Rainbows appeared after the rain.

Meaning: Arcs of colored light in the sky were seen after water came down from the sky.

Choice of Words: Rainbows: noun, an arc of colored light in the sky caused by the refraction and dispersion of sunlight through water droplets; appeared: verb, to come into sight; after: preposition, indicating a time or event that follows another; the: definite article, used before a noun to indicate a specific one; rain: noun, water that falls from the sky in drops.

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Rainbows came out after the rain.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence. It means that you can see a rainbow in the sky after it has rained.

Choice of Words: Rainbows are beautiful arcs of color that you can see in the sky after it rains. Came out means to appear or to become visible. After means following something else in time or order. Rain is the water that falls from the sky when clouds get too heavy.

We saw rainbows in the sky after the rain stopped.

Meaning: This means that the speaker and one or more other people saw a rainbow in the sky after it had stopped raining.

Choice of Words: We is the first-person plural pronoun, which means the speaker and one or more other people. Saw is the past tense of the verb see, which means to use your eyes to look at something. Rainbows are beautiful arcs of color that you can see in the sky after it rains. In the sky means up high in the air. After means following something else in time or order. Rain is the water that falls from the sky when clouds get too heavy. Stopped means to come to an end.

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