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Can you imagine any of these animals in the Night Zoo? What would happen if you combined two different animals? Would they have any special powers or a job to do in the Night Zoo?

Can you decide which of these sentences are successful at using adjectives?

1. The Tiger is as fast as a jet.2. The Elephant is big.3. The Penguin can swim fast.4. You can see the twinkling of the Owls eyes in pitch darkness.5. The Zebra’s coat is striped in black and white.6. Monkeys are strong.7. The slithering snake looked very slimy.8. The tortoise is slow.9. Crocodiles are scary.10. The clown fish looks beautiful swimming with his many friends.11. The fantastic eyesight of the Eagle is used to catch its prey.

Successful Sentences ____________________________

How could you make these better?

CHAPTER 4So are you beginning to see how wonderful and mysterious my zoo is? Can you imagine what other amazing creatures there are in the zoo?

Well I have only worked here as the Night-time Zookeeper for a week so I suspect there are lots of creatures that I am yet to meet myself. One creature I have met, every night in fact, is the next animal on my rounds. She lives in Zone 6 which is right in the middle of the zoo. Come with me and if you are very happy and smiley I will introduce you to The Time Travelling Elephant. “Who is the Time Travelling Elephant?” you ask, well I maybe the only zookeeper in the world who can tell you.

The Time Travelling Elephant is a lovely and charming creature yet at the same time She is also very lonely. You see we only have one Elephant in the zoo and She lives in a great temple full of many elephant size rooms. Apart from hers, however, all of them are empty. Her loneliness makes her sad and she longs for company so when I arrive at the temple I am always smiley and happy. I stay with her for a long while playing games. She likes lots of games, but her favourite is Pairs!