
- 8. Mood expressing wishes or hypotheticals
- 10. Conjunction showing simultaneous actions
- 13. In front or forward
Answers
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Across
- 1. Full of danger, opposite of safe → risky
- 2. Rules governing sentence structure → syntax
- 9. overused and lacking originality → trite
- 10. Past form of will used in reporting → would
- 11. Because, given that → since
- 12. Clause expressing hypothetical situations → conditional
- 14. To go away from → leave
- 15. Clause with omitted but implied elements → elliptical
Down
- 1. Clause showing consequence or outcome → result
- 3. Noun that a relative pronoun refers to → antecedent
- 4. Word connecting clauses together → conjunction
- 5. Dependent clause linked to main clause → subordinate
- 6. Had not in short form → hadnt
- 7. Clause admitting contrast or exception → concessive
- 8. Mood expressing wishes or hypotheticals → subjunctive
- 10. Conjunction showing simultaneous actions → while
- 13. In front or forward → ahead
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