The fragrant flowers perfumed the garden.

Meaning: The pleasant-smelling flowers filled the garden with their fragrance.

Choice of Words: Fragrant means having a pleasant smell, flowers are the colorful and often fragrant parts of plants, and perfumed means to fill with a pleasant smell.

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The sweet-smelling flowers filled the garden with their fragrance.

Meaning: This means that the flowers in the garden made the garden smell nice with their sweet smell. It's like saying, The flowers made the garden smell nice with their sweet smell.

Choice of Words: Sweet-smelling means having a pleasant smell, like the smell of flowers. Flowers are the colorful part of a plant that often have a nice smell. Filled means to make something full of something else, like filling a cup with water. Fragrance is a nice smell, like the smell of flowers. Garden is a place where plants, flowers, and trees are grown. When you put them together, "The sweet-smelling flowers filled the garden with their fragrance" means that the flowers in the garden made the garden smell nice with their sweet smell.

The garden was filled with the lovely scent of the flowers.

Meaning: This means that the garden was full of the nice smell of the flowers. It's like saying, The garden smelled very nice because of the flowers.

Choice of Words: Garden is a place where plants, flowers, and trees are grown. Filled means to make something full of something else, like filling a cup with water. Lovely means very nice or beautiful, like a flower. Scent is a smell, like the smell of flowers. Flowers are the colorful part of a plant that often have a nice smell. When you put them together, "The garden was filled with the lovely scent of the flowers" means that the garden was full of the nice smell of the flowers.

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