🇬🇧 English Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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CEFR A1 Visiting Grandparents

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➡ Across 15 Words

4. A seat where grandpa sits in the living room
6. Your mother's or father's father
8. Present participle of read; grandma is ___ a book to me
12. The building where your grandparents live
14. A tall plant with leaves in grandpa's garden
16. Pleasant and good, like a visit to grandparents
17. A sweet baked treat that grandma often makes
18. Feeling glad, like when you see your grandparents
19. To go and see someone, like your grandparents
21. Your mother's or father's mother
22. Preposition: The cat is sleeping ___ the table
23. A hot drink that grandparents often serve
26. Furniture where you eat dinner with grandparents
27. Present participle of sleep; the dog is ___ by the fire
28. Tasting like sugar, like grandma's cookies

⬇ Down 15 Words

1. Past tense of play; you ___ games with grandpa
2. Past tense of talk; we ___ with grandma for hours
3. Present participle of sing; grandpa is ___ a song
4. To make something tidy, like helping grandma
5. A place with flowers and plants where grandpa works
7. A group of people related to each other, including grandparents
9. Preposition: We walked ___ the street to grandma's house
10. Present participle of cook; grandma is ___ dinner
11. To assist someone, like you do for your grandparents
13. Preposition: The garden is ___ the house
15. You knock on this to enter your grandparents' house
20. Present participle of laugh; grandpa is ___ at my joke
21. Past tense of give; grandpa ___ me a gift
24. Past tense of walk; we ___ in the park with grandpa
25. Past tense of eat; we ___ cookies at grandma's house

📚 Study Guide: CEFR A1 (Beginner) Vocabulary Focus

This CEFR A1 (Beginner) English crossword focuses on high-frequency concrete nouns, everyday action verbs, and essential adjectives around "Visiting Grandparents". Read each simple English clue carefully and visualize the object or action before typing.

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