Tall giraffe ate leaves from tree.

Meaning: A giraffe with a long neck consumed foliage from a woody plant.

Choice of Words: Tall means of great height. Giraffe is a large African mammal with a very long neck and legs. Ate means to consume food. Leaves are the flat and typically green parts of a plant that grow from stems. From means originating or proceeding from a particular place or source. Tree is a large plant with a woody stem and branches. This sentence describes the feeding behavior of a giraffe.

Alternative Expressions

A giraffe that is tall ate leaves that are from a tree.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that one giraffe, which is tall, ate the leaves that came from one tree.

Choice of Words: A indicates that there is one giraffe. That connects the giraffe to its description. Is indicates the state of being. Tall describes the giraffe's height. Ate means the giraffe took in the leaves with its mouth. That connects the leaves to their source. Are indicates the state of being. From indicates where the leaves came from. A indicates that there is one tree. Tree is the name of the plant.

The tall giraffe with long legs and a long neck ate the green leaves from the tall tree with strong branches.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that a specific giraffe, which is tall with long legs and a long neck, ate the green leaves that came from a specific tree, which is tall with strong branches.

Choice of Words: The indicates that we are talking about a specific giraffe. Tall describes the giraffe's height. With connects the giraffe to its description. Long describes the giraffe's legs and neck. Legs are the giraffe's limbs that it uses to walk. Neck is the giraffe's long body part that connects its head to its body. Ate means the giraffe took in the leaves with its mouth. The indicates that we are talking about a specific tree. Green describes the color of the leaves. Leaves are the green parts of the tree. From indicates where the leaves came from. The indicates that we are talking about a specific tree. Tall describes the tree's height. With connects the tree to its description. Strong describes the tree's branches. Branches are the tree's limbs that extend from its trunk.

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