Clouds raced like galloping horses.

Meaning: The clouds were moving very quickly across the sky, like horses running very fast.

Choice of Words: Clouds are white or gray things in the sky. Raced means to run or move very quickly. Galloping means to run very fast with long steps. Horses are animals that people ride. When we put them together, it's like the clouds were moving very quickly across the sky, like horses running very fast.

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The clouds sped past like a herd of galloping horses.

Meaning: This sentence also describes the fast movement of clouds in the sky, but it uses a different comparison to galloping horses.

Choice of Words: Clouds are the puffy white things you see in the sky. Sped means to move very fast. Past means to go by something. Herd means a group of animals that live together. Galloping is a way of running that horses do, where they lift their front legs up together and then their back legs. So, when you put it all together, "The clouds sped past like a herd of galloping horses" means that the clouds were moving very fast across the sky, like a group of horses running together.

The clouds flew by like a pack of wild horses.

Meaning: This sentence uses a third comparison to describe the fast movement of clouds in the sky, this time comparing them to wild horses.

Choice of Words: Clouds are the puffy white things you see in the sky. Flew means to move through the air. By means to pass something. Pack means a group of animals that live together. Wild means not tame or trained. Horses are animals that people ride. So, when you put it all together, "The clouds flew by like a pack of wild horses" means that the clouds were moving very fast across the sky, like a group of wild horses running together.

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