Flowers bloomed after the rain.

Meaning: The flowers opened and produced colorful blossoms after the rain.

Choice of Words: Flowers are the colorful parts of plants that produce seeds. Bloomed means to open and produce flowers.

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The flowers opened their petals after the rain.

Meaning: This means that the flowers waited until after the rain to open up their petals. It's like saying, The flowers were waiting for the rain to stop before they opened their petals.

Choice of Words: The is used to talk about something specific. Flowers are beautiful plants that have colorful petals. Opened means that the flowers have spread their petals out. Their means that the petals belong to the flowers. Petals are the colorful leaves of a flower. After means that something happened later than something else. Rain is the water that falls from the sky. When you put them together, "The flowers opened their petals after the rain" means that the flowers spread out their petals after it rained.

The flowers blossomed after the rain.

Meaning: This means that the flowers waited until after the rain to open up. It's like saying, The flowers were waiting for the rain to stop before they blossomed.

Choice of Words: The is used to talk about something specific. Flowers are beautiful plants that have colorful petals. Blossomed means that the flowers have opened up and are showing their petals. After means that something happened later than something else. Rain is the water that falls from the sky. When you put them together, "The flowers blossomed after the rain" means that the flowers opened up after it rained.

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