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  • Ouch
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  • Rode
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Answer key: Parts of Speech Crossword

1R2T3A4OUCHBDE5OXENYV6BEL7OWEUSRTS

Across 4 OUCH · 5 OXEN · 6 BELOW

Down 1 RODE · 2 THEY · 3 ABOVE · 6 BEST · 7 OURS

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Nouns 32

  • Arrival Noun made from arrive by adding -al
  • Bravery Noun made from the adjective brave
  • Children Noun: one child, two ___
  • Choice Noun made from the verb choose
  • Cities Noun: one city, two ___
  • Decision Noun for what you reach when you decide
  • Depth Noun made from the adjective deep
  • Feet Noun: one foot, two ___
  • Flight Noun made from the verb fly: a trip by plane
  • Freedom Noun made from free by adding -dom
  • Geese Noun: one goose, two ___
  • Growth Noun made from grow by adding -th
  • Height Noun made from the adjective high
  • Herd Collective noun for cattle or elephants
  • Heroes Noun: one hero, two ___
  • Kindness Noun made from kind by adding -ness
  • Knives Noun: one knife, two ___
  • Laughter Noun: the sound of a giggle or a chuckle, from the verb laugh
  • Leaves Noun: one leaf, two ___
  • Length Noun made from the adjective long
  • Mice Noun: one mouse, two ___
  • Oxen Noun: one ox, two ___
  • Potatoes Noun: one potato, two ___
  • Shelves Noun: one shelf, two ___
  • Stories Noun: one story, two ___
  • Strength Noun made from the adjective strong
  • Swarm Collective noun for bees
  • Teeth Noun: one tooth, two ___
  • Thieves Noun: one thief, two ___
  • Wisdom Noun made from the adjective wise
  • Wolves Noun: one wolf, two ___
  • Women Noun: one woman, two ___

Verbs 34

  • Began Verb: now I begin; last week I ___
  • Bought Verb: now I buy; last week I ___
  • Broken Verb: I break it; I have ___ it
  • Brought Verb: now I bring; last week I ___
  • Built Verb: now I build; last week I ___
  • Caught Verb: now I catch; last week I ___
  • Chosen Verb: I choose; I have ___
  • Driven Verb: I drive; I have ___
  • Eaten Verb: I eat; I have ___
  • Fallen Verb: I fall; I have ___
  • Flies Verb: I fly; a bee ___
  • Flown Verb: I fly; I have ___
  • Found Verb: now I find; last week I ___
  • Frozen Verb: it freezes; it has ___
  • Grew Verb: now I grow; last week I ___
  • Hidden Verb: I hide it; I have ___ it
  • Known Verb: I know; I have ___
  • Lying Verb: I lie on the grass; I am ___ on the grass
  • Rode Verb: now I ride; last week I ___
  • Running Verb: I run; at this moment I am ___
  • Seen Verb: I see; I have ___
  • Slept Verb: now I sleep; last week I ___
  • Spoke Verb: now I speak; last week I ___
  • Sung Verb: I sing; I have ___
  • Swam Verb: now I swim; last week I ___
  • Taught Verb: now I teach; last week I ___
  • Thought Verb: now I think; last week I ___
  • Thrown Verb: I throw; I have ___
  • Took Verb: now I take; last week I ___
  • Tries Verb: I try; he ___
  • Went Verb: now I go; last week I ___
  • Will Verb that helps form the future tense, as in "I ___ call"
  • Worn Verb: I wear it; I have ___ it
  • Wrote Verb: now I write; last week I ___

Adjectives 32

  • Best Adjective: superlative of good
  • Better Adjective: comparative of good
  • Bigger Adjective: comparative of big
  • Busiest Adjective: superlative of busy
  • Canadian Proper adjective for things from Canada
  • Careful Adjective made from care by adding -ful
  • Childish Adjective made from child by adding -ish
  • Dangerous Adjective made from the noun danger
  • Easiest Adjective: superlative of easy
  • Famous Adjective made from the noun fame
  • Friendly Adjective, not an adverb, made from friend by adding -ly
  • Funnier Adjective: comparative of funny
  • Happier Adjective: comparative of happy, with y changed to i
  • Happiest Adjective: superlative of happy
  • Helpless Adjective made from help by adding -less
  • Heroic Adjective made from the noun hero
  • Hotter Adjective: comparative of hot
  • Italian Proper adjective for things from Italy
  • Japanese Proper adjective for things from Japan
  • Largest Adjective: superlative of large
  • Mexican Proper adjective for things from Mexico
  • Musical Adjective made from the noun music
  • Narrow Adjective for a hallway that is not wide
  • Noisy Adjective made from the noun noise
  • Northern Adjective made from the direction north
  • Polite Adjective for a person who says please and thank you
  • Shallow Adjective that describes water only ankle deep
  • Spanish Proper adjective for things from Spain
  • Thinner Adjective: comparative of thin
  • Wooden Adjective made from wood by adding -en
  • Worse Adjective: comparative of bad
  • Worst Adjective: superlative of bad

Adverbs 28

  • Almost Adverb meaning nearly
  • Already Adverb meaning by this time, as in "We have ___ finished"
  • Always Adverb meaning at all times
  • Bravely Adverb made from brave
  • Easily Adverb made from easy, with y changed to i
  • Everywhere Adverb meaning in all places
  • Gently Adverb made from gentle
  • Happily Adverb made from happy
  • Loudly Adverb made from loud
  • Nearby Adverb meaning close at hand
  • Never Adverb meaning at no time
  • Nowhere Adverb meaning in no place
  • Often Adverb meaning many times
  • Outdoors Adverb meaning in the open air
  • Perhaps Adverb meaning maybe
  • Quickly Adverb made from quick
  • Seldom Adverb meaning hardly ever; it does not end in -ly
  • Simply Adverb form of simple
  • Slowly Adverb made from slow
  • Sometimes Adverb meaning once in a while
  • Suddenly Adverb made from sudden
  • Together Adverb meaning with one another
  • Tomorrow Adverb naming the day that follows this one
  • Truly Adverb form of true, spelled with no e
  • Twice Adverb meaning two times
  • Upstairs Adverb for where you go when you climb to the next floor
  • Usually Adverb made from usual
  • Well Adverb form of good, as in "plays ___"

Small Words 34

  • Above Preposition meaning higher than
  • Across Preposition meaning from one side to the other
  • Against Preposition meaning in contact with, as in "lean ___ the wall"
  • Although Conjunction meaning even though
  • Among Preposition meaning in the middle of three or more
  • Because Conjunction that introduces a reason
  • Behind Preposition meaning at the back of
  • Below Preposition meaning lower than, as in "ten degrees ___ zero"
  • Beside Preposition meaning next to
  • Between Preposition for the space separating two things
  • Beyond Preposition meaning on the far side of
  • During Preposition meaning throughout the time of
  • Everyone Indefinite pronoun meaning all people
  • Himself Reflexive pronoun in "He showed ___ how to juggle"
  • Hooray Interjection shouted at good news, spelled with two o's and ending in -ay
  • Myself Reflexive pronoun that goes with I
  • Neither Conjunction that pairs with "nor"
  • Nobody Indefinite pronoun in "___ was home, so the house stayed dark"
  • Oops Interjection said after a spill or a slip
  • Ouch Interjection for sudden pain
  • Ours Possessive pronoun meaning belonging to us
  • She Subject pronoun that can replace "the girl"
  • Theirs Possessive pronoun meaning belonging to that group
  • Them Object pronoun that can replace "the boys"
  • They Subject pronoun that can replace "the boys"
  • Those Pronoun that points to several things far away, as in "___ are mine"
  • Through Preposition meaning in one side and out the other
  • Unless Conjunction meaning except if
  • Until Preposition meaning up to the time of
  • Whether Conjunction in "I wonder ___ it is open or closed"
  • Whom Pronoun: object form of who
  • Without Preposition meaning not having
  • Wow Interjection for amazement
  • Yet Conjunction meaning but, as in "small ___ strong"

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site for about grades 3 to 6. Every clue names its part of speech, and the answer is a word of that kind. Each plural, verb form, comparative, superlative and derived word was checked against its entry in Wiktionary (en.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 4.0) in October 2026. Only forms with one accepted answer are used: verbs with two standard past forms, such as dive and dream, were left out. Licence: own work

How it works

This parts of speech crossword puzzle is a printable grammar crossword in which every clue names its part of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, pronoun, conjunction or interjection. The answer is always a word of that kind.

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Nouns, verb tenses and prepositions, set by set

Nouns has irregular plurals (Mice, Oxen, Thieves) and nouns built from other words (Bravery, Depth). Verbs is all verb tenses: Went, Chosen, Lying. Adjectives has comparatives, superlatives and proper adjectives. Adverbs has Truly, Seldom and Well. Small Words holds prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions and interjections.

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Questions and answers

Is there a preposition crossword puzzle, printable on its own?

Small Words is the nearest set. Its prepositions include Between, Among, Through and Until; the rest are pronouns, conjunctions and interjections, and every clue names its part of speech.

Which set is a crossword for verb tenses?

Verbs. Past tense clues read "now I swim; last week I ___", past participle clues read "I eat; I have ___", and a few ask for the -ing form. Only verbs with one accepted answer are used.

Do the nouns crossword puzzles cover plurals?

Yes. Nouns asks for irregular plurals such as Geese and Knives, spelling-change plurals such as Cities, for nouns made from other words, such as Wisdom from wise, and for two collective nouns.

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