Rain fell hard on roof at night.

Meaning: Water dropped down from the sky with great force onto the top part of a building during the time between sunset and sunrise.

Choice of Words: Rain is water falling from the sky, fell means dropped down, hard means with great force, on means touching or resting on the surface of something, roof is the top part of a building, at night means during the time between sunset and sunrise.

Alternative Expressions

It rained heavily on the roof during the night.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: It refers to the rain. Rained means that rain was falling. Heavily means that the rain was falling with a lot of force. On means that the rain was falling on the roof. During means that the rain was happening at the same time as the night.

The roof was pelted with rain throughout the night.

Meaning: This means that the rain was hitting the roof hard and continuously all night long.

Choice of Words: Pelted means to be hit with something over and over again. Throughout means during the entire time.

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