They swim faster now.

Meaning: This sentence describes how quickly the ducks are moving through the water.

Choice of Words: They refers to the ducks. Swim means to move through water using your arms and legs. Faster means to move at a greater speed. Now means at the present time. When you put them together, "They swim faster now" means that the ducks are moving through the water at a greater speed at the present time.

Alternative Expressions

They are swimming more quickly at this moment.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, which is that the people or animals are moving through water more quickly than they were before.

Choice of Words: Swimming is the present tense of the verb swim, which means to move through water using your body and limbs. More quickly is another way to say faster. At this moment means the same as now. When you put them together, "They are swimming more quickly at this moment" means the same as "They swim faster now."

Their speed in the water has increased as of this moment.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, which is that the people or animals are moving through water more quickly than they were before.

Choice of Words: Speed is how fast something is moving. In the water means that the movement is happening in water. Increased means that the speed has become greater. As of this moment means the same as now. When you put them together, "Their speed in the water has increased as of this moment" means the same as "They swim faster now."

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