Label bins and shelves for easy identification.

Meaning: This means to make it easier to find things by labeling the bins and shelves with their contents or purpose.

Choice of Words: Label means to mark or identify something with a name or description. Bins are containers used to store things. Shelves are flat surfaces on which things can be placed. Easy means not difficult or troublesome. Identification means the act of recognizing or establishing the identity of someone or something. So, Label bins and shelves for easy identification means to mark the bins and shelves with names or descriptions so that it's easy to know what's inside or where things belong.

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Write on bins and shelves so you can easily tell what's inside.

Meaning: This means the same as the first example. It's another way to say, Put a label on the bin that says "toys" so that you know what's inside.

Choice of Words: Write means to put letters or words on something. Bins are containers used to hold items. Shelves are flat surfaces on which items can be placed. Easily means not difficult. Tell means to communicate or express something. When you put them together, "Write on bins and shelves so you can easily tell what's inside" means to write on bins and shelves so that you can easily know what's inside them.

Put labels on bins and shelves so you know what's in them.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two examples. It's another way to say, Put a label on the bin that says "toys" so that you know what's inside.

Choice of Words: Put means to place something somewhere. Labels are pieces of paper or other material with information written on them. Bins are containers used to hold items. Shelves are flat surfaces on which items can be placed. Know means to be aware of or understand something. When you put them together, "Put labels on bins and shelves so you know what's in them" means to put labels on bins and shelves so that you can easily know what's inside them.

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