Meaning: The children were having a wonderful time at the carnival.
Choice of Words: Excited children: young people feeling very happy and enthusiastic. Squealed: made a high-pitched sound. Carnival: a festive event with rides, games, and food.
Alternative Expressions
The children were so excited at the carnival that they squealed with joy.
Meaning: This sentence is saying the same thing as the first sentence, but it is using a different sentence structure. It is emphasizing how excited the children were.
Choice of Words:The children is a noun phrase that refers to a group of young people, were is the past tense of the verb "to be," so excited means very happy and enthusiastic, at the carnival means at the fun fair, and squealed with joy means cried out in a high-pitched voice because of happiness.
At the carnival, the children's excitement was so great that they squealed with joy.
Meaning: This sentence is saying the same thing as the first two sentences, but it is emphasizing how great the children's excitement was.
Choice of Words:At the carnival means at the fun fair, the children's excitement is a noun phrase that refers to the feeling of happiness and enthusiasm that the children were experiencing, was so great means very strong, and squealed with joy means cried out in a high-pitched voice because of happiness.