Sand was soft and warm to touch.

Meaning: The loose grains of rock and minerals were yielding to pressure and felt slightly hot when touched.

Choice of Words: Sand is loose grains of rock and minerals. Soft means it yields to pressure. Warm means it felt slightly hot. Touch refers to the act of feeling with the skin.

Alternative Expressions

The sand's texture was soft and its temperature was warm to the touch.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses more specific words to describe the sand's softness and warmth.

Choice of Words: **Texture** is the way something feels when you touch it. **Temperature** is the measure of how hot or cold something is. **To the touch** means that you are using your skin to feel something.

The sand felt soft and warm when I touched it.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses the first-person pronoun to show that the speaker is the one who touched the sand and felt its softness and warmth.

Choice of Words: **Felt** is a verb that means to experience something with your senses. **When** is a conjunction that connects two sentences. **I** is the first-person pronoun that refers to the speaker or writer. **Touched** is the past tense of the verb to touch.

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