Trees provide homes for animals.

Meaning: This means that trees are important for animals because they give them a place to live and stay safe.

Choice of Words: Provide means to give something that is needed. Home is a place where someone lives. Animals are living creatures other than humans. Trees give animals a place to live and raise their young.

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Trees are houses for animals.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence. It says that trees are places where animals can live.

Choice of Words: Trees are tall plants with a trunk and branches. Houses are places where people or animals live. Animals are living things that are not plants, like cats, dogs, and birds. When you put them together, "Trees are houses for animals" means that trees are like homes for animals.

Animals live in trees.

Meaning: This means that animals use trees as their homes. They sleep, hide, and raise their babies in trees.

Choice of Words: Animals are living things that are not plants, like cats, dogs, and birds. Live means to be alive and exist in a place. Trees are tall plants with a trunk and branches. When you put them together, "Animals live in trees" means that animals make their homes in trees.

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