🇬🇧Level A1
elephant
//ˈɛlɪfənt//
Pluralelephants
Definition
A very large grey animal with a long trunk, big ears, and tusks.
To remember it
Picture the elephant pouring water from its trunk into a pond, and remember that 'elephant' means a big animal with large ears.
Examples
- A1
The elephant is huge.
- A1
An elephant has a trunk.
- A2
Elephants live in herds.
- A2
We saw an elephant.
- B1
The elephant ate leaves.
- B1
Elephants are very strong.
- B2
The herd of elephants crossed the river slowly at sunset.
- B2
An adult elephant can eat hundreds of kilograms of plants a day.
Tags
animal
