He sailed across vast oceans and discovered new islands.

Meaning: He traveled across large oceans in a boat and found new pieces of land.

Choice of Words: Sailed means to travel on water in a boat or ship. Vast means very large or extensive. Oceans are large bodies of salt water. Discovered means to find or learn something for the first time. Islands are pieces of land surrounded by water.

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He sailed across the big seas and found new places to live.

Meaning: This sentence tells us about someone who traveled over very large bodies of salt water in a boat that uses sails to catch the wind and move. They traveled from one side to the other side of these bodies of water. They came across some areas or locations that were not known before and where people could live.

Choice of Words: Sailed means to travel over water in a boat that uses sails to catch the wind and move. Across means from one side to the other side of something. Big means very large. Seas are large bodies of salt water. Found means to come across something that was not known before. New means something that has not existed before. Places are areas or locations. Live means to exist in a particular place.

He traveled over the wide waters and discovered lands that no one had seen before.

Meaning: This sentence tells us about someone who went from one place to another over very large bodies of water. They found some areas of dry land that no one had ever looked at before.

Choice of Words: Traveled means to go from one place to another. Over means on the other side of something. Wide means very large across. Waters are bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, or oceans. Discovered means to find something that was not known before. Lands are areas of dry land. No one means not a single person. Seen means to look at something.

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