The tree grew tall in the forest.

Meaning: The tree became very high in the area covered with many trees.

Choice of Words: Grew is the past tense of grow, which describes the action of the tree becoming bigger. Tall describes how high the tree was. In is a preposition that shows the location of the tree, which is the forest. Forest is a large area of land covered with trees.

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The tree shot up in the woods.

Meaning: This means that a tree grew very quickly while it was in the forest.

Choice of Words: **Shot up** means to grow quickly. **Woods** is another word for forest.

The tree towered over the other trees in the grove.

Meaning: This means that a tree was much taller than the other trees in the forest.

Choice of Words: **Towered** means to be much taller than something else. **Grove** is a small group of trees.

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