Duck swim by, quacking to friends.

Meaning: A duck swam by a puddle and quacked to its friends.

Choice of Words: Duck is a bird that lives in or near water and has webbed feet. Swim means to move through water using fins or other body parts. By means near or past something. Quack is the sound a duck makes. Friend is a person or animal that you like and trust.

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Ducks swim by, quacking to friends.

Meaning: This sentence describes how ducks move through water and communicate with each other.

Choice of Words: The ducks are the ones doing the swimming and quacking. Swim means to move through water using your arms and legs. Quacking is the sound that ducks make. Friends are the other ducks that the ducks are talking to.

The ducks swim past, making a quacking sound to their friends.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how ducks move through water and communicate with each other, but it provides a little more detail.

Choice of Words: The ducks are still the ones doing the swimming and quacking. Past means that the ducks are moving by something. Making means that the ducks are creating the quacking sound. Friends are still the other ducks that the ducks are talking to.

As the ducks swam by, they quacked to their buddies.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the previous two sentences, but it uses different words to describe the same thing.

Choice of Words: The ducks are still the ones doing the swimming and quacking. As means that the swimming and quacking are happening at the same time. Buddies are another word for friends.

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