Farmers cultivated crops in the fertile fields.

Meaning: People who grow crops or raise animals prepared and used areas of land that are good for growing crops to grow plants for food.

Choice of Words: Farmers are people who grow crops or raise animals. Cultivated means to prepare and use land for growing crops. Crops are plants grown for food, such as wheat or corn. Fertile fields are areas of land that are good for growing crops.

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Farmers grew plants in the rich fields.

Meaning: This means that people who farm planted and cared for plants in fields that had a lot of good things in the soil to help the plants grow.

Choice of Words: Farmers are people who grow crops or raise animals for food. Grew means to make plants grow. Plants are living things that get their food from the sun, air, and water. Fields are large areas of land where crops are grown. Rich means having a lot of nutrients that plants need to grow.

People who farm planted seeds in the good soil.

Meaning: This means that individuals who grow crops placed seeds in soil that had nutrients to help the plants grow.

Choice of Words: People refers to individuals, in this case, farmers. Farm is a verb that means to cultivate land and grow crops. Planted means to put seeds in the ground. Seeds are small structures that contain a plant embryo and food for the embryo. Soil is the top layer of the earth that contains nutrients for plants. Good means fertile or having nutrients that plants need.

Farmers tended to crops in the productive fields.

Meaning: This means that people who work on farms took care of plants that were grown in areas of land that were good for growing crops.

Choice of Words: Farmers are individuals who work on farms. Tended means to care for or look after something. Crops are plants that are grown for food. Fields are areas of land where crops are grown. Productive means able to produce a lot of crops.

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