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”.

Next I picked “soggy” and

Then I picked “foggy” and

Then I was ready to tell them my tale.

‘Cause I’d unpacked my adjectives.

Bum bum bum

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 one is the smallest of all.

We hiked along without care.

Then we ran into a bear.

He was a hairy bear,

He was a scary bear,

We beat a hasty retreat from his lair.

And described him with adjectives.

[spoken] whoa, that was one, big, ugly bear!

You can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech, like verbs or nouns. All you have to do is

tack on an ending, like -ick or -ish or -ary. For example, this boy can grow up to be a huge man, but still

have a boyish face. “Boy” is a noun, but the ending -ish makes it an adjective; “boyish”. That describes the

huge man’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 every last thing...

Simply unpack your adjectives.

You can do it with adjectives.

Tell them ‘bout it with adjectives.

You can shout it with adjectives.