The birds found a new home in a nearby forest.

Meaning: The birds settled down in a new place to live in the woods.

Choice of Words: Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Found means to come across or discover something. New means not existing before; made, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time. Home is a place where someone lives permanently or temporarily. Nearby means close to a particular place or thing.

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The birds discovered a new home in the forest that was close by.

Meaning: This sentence describes how a group of birds have found a new place to live in a forest that is close to where they were before.

Choice of Words: The birds are the subject of the sentence and refers to a group of feathered animals. Discovered is a verb that means to find or learn something that was not previously known. A new home refers to a place where the birds can live and build their nests. In indicates that the birds are located within the forest. The forest that was close by refers to a wooded area that is near to the birds' previous location.

A group of birds found a new home in the nearby woods.

Meaning: This sentence describes how a group of birds have discovered a new place to live in a wooded area that is close to where they were before.

Choice of Words: A group of birds is the subject of the sentence and refers to a collection of feathered animals. Found is a verb that means to come across or discover something that was not previously known. A new home refers to a place where the birds can live and build their nests. In indicates that the birds are located within the woods. The nearby woods refers to a wooded area that is close to the birds' previous location.

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