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Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock!
I. Adjectives: Unpack Your Adjectives
1. What is an adjective? _________________________________________
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2. List 4 adjectives that were used in the video:
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
4. _________________
3. You can add “-ary” to some nouns to turn them into adjectives, like
station+ary=stationary. What are the 2 other endings mentioned in the video that
can be added to nouns or verbs to turn them into adjectives?
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
4. Fill in the following chart, telling what adjectives were used to describe the
verbs listed.
Adjective
Noun
skunk
boys
bear
Another noun that was used
II. Adverbs: Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here
5. What kinds of words can an adverb work with?
_________________
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6. Adverbs can tell 5 things about the words they work with. One of those is
“how” and another is “where”. What are the other 3?
_________________
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7. Give 4 examples of adverbs from the video.
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
4. _________________
8. What ending do most adverbs have? ___________
III. Conjunctions: Conjunction Junction
9. What does a conjunction do? ___________________________________
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10. What are the 3 most common conjunctions?
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
11. What are 3 things that can be hooked up by conjunctions?
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
12. Give some examples of conjunctions in action from the video:
Milk
and ___honey____
___________and ___________
___________or ___________
___________but ___________
13. Name 1 other conjunction that was mentioned in the video:
__________________________
IV. Interjections: Interjections!
14. What is an interjection? ___________________________________
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15. There are two ways that you can punctuate an interjection in a sentence. What
are they?
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
16. The video gives examples of interjections that might be used for the following
emotions. Complete the chart to show the interjections that the video showed for
each emotion.
Emotion
Interjection
glad
excited
mad
frightened
sad
happy
V. Pronouns: Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
17. What does a pronoun do? _____________________________________
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18. Beside each of the following nouns, write one or more pronouns that the video
uses to replace it.
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
kangaroo
Rafaella Gabriela Sarsaparilla
aardvark
Albert Andreas Armadillo
19. Name 3 special pronouns that can ask a question:
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
VI. Verbs: Verb--That’s What’s Happening
20. What is a verb? ___________________________________________
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21. Name 3 verbs that were used in the video:
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
22. How do you make a noun into a verb? The video gave 3 examples. List one of
them. _____________________________________________________
VII. Nouns: A Noun is a Person Place or Thing
23. What is a noun? ___________________________________________
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24. Give 3 examples of the following from the video:
noun that names a person
noun that names a place
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
noun that names a thing
1. ________________ 1.________________
2.________________ 2. _______________
3. ________________ 3. _______________
VIII. Prepositions: Busy Prepositions
25. What is a preposition? _______________________________________
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26. Name 4 of the most common prepositions (the video lists 11).
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
4. _________________
27. What do the “P’s” (prepositions) have to carry along in the video?
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28. Fill in the blanks to show examples of prepositional phrases from the video.
_____on______
_______the_______
________top______
_____with______
_________________
_________________
_____over______
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_____into______
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