Children gather leaves.

Meaning: This means that children are picking up the leaves from the ground and putting them together in a pile or a bag.

Choice of Words: Children are young people who have not yet become adults, and gather means to collect or bring something together. Leaves are the flat, usually green parts of a plant or tree that grow from the branches. In this sentence, we are describing the activity of children collecting leaves from the ground in the fall.

Alternative Expressions

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