She picked the apples when they were ripe.

Meaning: This sentence explains when the girl picks the apples. She picks them when they are ripe and ready to eat.

Choice of Words: Picked means to choose or select something. Ripe means ready to be eaten.

Alternative Expressions

The apples were ripe when she picked them.

Meaning: This means that the apples were ready to eat when the person chose them from a tree or a group of apples.

Choice of Words: The apples are the fruit that were picked. Were ripe means that the apples were ready to be eaten because they had reached the right level of maturity. When is a conjunction that introduces a time frame. She picked them means that the person chose the apples from a tree or a group of apples.

When she picked the apples, they were ripe.

Meaning: This means that the person chose the apples from a tree or a group of apples, and at that time, the apples were ready to eat.

Choice of Words: When is a conjunction that introduces a time frame. She picked the apples means that the person chose the apples from a tree or a group of apples. They were ripe means that the apples were ready to be eaten because they had reached the right level of maturity.

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