Welcome to Grammaropolis

Welcome to Grammaropolis
Doctor Noize
This is not that song!
So please don’t sing along! Hey!
Gramma: Oh?
Action verbs are great words always making sure they’re heard
They animate the eyes on your face
And when they’re feeling transitive they hang out with the nouns as is
And energize a person or place
Gramma: Oh!
Doctor Noize: It’s Grammaropolis!
Linking verbs are sidekicks givin’ action verbs tips
Usually a form of “to be.”
She says that “I’m a mellow yellow Cinderellow, not to say I’m jello -Nothin’s really botherin’ me.
Well here’s a Noun that I’ve found on this grammar ground
Wrapped around a person, place or a thing.
He likes to follow the verb or adjective word.
Don’t mess around with the nouns, ‘cause they name everything.
Oh now everybuddy sing...
CHORUS
Doctor Noize & Gramma:
But this is not that song!
So please don’t sing along!
Doctor Noize:
Pronouns confound, throw the nouns in the Lost & Found
They take their place, they’re hangin’ around
An antecedent gives ‘em freedom, so you’ll know ‘em when you read ‘em
Otherwise there’s chaos in town
We’ll do it for half what nouns normally charge…
Who’s normal? What’s normal?
Who’s normal? How normal?
Gather ‘round, join in, when we’re together we all win.
A little middle riddle am I.
Conjunctions are a junction with a function, no compunction or dysfunction
Joining words and word groups, oh my!
Welcome to Grammaropolis.
It’s such a tough metropolis.
I think I am the awfulest.
At Grammaropolis! Hey!
Oh grammar! Good grammar!
Oh grammar! Good grammar!
Oh grammar! Good grammar!
Grammaropolis!
And when it’s “Hey!” “Say!” “Wow!” Pow!” -- do not have a cow
Interjections are emotional birds!
And Mr. Slang rang words absurd, don’t tell Mom you used that word
Slang is when a poopee becomes a tur—
Gramma: Don’t say that!
I’m lovely, I’m bubbly, I’m kind and cuddly.
I modify a pronoun or noun.
What kind? Which one? How many? How much?
An adjective is very profound.
Doctor Noize: Sorry…
Gramma: I’ll pretend I never heard.
Doctor Noize: Thank you, Gramma!
How, when, where, to what extent, under what condition
Will you tolerate the tone of an adverb?
Adjectives and verbs and other adverbs say I’m bossy
But an adverb isn’t really a bad word.
CHORUS
They call me preposition ‘cause I’m pre-positioned
To populate the start of a phrase.
I got the map and the compass and I’ll kick your verbal rumpus
Into super high gear, lead you everyplace.
Hey, I say...
This is not that song!?!
Grammaropolis!
Gramma: Come give your gramma a kiss.
CHORUS
Gramma: Thank you for writing a song about me, Dear!
Doctor Noize: Gramma, it’s not Gramma-opolis…
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Noun Town
(Noun Song)
Step right up and show me what you got for me this morning
I give common sounds to common nouns, I try to give ‘em names unboring
That’s an ostrich -- next!
That’s a toy store -- next!
That’s a snorkel -- next!
That’s a -- Seriously? Mt. Rushmore?
How’d you even get that in here?
That’s a proper noun -- Next!
An abstract noun’s a complicated nounified idea
You simply cannot hear or taste or smell or touch or see an
A common noun names a general person, place, thing, or idea.
A proper noun names an actual person, place, thing, or idea.
Love, honor, loyalty, friendship, hatred
That’s not very nice
Well, abstract nouns can add some spice
Now we’ll sing the Chorus twice
Common nouns - Make ‘em sound
Common nouns - All around
Abstract noun
What’s that sound?
Well it ain’t an abstract noun
Examples please
Yes sirree
An abstract noun could always be:
CHORUS
A lady -- who?
A planet -- zoom!
Volcano -- boom!
Declaration -- Woo hoo!
Announcer: Are you a lonely Noun? Looking to mix it up with other Nouns?
Then you’ll LOVE becoming a Compound Noun!
Dial this number now...
Compound nouns are fun to make in clear or stormy weather
You take more than one noun and you simply smash ‘em all together
And proper nouns - Make ‘em sound
Proper nouns - Let’s get down with
Lucy - Mars - Krakatoa - And the Declaration Of Independence
CHORUS
Noun Town
What’s that sound?
A person, place or thing is found in
Noun Town
So profound
Name ideas, mess around with
Who is that guy?
What is that thing?
What is that place?
I’ll name and you sing
Like a knucklehead -- Check!
Or a shortcake -- Yeah!
Or an eggplant -- Yek!
Or a bellyache -- Waa!
Or a bellyflop, windshield
Football, ironman
Jack-o’-lantern, horseshoe
Grasshopper, suntan
Collective nouns are groups of things I’ll help you understand
A family or assembly or Doctor Noize’s Band
A flock of seagulls with a gaggle of geese
A team of players or a squad of police
A pod of whales beside a school of sharks
I saw a pride of lions chase an armory of aardvarks
‘Cause I’m a noun noun noun noun
Noun noun noun noun
Noun
Aardvarks?
Aardvarks
Seriously, I did
I saw ‘em in the dark
On a lark in the park
Announcer: Now serving concrete and abstract nouns...
I suppose you want me to explain what those are.
Listen up, I’m only sayin’ this once
A concrete noun is somethin’ I believe I oughtta mention
A concrete noun is somethin’ you perceive with your five senses
You can see -- the beach!
You can hear -- the drums!
You can taste -- a peach!
You can smell -- rotten eggs!
Yuck! -- better not eat those now
Or you can touch a concrete noun
Collective nouns
They’re all around
And compound nouns
Now let’s get down in...
CHORUS
Noun noun, let’s get down with
Nouns
An abstract noun’s a complicated nounified idea
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Lights! Camera!! Action Verb!!!
(Verb Song)
Noun: HELP!
Linking Verb: Exactly, man! You = confused. When you hear a verb you
can replace with an equals sign...That’s me, man. I’m all about equality,
man.
Director: Lights, Camera, Action Verb!
Action Verb: I arrive at the scene of a burning building. Alas, on the third
story is a Noun, and he says...
Noun: I can’t do anything!
Action Verb: Yes you can! -- I entreat him
Action Verb: I love equality!
ALL: I = happy
Linking Verb: I’m happy man, ‘cause the sky is blue
ALL: The sky = blue
Noun: I can what?
Action Verb: Then let’s go and see it!
Action Verb: You can... jump to safety! (Splat.) Oops. On second thought,
maybe you should try to run down the stairs... Yes!
Linking Verb: Why the hurry? The Noun is safe
But no matter what you do When there’s a fire...
Then you must stop
drop
And roll...
Action Verb: But I = action
CHORUS
Pronoun: Aaaaah! HELP!!
Linking Verb: If that’s your satisfaction, man, go do your thing.
ALL: Goodbye! We can link up later.
Action Verb: Oh my! A damsel in distress!
No matter what you do
You must take action!
So be an Action Hero
Woman, man!
Director: Lights, Camera, Action Verb!
Action Verb: I arrive at the foot of a massive tree. Hanging from the end of
the tallest branch is a Pronoun. And She says...
Yes, you must strive for
Quick retraction of inaction Yes, they’re big words
Ah, but I’m sure you understand
‘
Pronoun: I can’t do anything!
Action Verb: Yes, you can, M’lady!
You must be
Taking action, making action
All of the time
Always have adventure in mind
Yes! I’m taking action, making action
All of the time
Whatever you seek, you shall find
Cause you’re an Action Verb!
Yes, an Action Verb! It may sound absurd
But you’re an Action Verb!
Pronoun: But I’m scared! Action Verb: Never fear! I am here! And you are... Beautiful, Pronoun.
Pronoun: Oh, save me, Action Verb! Before I go SPLAT under this tree...
Action Verb: I will rescue you.
Pronoun: Set me free.
Action Verb: Then leap to me.
Pronoun: (Sigh) Wheee!
So you can see, hear, dance, sing,
meow, swoon, love, cry…
Sometimes it exhausts me.
Action Verb: Frankly, my dear...
Director: CUT! That’s a wrap. Everybody take five.
CHORUS
Action Verb: Oh, excuse me. Wrong dressing room.
Linking Verb: No worries, man. You’re here, come in, just be...
Action Verb: Who are you? I don’t mean to intrude...
Action Verb: KISS?!?
Pronoun: Kiss me, Action Verb! Both: (Kissing sound)
Linking Verb: Dude, I’m a Linking Verb. Be like me. Express a state of being, man.
Action Verb: I am... confused.
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Paint the Way
(Adjective Song)
I love Spring!
It’s so bright and lively!
The only seasons I love as much are Summer, Fall, and Winter.
Life is so wonderful being an adjective.
Look at those nouns having a picnic.
Let’s describe them.
BRIDGE: (Chorus with fa la la’s & speaking)
VERSE 1
You can use all of those to describe things.
A BLUE sky, the BLUER sky, the BLUEST sky, THAT sky, MY sky!
Oh, my my!
Tina’s kind
Reggie’s sweet
Cake’s delish!
Skunks are ODIFEROUS!
VERSE 3
Now the articles
Or baby adjectives
They are my little ones
Nancy’s DIVINE
Nelson’s NEAT
Trees are TALL
I am SMALL
But VOCIFEROUS!
Articles: Dada! Mama!
Adjective:
If her dress is quite UGLY, but you know she tries
Use the art of the adjective to get you by
Say: “Your dress is so... INTERESTING.”
They’re so CUTE.
They are A, THE and AN
Aren’t they cute? They say --
Woman: Thanks!
Articles: WAAA!
Adjective: She replies-- You’re so WISE!
Adjectives: Well, they’re... sometimes... fun
Woman: What a guy!
Article: (Throws up) BLAAH!
CHORUS:
The adjective will fill my palette plenty
Which one? What kind? How much? DESCRIBE how many!
The words you think
The thoughts you say
Should never let your day go gray
The world of words will help you paint the way
VERSE 2
But it isn’t just nouns
There are pronouns I’ve found
Who need adjectives
They take the place of a noun
And then they come around
Where the magic lives
Like that flower!
It’s gorgeous.
Adjectives can be demonstrative - that car, those diamonds
They can be possessive - my sandwich, her smile
They can be comparative - yellower than a lemon, even taller than a baby
Or superlative - the yellowest lemon, the tallest non-baby
Adjective:That is GROSS.
They’re AN itch
Or THE sky
Or A blackberry pie
Or THE Craziest, Singingest, WORDIEST guy!
Yes, an adjective raises your thoughts oh so high!
So let’s play in a HIGHER key, fly and DESCRIBE
CHORUS
Ah, GET OUT YOUR BRUSHES, PEOPLE!
Without me, love, your world is...
DULL and GRAY.
What a lovely song!
Your Grandma!
She’s wise.
Hey Skunk!
You are putrid
And make stinky skies!
Yes Pronouns live like Nouns
But... in disguise!
So let’s MODIFY and DESCRIBE!
CHORUS
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Do You Qualify?
(Adverb Song)
Adverb/Coach: Listen up players and cheerleaders! I’m the Coach, the
Boss, the Big Cheese. I tell you how, what, where, to what extent, and
under what condition. You will follow my direction! Are we clear? BRIDGE
Team: Hardly, sir! Adverb: Everyone’s gonna do it how, when, where, to what extent, and
under what condition I say! ‘Cause I’m the big macaroni! How are we
gonna play this game?
Adverb: Wrong adverb! Four pushups!
Team: Skillfully, willfully, passionately!
Team: 1, 2, 3, 4
Adverb: Yes! When are we gonna celebrate?
Adverb: Are we clear?
Team: Never, not ever, not ever again!
Team: Very!
Adverb: NO!!! Gimme 4 situps!
Adverb: Right, then! Listen up! Here we go!
Team: 1, 2, 3, 4
Huddle up Verbs! -- Do what I say! (Bold is Team)
Here’s why we practice -- Every day!
You’re gonna run, you’re gonna jump, defend and score.
But I’ll describe how you do it more
Adverb: Now when are we gonna celebrate?
Team: Today, tonight, tomorrow and always
Adverb: Yes! Where are we gonna play this game?
You’re gonna run rapidly – rapidly!
You’re gonna jump high -- high in the sky!
You will defend tenaciously – tenaciously!
And you will score triumphantly -- Ready, set, fly!
Team: Here, there, wherever there’s a field!
Adverb: And to what extent are we gonna be proud?
Team: Hardly, barely, not!
Huddle up Adverbs! Do what I say!
Here’s why we practice -- Every day!
To run rapidly and jump high isn’t enough.
I’m here to tell you as an adverb just how much!
Adverb: NO!!! Gimme 4 pushups!
Team: 1, 2, 3, 4
You’re gonna run astoundingly rapidly -- yeah!
You’re gonna jump ridiculously high -- all right!
You will defend astoundingly tenaciously -- Hooa!
And score incredibly triumphantly -- go, win, fight!
Adverb: Now To what extent are we gonna be proud?
Team: Totally, completely, absolutely!
CHORUS 1
Adverbs! Adverbs! Do you qualify?
Adverbs, adverbs
Adverbs are my favorite words, yeah.
Adverbs, adverbs. Do you qualify?
Adverbs, adverbs
Adverbs are my favorite words, yeah.
Adverbs, adverbs. Do you qualify?
Adverb: Yes! Under what condition will we win victory?
Team: If we try, we believe, If we work as a team
Adverb: Just one more thing -- look me in the eye, and...
Everyone: DO YOU QUALIFY???
Adverb: All right, line up for qualification drills. You wannabe adverbs?
Let’s see what you got!
Huddle up Adjectives! -- here’s the play! It’s the one we just practiced -- for the game!
You know you’re strong, you know you’re tough, you’re smelly and sweaty
But I’m here to say how much -- we’re ready!
You’re super strong -- super strong!
You’re ferociously tough -- yeah we’re real tough stuff!
You’re disgustingly sweaty -- we run all game long!
And you’re downright smelly! -- come on Coach, that’s enough!
CHORUS 2
Adverbs! Adverbs! Do you modify?
Adverbs, adverbs
Adverbs are my favorite words, yeah
Adverbs, adverbs. Do you modify?
Adverbs, adverbs
Adverbs are my favorite words, yeah
Adverbs, adverbs. Do you qualify?
Adverb & Team: Oh yeah! Let's go!
Do you modify?
Do you qualify?
CHORUS 1 & CHORUS 2
END
Do you qualify?
Do you qualify?
Do you modify?
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I Got the Blues
(Pronoun Song)
VERSE 1A:
VERSE 2A:
I got the blues;
I’m a Pronoun, baby.
I ain’t mean nothin’ without you, Noun.
It’s got me so down, ladies.
I take the place of one or more nouns,
But antecedents come before the pronoun.
Oh baby! I wanna function by myself!
Don’t wanna need nobody’s help!
But nobody seems to understand me without my antecedent noun.
Like when I told my baby... A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing.
Ow, let’s make it personal, baby, a-skee-bop a-doo-bop a-ringading-ding!
I can be subjective, babe -- and act as the subject of the sentence
Like I, you, he, she -- oww! -- it, they or we.
Or I can be objective -- Objectify me babe! -- I’ll be the object of a verb,
preposition, or infinitive phrase.
Like me, you, him, her -- oww! -- it, them or us.
VERSE 1B:
Yeah I went to see her.
But she didn’t understand, she just said...
“Whom did you see?”
I told her this was it.
And she said what?
And I said us.
She didn’t fuss
She just said:
What you talkin’ ‘bout, babe?
And I said hey, why can’t you understand anything from me.
And I said I don’t like those Nouns
‘Cause they think they own this.
And she said what?
I said they think they own this town.
Ah girl, it gets me down -Why must I become an Adjective to you?
Woo it makes me blue.
Ooh boo hoo!
VERSE 2B:
And I admit, sometimes I’m possessive babe, yeah I’m a possessive
possessive pronoun, ‘cause I wanna own my love so bad.
Yes I admit, Sometimes I act as a marker of ownership or
possession like mine or yours or his or hers -- oww!
-- and it drives me mad.
And I can be demonstrative for you babe, for your love.
Show you this, these, that or those -- ohhh!!!
Or I can be interrogative for you babe
Like who, whom, which, what, and whoaaa!
CHORUS 2:
Yeah though sometimes, like anyone, I’m indefinite.
And sometimes I am relative.
Sometimes I feel reflexive to myself.
And sometimes I, myself, am intensive.
But what can’t I do?
When I’m so in love with you.
Pronouns, baby.
CHORUS 1:
Mamma always told me:
Go be your own man in this wide world of words.
But what can I do?
Whoa Madame Noun -- I don’t want to, but I need you.
I’m a pronoun and I’m blue.
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Let's Bring It All Together
(Conjunction Song)
VERSE 1
BRIDGE 1
Let's get together
Join our words as one.
Choose your words for their function.
Conjunctions gonna get it done.
Yeah if you're gonna join a word or phrase
Or clause today,
May I interject hey, hey!
I say use a conjunction.
For And Nor But Or Yet So
And more oh!
Subordinating conjunctions
Have a bit of a different function.
They introduce a dependent clause
With an after or although or as or before or because. And if you wanna link words used the same way
Use a correlative conjunction today.
You'll use a both and an and, or an either and an or
Or a so and an as, or a neither and a nor.
So you can travel to Noun Town
Or run with the verbs
And sub a pronoun
An adverb modifies a word.
CHORUS 1
Let's bring it all together.
Let's bring it, yeah!
VERSE 2
The FANBOYS are dancin'
With coordination.
“Hey, hey, what's your function?” they call.
Conjunctions join us one and all.
You take the letters of F A N B O Y S, and you'll see
They form an acronym for remembering
The main conjunctions.
For And Nor But Or Yet So
Coordinating Conjunctions
All together
CHORUS 2
Let's bring it all together.
Let's bring it, yeah!
The interjections exclaim
And an adjective describes.
Introduce a preposition
Or use slang if you're sly.
CHORUS 3
Let's bring it all together.
Let's sing it all together.
Let's bring it all together.
Let's bring it, yeah.
CODA
Let's bring us all together.
Let's bring us all together.
Let's bring us all together, now.
(Repeat 3 times)
Whoa I love
The freedom
That words give me to tell you now.
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A Merit Badge is Just Like a Cat
(Preposition Song)
Hit it Scout Troop #472
BRIDGE
VERSE 1
And you can string a bunch of Prepositions together, watch:
I was in the car with my troop before the concert and we stopped across the
street around six o’clock or maybe after six-fifteen for the bathroom at the
service station -- Yeah!
(The service station, yeah!)
That was the situation, yeah! (That was the situation, yeah!)
Hey! Did you know that children grow faster in the springtime?
I need to sing a song about myself
To earn my Grammar Scout Merit Badge.
So gimme help (Gimme help)
I’m a Preposition, and that means this:
I’m pre-positioned for greatness.
I start the phrase, I got my map
And I can tell you where to go. (Where to go)
Yeah I’m a leader, my name is Lil’ Pete.
And I will help you get across the street.
CHORUS 1
And it’s not just about my Merit Badge.
‘Cause my mom said if I earn the badge
then she’ll go to the store with me and get that cat.
So can I place your things in time or space?
Or show a logical relationship, help you communicate?
Oh and hey!
Did you know that slugs have four noses?
Yup!
VERSE 2
Like, a preposition like me
Is a really important word and that’s not braggin’
It’s just the truth. (It’s just the truth)
I can help you place something in time,
Like before or even after nine.
Or I can place your stuff in space,
Like that cat’s stuck in the tree.
Climb down the tree!
You see, here’s one more thing I gotta say:
I make logical connections go your way, like
VERSE 3
One more thing I can tell you
Because I know it. (Because he knows it)
And that’s that Prepositions can be compound. (Can be compound)
And that’s when prepositions are more than one word
But they still have a right, yeah, to be heard.
Like according to, in case of, by means of,
Apart from or due to. (Or due to)
It’s too true.
So now you’ve heard my singing flavor
In addition to my good scout behavior.
CHORUS 3
May I remind you:
It’s bigger than the Merit Badge
‘Cause my mom said if I earn the badge
then she’ll finally go with me and get that cat.
So can I place your things in time or space
Or show a logical relationship, help you to communicate?
Oh and hey!
Did you know that a duck has three eyelids?
And that most koala bears sleep about twenty-two hours a day?
I knew that.
So did I get my Grammar Scout Merit Badge?
Or is it time for my go-to pouty face?
CHORUS 2
A Merit Badge is just like a cat.
And you may think they’re unlike each other
But they take the same work,
So you’d be wrong about that.
I’ll place your things in time or space
or show a logical relationship, help you communicate.
Oh and hey!
Did you know that bats always turn to the left
Upon exiting a cave?
That’s not even about prepositions
Although it does use two of them:
To and upon.
It’s not even part of the assignment
It’s just something I wanted to throw in there
‘Cause it’s cool.
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It’s How You Feel
(Interjection Song)
At times you feel emotion so straightforwardly.
Hallelujah!
Sometimes you need a single word to set you free.
Hallelujah!
A word that’s set apart
But can express your heart
All by itself.
An interjection it may be.
Hallelujah!
To separate it from the rest of the sentence,
A comma or an exclamation point makes sense.
Ahem, congrats, yippee!
Oops, boo, alas, phooey!
Whee!
Gee!
An interjection’s independent speech.
CHORUS
Interjection
Is perfection
Quick expression
Of the way that you feel.
Let interjections fly!
SSSHHHHH!!!
Hi!
CHORUS
Whoa!
Yo!
Oh!
Bravo!
Whoa!
Yo!
Oh!
Bravo!
Coda
Hey!
Say!
Yay!
Hooray!
Yeah!
Blah!
Nah!
Waa!
Interjection
Is expression
Quick connection
With the way that you feel.
Ooh!
Wahoo! Boo-hoo!
Yoo-hoo!
Interjection
It’s how you feel
Interjection
It’s no big spiel
Hello
Goodbye
Uh-oh!
Oh my!
Whoa!
Yo!
Use interjections
Yeah!
Ha!
Yeah!
Whoa!
Oh my! Eureka!
Hello
Hallelujah!
Sometimes an interjection means two things two ways
When altered by inflections of the word you say.
This puppy loves me so.
Awww!
Dad, can we have one?
No.
Awww!
A single word that means two things today.
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