Fire trucks lined the street.

Meaning: This sentence describes the presence of fire trucks parked along the street.

Choice of Words: Fire is a noun that refers to the burning of something. Trucks are large vehicles used for transporting goods or people. Lined is a verb that means to form a line or row. The is an article that refers to a specific thing or group of things. Street is a public road in a city or town.

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The fire trucks were parked along the street.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses different words to describe the same thing.

Choice of Words: Fire trucks are large, red vehicles that are used to put out fires. Parked means to leave a vehicle in one place for a period of time. Along means next to or beside something. Street is the paved area where cars and people can travel. When you put them together, "The fire trucks were parked along the street" means that the fire trucks were left in a row next to the street.

There were fire trucks on the side of the road.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it uses different words to describe the same thing.

Choice of Words: Fire trucks are large, red vehicles that are used to put out fires. Side means the edge or part of something. Road is a paved area where cars and people can travel. When you put them together, "There were fire trucks on the side of the road" means that there were fire trucks parked next to the edge of the road.

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