Schoolhouse Rock - Grammar Rock Unpack Your Adjectives
Music & Lyrics: Geor e R! "e#all Sun $y: %lossom &earie Animation: 'hil (immelman and Associates Got home )rom campin last sprin ! Sa# people* places and thin s! +e $arely had arrived* ,riends asked us to descri$e -he people* places and every last thin ! So #e unpacked our adjectives! . unpacked /)rustratin / )irst! Reached in and )ound the #ord /#orst/! -hen . picked /so y/ and "e0t . picked /)o y/ and -hen . #as ready to tell them my tale! 12ause .1d unpacked my adjectives! Adjectives are #ords you use to really descri$e thin s* 3andy #ords to carry around! &ays are sunny or they1re rainy %oys are dum$ or else they1re $rainy Adjectives can sho# you #hich #ay! Adjectives are o)ten used to help us compare thin s* -o say ho# thin* ho# )at* ho# short* ho# tall! Girls #ho are tall can et taller* %oys #ho are small can et smaller* -ill one is the tallest And the other1s the smallest o) all! +e hiked alon #ithout care! -hen #e ran into a $ear! 3e #as a hairy $ear* 3e #as a scary $ear*
+e $eat a hasty retreat )rom his lair! And descri$ed him #ith adjectives! 4+hoah5 %oy* that #as one $i * u ly $ear56 4You can even make adjectives out o) the other parts o) speech* like ver$s or nouns! All you have to do is tack on an endin * like /ic/ or /ish/ or /ary/! ,or e0ample* this $oy can ro# up to $e a hu e man* $ut still have a $oyish )ace! /%oy/ is a noun* $ut the endin /ish/ makes it an adjective! /%oyish/: that descri$es the hu e man1s )ace! Get it76 "e0t time you o on a trip* Remem$er this little tip: -he minute you et $ack* -hey1ll ask you this and that* You can descri$e people* places and thin s!!! Simply unpack your adjectives! You can do it #ith adjectives! -ell them 1$out it #ith adjectives! You can shout it #ith adjectives!