Green grass grew all around the house.

Meaning: This sentence describes the area around a house being covered in green grass.

Choice of Words: Green means the color of grass, leaves, and some plants. Grew is the past tense of the verb "grow" which means to increase in size. All around means in every direction from a place.

Alternative Expressions

The grass was green and growing all around the house.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it says the grass was already green and growing.

Choice of Words: **The grass** is what we're talking about, **was** means it already happened, **green** is the color of the grass, **growing** means it's getting bigger and taller, **all around** means everywhere near the house, and **house** is the building where people live.

Around the house, the grass was growing green.

Meaning: This also means the same as the first two sentences, but it puts the focus on the grass growing around the house.

Choice of Words: **Around the house** tells us where the grass is, **the grass** is what we're talking about, **was growing** means it's getting bigger and taller, and **green** is the color of the grass.

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