Shurley Abbreviation Helper
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Subject Noun |
SN |
ocean, mountains, boy
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Verb |
V |
Action Verbs: grow, run, jump Linking Verbs: was, could, should |
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Adverb |
ADV |
tomorrow, tonight, quickly
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Adjective |
ADJ |
happy, sad, seven, green
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Article Adjective |
A |
the, an, a
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Preposition |
P |
By is the P in the following: The girl sits by the tree. |
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Objective of the Preposition |
OP |
House is the OP in the following: The children play around the house. |
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Compound Subject Noun |
CSN |
Subject nouns tied together by a conjunction |
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Compound Verbs |
CV |
Verbs tied together by a conjunction
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Subject Pronoun |
SP |
I, you, she
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Possessive Noun Adjective |
PNA |
Molly’s, cat’s
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Possessive Pronoun Adjective |
PPA |
my, our, their, its
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Conjunction |
C |
and, but, or
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Interjection |
I |
Wow! No!
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Declarative Sentence |
D |
Today is Wednesday.
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Imperative Sentence |
IMP |
Clean your room.
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Interrogative Sentence |
INT |
What time is it?
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Exclamatory Sentence |
E |
What a great game!
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Remember to always divide the complete subject from the complete predicate
Write SN V P1 at the beginning of each sentence
Put all prepositional phrases in parenthesis
Remember to underline any predicate parts that are in the complete subject