The boy closed the book.

Meaning: This sentence describes an action where someone shut a specific book.

Choice of Words: Closed is the past tense of close, which means to shut or bring something together. Book is a printed or written work that is bound together. The is used to refer to a specific book.

Alternative Expressions

The young lad shut the tome.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: **Young lad** is another way to say boy. **Shut** is another word for closed. **Tome** is a fancy word for book.

The child ceased reading and covered the text.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses even more different words.

Choice of Words: **Child** is a more general term for a young person than boy. **Ceased** means to stop doing something. **Reading** is the act of looking at and understanding written or printed words. **Covered** means to put something over something else. **Text** is another word for book.

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