Shurley Method Level 2

An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
An adverb asks How? When? Where?
To find an adverb: Go, Ask, Get.
Where do I go? To a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What do I ask? How? When? Where?
What do I get? An ADVERB! (Clap) That's what!

An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.
An adjective asks What kind? Which one? How many?
To find an adjective: Go, Ask, Get.
Where do I go? To a noun or pronoun.
What do I ask? What kind? Which one? How many?
What do I get? An ADJECTIVE! (Clap) That's what!

We are the article adjectives,
Teeny, tiny adjectives:
A, AN, THE -- A, AN, THE.
We are called article adjectives and noun markers;
We are memorized and used every day.
So, if you spot us, you can mark us
With the label A.
We are the article adjectives,
Teeny, tiny adjectives:
A, AN, THE -- A, AN, THE.

A prep prep preposition is a special group of words
that connects a noun noun noun
or a Pro Pro Pronoun
to the rest of the sentence

Dum De Dum Dum!
An O-P is a N-O-U-N or a P-R-O
After the P-R-E-P
In a S-E-N-T-E-N-C-E.
Dum De Dum Dum - DONE!!

This little pronoun,
Floating around,
Takes the place of a little old noun.
With a knick knack paddy wack,
These are English rules.
Isn’t language fun and cool?

There are seven subject pronouns
That are easy as can be:
I and we, (clap twice)
He and she, (clap twice)
It and they and you. (clap three)

There are seven possessive pronouns
That are easy as can be:
My and our, (clap twice)
His and her, (clap twice)
Its and their and your. (clap three)

D Declarative sentence
E Exclamatory sentence
SN Subject noun
V Verb
Adj Adjective
Adv Adverb
A Article adjective
P preposition
OP object of the preposition
SP subject pronoun
PP possessive pronoun
PN possessive noun

To find the subject:
1. Read the sentence: The big dog barked loudly at the bus.
2. To find the subject, ask the subject question “who” or “what” and read the “rest of the sentence.” (Ask the
subject question “who” if the sentence is about people. Ask the subject question “what” if the sentence is
not about people.) Label the subject with an “SN” abbreviation.
What barked loudly at the bus? Dog - SN (say “subject noun” not “SN”)

To find the verb:
3. Make sure you have marked the subject with the “SN” abbreviation.
4. To find the verb, ask the verb question “what is being said about” and then say the subject. Next, say the
subject and verb together to make sure they make sense together. Label the verb with a “V”
abbreviation.
What is being said about dog? Dog barked - V (say “verb” not “V”)

To find the adverb:
5. An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Go to the verb first and ask an adverb question.
6. To find an adverb, say the verb and ask one of the adverb questions “how, when, or where.” Label the
adverb with an “Adv” abbreviation.
Barked how? loudly - Adv (say “adverb” not “Adv”)

To find the preposition and the object of the preposition:
7. A preposition is a connecting word. It connects a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence.
8. An object of the preposition is a noun or pronoun after the preposition in a sentence.
9. A preposition must always have a noun or pronoun (an object of the preposition) after it.
10. To find a preposition, say the preposition word and ask the question what or whom to find the object of
the preposition. Label the preposition with a “P” abbreviation and label the object of the preposition
with an “OP” abbreviation.
At – P (say “preposition” not “P”)
At what? bus - OP (say “object of the preposition” not “OP”)

To find the article adjective:
11. There are three article adjectives: a, an, the. Article adjectives are also called noun markers because
they tell that a noun is close by. Article adjectives must be memorized.
12. To find the article adjective, just memorize a, an, and the as article adjectives and say “article adjective”
each time you see one of them in a sentence. Label the article adjective with an “A” abbreviation.
The - A (say “article adjective” not “A”)

To find the adjective:
13. An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun. Go to a noun or pronoun and ask an adjective question.
14. To find an adjective, go to a noun and ask one of the adjective questions “what kind, which one, or how
many.” Label the adjective with an “Adj” abbreviation.
What kind of dog? big - Adj (say “adjective” not “Adj”)