Unpack Your Adjectives

Got home from camping last spring

Saw people, places and things

We barely had arrived

Friends asked us to describe

The people, places and every last thing

So we unpacked our adjectives

I unpacked "frustrating" first

Reached in and found the word "worst"

Then I picked "soggy" and

Next I picked "foggy" and

Then I was ready to tell them my tale

'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives

Adjectives are words you use to really describe things

Handy words to carry around

Days are sunny or they're rainy

Boys are dumb or else they're brainy

Adjectives can show you which way

Adjectives are often used to help us compare things

To say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall

Girls who are tall can get taller

Boys who are small can get smaller

Till one is the tallest

And the other's the smallest of all

We hiked along without care

Then we ran into a bear

He was a scary bear

He was a hairy bear

We beat a hasty retreat from his lair

And described him with adjectives

That was one big, ugly bear!

You can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech. All you have to do is tack on an ending like "-ic" or "-ish" or "-ary". For example, this girl can grow up to be a beautiful woman - but still have a girlish face. "Girl" is a noun, but the ending "-ish" makes it an adjective - girlish. That describes the beautiful woman's face, get it?

Next time you go on a trip

Remember this little tip:

The minute you get back

They'll ask you this and that

You can describe people, places and things...

Simply unpack your adjectives

You can do it with adjectives

Tell them 'bout it with adjectives

You can shout it with adjectives