Elephants eat plants.

Meaning: Elephants are herbivores. They only eat plants.

Choice of Words: Eat means to put food into your mouth and chew it. Plants are living things that grow in the soil. When you put them together, "Elephants eat plants" means that elephants are putting food into their mouths and chewing it, which is plants.

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