Woodpecker pecked tree, searching for food.

Meaning: This sentence describes a woodpecker using its beak to hit a tree in order to find food.

Choice of Words: Woodpecker is a type of bird, pecked means hitting something with its beak, tree is a large plant with a trunk and branches, searching means looking for something, and food is what people and animals eat to live.

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The woodpecker tapped on the tree, looking for food.

Meaning: This means that a specific woodpecker is hitting a tree with its beak to look for food.

Choice of Words: The is used to refer to a specific thing. Woodpecker is a kind of bird that has a strong beak and loves to tap on trees. Tapped means to hit something lightly and quickly. On means in contact with the surface of something. Tree is a large plant with a trunk and branches. Looking means to try to see something. Food is what we eat to give our bodies energy.

A bird with a strong beak hit the tree, searching for something to eat.

Meaning: This means that a bird with a strong beak is hitting a tree to look for something to eat.

Choice of Words: A is used to refer to one of something. Bird is a general term for a warm-blooded animal that has feathers and lays eggs. With means having something as part of something else. Strong means having a lot of power or force. Beak is the hard mouthpart of a bird. Hit means to strike something with force. The is used to refer to a specific thing. Tree is a large plant with a trunk and branches. Searching means to look for something. For means with the purpose of finding or getting something. Something is used to refer to an unspecified thing. To means in order to. Eat is to put food into your mouth and swallow it.

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