Sun helped pumpkins grow tall.

Meaning: The sunlight assisted the pumpkins in increasing their height.

Choice of Words: Helped means to make something easier or possible. Grow means to become larger or bigger. Tall means having a lot of height.

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The sun's rays gave the pumpkins the energy they needed to grow.

Meaning: The Sun's rays gave the pumpkins the power they needed to grow.

Choice of Words: The sun's rays are the beams of light that come from the Sun. Energy is a power that makes things happen. Needed means that something is necessary or required. When you put them together, this sentence means that the Sun's rays gave the pumpkins the power they needed to grow.

Without the sun, the pumpkins would not have been able to grow tall.

Meaning: If the pumpkins didn't have the Sun, they wouldn't have been able to grow tall.

Choice of Words: Without means not having something. Been able means had the ability or opportunity. When you put them together, this sentence means that if the pumpkins didn't have the Sun, they wouldn't have been able to grow tall.

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