Caterpillars eat leaves.

Meaning: This means that caterpillars like to munch on the leaves of plants to get the energy they need to grow. It's like saying, Caterpillars enjoy having leaves as their meals.

Choice of Words: Caterpillars are the baby form of butterflies. Eat is a verb that means to consume food. Leaves are flat, green parts of plants that grow from branches. When we say "Caterpillars eat leaves", it means that baby butterflies consume the leaves of plants for food.

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• Caterpillars eat leaves to grow big.
• Caterpillars munch on green leaves.
• Caterpillars munch leaves all day long.
• Caterpillars crawled, munching on leaves.
• Caterpillars munched on green leaves.
• Caterpillars munched leaves hungrily.
• Caterpillars munch on the juicy leaves.
• Caterpillars munched leaves hungrily in the sun.
• Caterpillars munch leaves for nourishment.
• Caterpillars crawled on leaves slowly.