Puddles form on the street.

Meaning: Small pools of water appear on the road.

Choice of Words: Puddles are small pools of water that collect on the ground. Form means to come into existence or to take shape. On means in contact with or resting on a surface. Street is a public road in a city, town, or village.

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Water pools on the road.

Meaning: This also means that after it rains, water is collecting in one place on the road or path.

Choice of Words: Water is the clear liquid that we drink and that falls from the sky as rain. Pools means to gather or collect in one place. Road is the path or way that cars and people use. When you put them together, "Water pools on the road" means that water is collecting in one place on the road or path.

Rainwater gathers on the pavement.

Meaning: This is another way of saying that after it rains, water is collecting in one place on the road or path.

Choice of Words: Rainwater is the water that falls from the sky as rain. Gathers means to come together or collect in one place. Pavement is the hard surface that covers the road or path. When you put them together, "Rainwater gathers on the pavement" means that rainwater is collecting in one place on the hard surface that covers the road or path.

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