Hello! Today, we're going to learn about some special word pairs called collocations where the word 'animal' is used like an adjective. An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun, like 'big' in 'big dog'.
When we use 'animal' as an adjective, it means something related to animals. Here are some easy and fun examples:
- Animal friends - This means friends who are animals, like your pet dog or cat.
- Animal pictures - Pictures that show animals.
- Animal sounds - The noises that animals make, like a dog barking or a cat meowing.
- Animal games - Fun games that are about animals.
- Animal stories - Stories that have animals in them as characters.
So, when you put 'animal' before a word, it helps tell us that something is about or connected with animals.
Isn't that fun? Try saying these collocations out loud and think about animals you know!