He ate the sweet cake.

Meaning: This sentence describes someone consuming a sugary baked food.

Choice of Words: Ate is the past tense of eat, which means to put food in your mouth and swallow it. The is a definite article used before a noun to specify it. Sweet describes something that tastes good, with a lot of sugar. Cake is a baked food made with flour, sugar, and other ingredients, often with a sweet filling or frosting.

Alternative Expressions

The boy devoured the sugary pastry.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that a boy ate a cake that was sweet and sugary.

Choice of Words: The sentence uses more descriptive words to convey the same meaning. "Boy" is more specific than "he", "devoured" is a more vivid verb than "ate", and "sugary pastry" provides more detail about the cake.

With great gusto, the young lad consumed the delectable confection.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that a boy ate a cake that was sweet and delicious with great enthusiasm.

Choice of Words: The sentence uses even more elaborate language to convey the same meaning. "With great gusto" means with great enthusiasm, "young lad" is a more formal way of saying "boy", "consumed" is a more formal verb than "ate", and "delectable confection" is a more formal way of saying "sweet cake".

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