Coaches motivated athletes with encouraging words.

Meaning: People who teach athletes in sports used positive words to make them feel good.

Choice of Words: Coaches are people who teach and train athletes. Motivated means to give someone the desire or energy to do something. Athletes are people who participate in sports. Encouraging means making someone feel more confident or hopeful. Words are the sounds or letters that we use to communicate.

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The coaches gave the athletes words that made them want to do their best.

Meaning: This means that the coaches said things to the athletes that made them want to try their hardest and play their best.

Choice of Words: The coaches are the people who are training the athletes. Gave means to hand something over to someone. The athletes are the people who are playing the sports. Words are things we say or write to express our thoughts and feelings. That made them want to do their best means that the words made the athletes feel like they could do better.

The coaches talked to the athletes in a way that made them feel like they could do anything.

Meaning: This means that the coaches said things to the athletes that made them believe in themselves and their abilities.

Choice of Words: The coaches are the people who are training the athletes. Talked means to have a conversation with someone. To the athletes means that they were speaking to the athletes. In a way that made them feel like they could do anything means that the coaches said things that made the athletes feel confident and capable.

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