Children sing together merrily.

Meaning: This means that young people are making musical sounds at the same time and place, feeling happy and cheerful.

Choice of Words: Children are young people. Sing means to make sounds with your voice in a musical way. Together means at the same time and place. Merrily means in a happy and cheerful way.

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The children's voices soared through the air.

Meaning: This sentence describes the sound of the children's singing as it filled the air.

Choice of Words: Children are young people, voices are the sounds they make when they speak or sing, soared means to fly or rise high in the air, and through means moving from one side to the other. When you put them together, it means that the sounds the children were making were moving high in the air.

The music filled the room with joy.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the music made the room feel happy and joyful.

Choice of Words: Music is a series of organized sounds, filled means to make something full, room is a space in a building, and joy is a feeling of great happiness. When you put them together, it means that the sounds of the music were making the space in the building feel full of great happiness.

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