Gills breathe water.

Meaning: Fish use their gills to extract oxygen from the water they live in. It's like saying, Fish breathe by taking in water through their mouths and extracting oxygen from it.

Choice of Words: Gills are the respiratory organs of fish that extract oxygen from water. Breathe means to take in air or oxygen in order to live. Water is a liquid that is essential for all living things.

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Gills are like lungs for fish.

Meaning: This means that gills are like lungs for fish, but they are not exactly the same. Gills help fish to breathe underwater, and lungs help humans and other animals to breathe in the air.

Choice of Words: Gills are special organs that fish have on their bodies. Lungs are special organs that humans and other animals have inside their bodies. Both gills and lungs help living things to breathe, but they do it in different ways. Fish need gills to breathe underwater, and humans and other animals need lungs to breathe in the air.

Fish use gills to breathe water.

Meaning: This means that fish use gills to take in oxygen from the water and release carbon dioxide. This is how they breathe underwater.

Choice of Words: Fish are living creatures that live in water. Gills are special organs that fish have on their bodies that help them to breathe. Breathe means to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Water is the liquid that fish live in.

Gills help fish to breathe underwater.

Meaning: This means that gills help fish to take in oxygen from the water and release carbon dioxide. This is how they breathe underwater.

Choice of Words: Gills are special organs that fish have on their bodies that help them to breathe. Fish are living creatures that live in water. Breathe means to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Underwater means below the surface of the water.

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