She took notes while reading the book.

Meaning: She wrote down important information from the book while she was reading it.

Choice of Words: Took means to pick up or hold something, notes are written or typed information, and reading is learning by looking at and understanding written or printed words.

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The girl wrote down some things while she was looking at the book.

Meaning: This means that the young female person (The girl) marked down some information while she was examining the printed or written material in the book with her eyes.

Choice of Words: The girl is a noun that refers to a young female person. Wrote is a verb that means to mark down information using a pen or pencil. Down is an adverb that means to move from a higher to a lower position. Some is an adjective that means a few or an unspecified number. Things is a noun that refers to objects or information. While is a conjunction that connects two clauses and indicates that one action happened during the time of another action. She was looking at is a verb phrase that means to examine something with your eyes. The book is a specific printed or written work.

The person made marks on paper as they examined the pages of the book.

Meaning: This means that the unspecified individual (The person) created visible signs or impressions on paper while they were looking carefully at the individual sheets of paper that make up the printed or written material in the book.

Choice of Words: The person is a noun that refers to an unspecified individual. Made is a verb that means to create or produce something. Marks are visible signs or impressions made on a surface. On is a preposition that indicates that something is located on the surface of another thing. Paper is a thin material made from the pulp of trees that is used for writing or printing on. As is a conjunction that connects two clauses and indicates that one action happened at the same time as another action. They examined is a verb phrase that means to look at something carefully. The pages are the individual sheets of paper that make up a book. Of is a preposition that indicates that something belongs to or is a part of something else. The book is a specific printed or written work.

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