noun · neutral
prey
/preɪ/PREY
Band 5-6speakingtask2
an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal
Examples
“Small rodents are common prey for owls.”
“When predators increase, prey populations may fall.”
“The young are easy prey for many predators.”
Band 8 sentence
“Juvenile animals often fall prey to a wider range of predators than adults.”
Collocations
- easy prey
- fall prey to
- natural prey
Word family
predator nounpreyed verb (past participle)
Common mistakes
The tiger eats victim animals in the forest.→The tiger eats prey animals in the forest.
Many deers are easy preys.→Many deer are easy prey.
Say it for a higher band
5food→6victim→7+prey
Synonyms
victim
Easily confused
victim
“The victim of the accident was taken to hospital.”
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