The boy ate an apple while walking home from school.

Meaning: This sentence describes the boy's actions of eating an apple while walking home from school.

Choice of Words: Ate is the past tense of the verb eat, which means to put food in your mouth and swallow it. Apple is a round, red fruit that grows on a tree. While means at the same time as something else. Walking is the present participle of the verb walk, which means to move forward by putting one foot in front of the other. Home is the place where you live. School is a place where children go to learn. When you put them together, "The boy ate an apple while walking home from school" describes how the boy was eating an apple while he was walking home from school.

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