Lily pads float on the pond's surface.

Meaning: On the top of the small water area, flat round leaves of the water lily plant rest.

Choice of Words: Lily pads: flat, round leaves of a water lily plant that float on the surface of the water. Float: to stay on the surface of a liquid without sinking. Pond: a small body of water, usually surrounded by land.

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Lily pads float on the pond's surface.

Meaning: This sentence describes how lily pads stay on the top of the pond's water.

Choice of Words: Lily pads are large, flat leaves that float on water. Float means to stay on the surface of water without sinking. Pond is a small body of water. Surface is the top layer of something, like the top of a pond.

Lily pads rest on the water's top.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how lily pads stay on the top of the pond's water, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: Rest means to be in a relaxed position. Water is the liquid that comes out of faucets and is in lakes and oceans. Top is the highest part of something.

The lily pads are floating on the pond.

Meaning: This sentence is a simple way to say that lily pads are on the top of the pond's water.

Choice of Words: Are is a verb that means something exists. Floating is a verb that means to stay on the surface of water without sinking.

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