Moonlight casts shadows below.

Meaning: This sentence describes the effect of moonlight creating dark areas or shadows on the ground.

Choice of Words: Moonlight is the light reflected from the moon. Casts means to throw or send out something. Shadows are dark areas created by an object blocking light. Below means under or lower than something else.

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The moonlight makes dark patches on the ground.

Meaning: This means that the moonlight is making dark shapes on the ground because something is blocking the light. It's like when you put your hand in front of a lamp and it makes a shadow on the wall.

Choice of Words: Moonlight is the light that comes from the moon. Makes means to create or cause something. Dark patches are areas of darkness. On the ground means on the surface of the earth. When you put them together, "The moonlight makes dark patches on the ground" means that the light from the moon is creating dark areas on the ground.

The light from the moon creates shadows on the earth.

Meaning: This means that the moonlight is making dark shapes on the ground because something is blocking the light. It's like when you put your hand in front of a lamp and it makes a shadow on the wall.

Choice of Words: Light is a form of energy that makes things visible. From means originating from something. Moon is the celestial body that orbits the earth. Creates means to bring into existence. Shadows are dark areas created when something blocks the light. On the earth means on the surface of the planet we live on. When you put them together, "The light from the moon creates shadows on the earth" means that the light from the moon is creating dark areas on the ground because something is blocking the light.

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