Beaks pecked at the seeds.

Meaning: This means that the birds used their beaks to repeatedly hit the seeds.

Choice of Words: Beaks are the hard, pointed parts of a bird's mouth. Pecked means they used their beaks to hit something repeatedly. Seeds are the small structures that plants produce and from which new plants can grow.

Alternative Expressions

The birds pecked at the seeds with their beaks.

Meaning: This means that the birds were using their beaks to hit the seeds over and over again, probably to break them open and eat them.

Choice of Words: Birds are animals with feathers and wings that can fly. Pecked means to use the beak to hit something quickly and repeatedly. Seeds are small, hard objects that plants produce to grow new plants. Beaks are hard, curved parts of a bird's mouth that it uses to eat.

The beaked birds pecked at the seeds.

Meaning: This means that the birds were using their beaks to hit the seeds over and over again, probably to break them open and eat them.

Choice of Words: Birds are animals with feathers and wings that can fly. Beaked means having a beak. Pecked means to use the beak to hit something quickly and repeatedly. Seeds are small, hard objects that plants produce to grow new plants.

Related Expressions