Conjugate a Song Trivia Quiz

Answer: A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing

The song follows a young girl who is describing several situations pointing out the nouns. These incidents include traveling on a train while it is being attacked by bandits and Mrs. Jones on Hudson Street (the mean neighbor). Later the girl takes a ferry to Liberty Island to see the Statue of Liberty and sees snow in the summertime.

"A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing" first aired on September 15, 1973. Lynn Ahrens (born 1948) wrote and performed the song.

Answer: Verb: That's What's Happening

Verb is the super hero in the movie. The young boy enters the theater after buying his ticket. He purchases his snacks and finds a seat in the theater. All along he describes what he is doing. The song and video include examples of turning nouns into verbs. The super hero appears to be physically powerful and capable of flight.

"Verb: That's What's Happening" first aired on September 22, 1973. Bob Dorough (1923-2018) wrote the song and Zachary Sanders performed it.

Answer: Conjunction Junction

"Conjunction Junction" may be one of the best known and loved of all "Schoolhouse Rock" songs. The railroad employee sings the song and has the railroad cars move from place to place. Each car has a conjunction--such as and, but, or or--written on it. Two railroad hobos also appear in the video as secondary characters. The railroad employee seems to be on friendly terms with the hobos since he is seen sharing a snack with one of them.

"Conjunction Junction" first aired on November 17, 1973. The song was written by Bob Dorough and performed by Jack Sheldon (born 1931), Terry Morel, and Mary Sue Berry.

Answer: Interjections

The song features several situations including a sick child who receives an injection from a doctor. The woman is not attracted to the suitor at first but approves on second glance. While most of the fans are unhappy at watching their team lose, one fans expresses his happiness since he is rooting for the other team. In each case, the subject of the verse expresses himself or herself! Like this!

"Interjections" first aired on February 23, 1974. The song was written by Lynn Ahrens and performed by Essra Mohawk (Sandra Elayne Hurvitz) (born 1948).

Answer: Unpack Your Adjectives

The girl and the turtle use adjectives to describe parts of their trip to their friends. One such feature is "hairy, scary bear".

"Unpack Your Adjectives" first aired on March 02, 1974. The song was written by George Newall and performed by Blossom Dearie (1924-2009).

Answer: Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here

Three generations all named Lolly own a store that sells adverbs. Each Lolly takes turns describing different situations where you might need adverbs, such as nut gathering. The song moves into what feels like a commercial as a spokesperson praises the quality of adverbs that come from the store.

"Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here" first aired on April 13, 1974. The song was written and performed by Bob Dorough. His voice was played at different speeds to represent the different generations.

Answer: Rufus Xavier Sasparilla

The song features three characters with long names: Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla, his sister Rafaela Gabriela Sarsaparilla and their friend (and narrator) Albert Andreas Armadillo, along with their pets consisting of a kangaroo, an aardvark and a rhinoceros. The group explains the use of pronouns by showing it is easier to say he, she, or it rather than these long names.


"Rufus Xavier Sasparilla" first aired on April 27, 1974. The song was written by Bob Dorough and Kathy Mandry and performed by Jack Sheldon.

Answer: Busy Prepositions

This video and song follow a group of insects on the job. The insects are as busy as the prepositions are. They assemble signs that show various pronouns such as "on", "in", and "with". In my opinion, the animation for this video has a different feel from those Grammar Rock videos created in the 1970s. By comparison, "The Tale of Mr. Morton" emulates the style of the 1970s videos more closely.

"Busy Prepositions" first aired on October 23, 1993. The song was written by Bob Dorough and performed by Bob Dorough and Jack Sheldon.

Answer: The Tale of Mr. Morton

Mr. Morton is a bachelor who lives with his cat. He is in love with his neighbor Pearl, but is shy about expressing his feelings. The song ends happily when Pearl proposes to Mr. Morton and the three (including the cat) live happily ever after. The song helps to explain the subject (noun/pronoun) of the sentence and the predicate (verb) of the sentence.

"The Tale of Mr. Morton" first aired on December 11, 1993. The song was written by Lynn Ahrens and performed by Jack Sheldon.

Answer: Amazing Articles

A song called "Amazing Articles" was not created for "Grammar Rock" during the 20th century. An article is a word used with a noun that specifies level of definiteness. "The" is the definite article--it specifies a particular object. "A" and "An" are indefinite articles--it identifies one of a type of object. A is used in front of a noun that starts with a consonant sound. An is used in fron t of a noun that starts with a vowel sound.

It could be fun to speculate that if this song was created for "Grammar Rock", who would write the song, who would perform the song, and which images would appear in the video.