Correcting Grammar for a Sentence About an Albatross for a 7-Year-Old

Let's look at your sentence: Show an albatross flying over the water or catching fish off the surface.

To make it clearer and grammatically correct, you can say:

• "Show an albatross flying over the water or catching fish from the surface."
• OR, slightly simpler: "Show an albatross flying over the water or catching fish on the surface."

Explanation:

• We use "from the surface" or "on the surface" instead of "off the surface" because the bird is catching fish that are near or on the water’s surface.
• "Off the surface" can sound confusing because "off" might mean away from the surface, which is not what you want to describe.

So, the improved sentence could be:
"Show an albatross flying over the water or catching fish from the surface."