Active listening is important in communication.

Meaning: When communicating, it's important to pay attention to what the other person is saying.

Choice of Words: Active means doing something or being involved in an activity. Listening is the act of paying attention to what someone is saying. Important means significant or crucial.

Alternative Expressions

When you talk to someone, it's important to really listen to them.

Meaning: This means that when you're talking to someone, it's important to pay attention to what they're saying and show that you understand them. It's like saying, I'm really listening to what you're saying and I understand what you mean.

Choice of Words: When is a word that tells us when something happens. You is the person that the sentence is about. Talk is to speak to someone. To is a word that tells us who you're talking to. Someone is a person that you don't know the name of. It's is a short way of saying "it is." Important means that something is very necessary. To is a word that tells us what you need to do. Really means that you need to do something very well. Listen is to pay attention to what someone is saying. To is a word that tells us who you're listening to. Them is the person that you're listening to.

Pay attention to what someone is saying when you talk to them.

Meaning: This means that when you're talking to someone, it's important to pay attention to what they're saying and show that you understand them. It's like saying, I'm really listening to what you're saying and I understand what you mean.

Choice of Words: Pay means to give someone something. Attention means to focus on something. To is a word that tells us what you're paying attention to. What is a word that asks about something. Someone is a person that you don't know the name of. Is is a verb that tells us what someone is doing. Saying is to speak. When is a word that tells us when something happens. You is the person that the sentence is about. Talk is to speak to someone. To is a word that tells us who you're talking to. Them is the person that you're talking to.

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