The dentist used a drill to fix my cavity.

Meaning: The dentist used a special tool to remove the decayed part of my tooth.

Choice of Words: Drill is a tool that spins quickly and is used to make holes in things. Cavity is a hole in a tooth caused by decay.

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The tooth doctor used a special tool to fill the hole in my tooth.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how the dentist used a drill to fix a hole in the child's tooth, but it uses more colorful language.

Choice of Words: This sentence uses more descriptive words that may be more interesting for an 8-year-old. Tooth doctor is another way to say dentist. Special tool is the drill that the dentist uses. Fill means to put something in the hole to make it go away.

The dentist used a noisy machine to make my tooth better.

Meaning: This sentence focuses on the child's perspective of the experience, highlighting the noise and the positive outcome of having the cavity fixed.

Choice of Words: This sentence uses words that emphasize the experience of having a cavity filled. Noisy describes the sound of the drill. Make...better means to fix something that is broken.

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