Meaning: Performers skillfully performed somersaults and spins in the air.
Choice of Words: Acrobats: Performers who do difficult physical feats, such as tumbling, jumping, and balancing.
Alternative Expressions
The acrobats were doing flips and twirls in the air.
Meaning: This means that the acrobats were performing flips and twirls in the air.
Choice of Words:Were is a verb that means to be or exist. Doing is a verb that means to perform an action. Flips are movements in which someone turns over in the air. Twirls are movements in which someone spins around quickly. Air is the invisible gas that surrounds the Earth.
In the air, the acrobats flipped and twirled.
Meaning: This means that the acrobats were flipping and twirling their bodies in the air.
Choice of Words:In means inside or within something. Air is the invisible gas that surrounds the Earth. Flipped means to turn over or move quickly in the air. Twirled means to spin or turn around quickly.