Grammar Check for a Sentence About Whales and Plankton for 8-Year-Old Students

The sentence you wrote is almost correct but needs a small change to be grammatically perfect.

Your sentence: A whale’s favourite meal is tiny shrimp called plankton.

Let's break it down:

• Whale's favourite meal: This part is good! It means what the whale likes to eat the most.
• Tiny shrimp called plankton: Here is the tricky part. Plankton is not exactly tiny shrimp; plankton includes many tiny creatures, including tiny shrimp called krill. So saying 'tiny shrimp called plankton' is a bit wrong.

A better way to say it is:

A whale’s favourite meal is tiny shrimp called krill.

Or, if you want to use plankton, you can say:

A whale’s favourite meal is tiny creatures called plankton.

So, depending on what you mean, you can pick one.

Also, if you want to say 'favorite' using British English, you write 'favourite' with a 'u' (which you did correctly!).

Summary: change 'tiny shrimp called plankton' to 'tiny shrimp called krill' for accuracy and correctness.