The rain fell hard on the roof.

Meaning: The rain was moving down from the sky at a high intensity on the top part of the building.

Choice of Words: Fell is the past tense of fall, which describes the action of the rain moving down from the sky. Hard describes how intense the rain was. On is a preposition that shows the location of the rain, which is the roof. Roof is the top part of a building.

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