The breeze carried the sweet fragrance of the flowers.

Meaning: This sentence is describing a gentle wind carrying the pleasant smell of flowers.

Choice of Words: Breeze is a gentle wind. Carried means to take something from one place to another. Fragrance is a pleasant smell. Flowers are the colorful part of a plant that produces seeds.

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The wind blew the good-smelling scent of the flowers.

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

Choice of Words: The wind is the air that is moving, and blew means to move air. Good-smelling means something that has a nice smell, and scent is another word for smell. Flowers are colorful plants that usually have a nice scent. When you put these words together, you get a sentence that describes how the moving air carried the nice smell of the flowers.

The flowers' nice smell was carried by the breeze.

Meaning: This sentence is saying the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses different words and changes the order of the words.

Choice of Words: Flowers are colorful plants that usually have a nice smell. Nice means something that is pleasant or enjoyable. Smell is the sense that allows you to detect odors. Was carried means to move something from one place to another. Breeze is a gentle wind. When you put these words together, you get a sentence that describes how the gentle wind moved the nice smell of the flowers.

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