Turn off the lights when leaving a room.

Meaning: This sentence is instructing someone to turn off the lights when they are leaving a room.

Choice of Words: Turn means to move or cause something to move around an axis or pivot. Lights are devices that produce artificial light. When means at the time that. Leaving means going away from a place. Room is a space within a building or vehicle that is separated from other spaces by walls, doors, or windows.

Alternative Expressions

Switch off the lights before you exit the room.

Meaning: This means to stop the lights from working before you are going out of a room. It's like saying, Make sure to stop the lights from working before you are going out of a room.

Choice of Words: Switch off is another way to say "turn off". Before is a preposition that shows something happening earlier than something else. Exit means to go out of a place. When you put them together, "Switch off the lights before you exit the room" is an instruction to stop the lights from working before you are going out of a room.

Remember to turn the lights off as you leave the room.

Meaning: This means to remind someone to stop the lights from working when they are going away from a room. It's like saying, Don't forget to stop the lights from working when you are going away from a room.

Choice of Words: Remember is a verb that means to keep something in your mind. As is a conjunction that shows two events happening at the same time or one after the other. Leave means to go away from a place. When you put them together, "Remember to turn the lights off as you leave the room" is a reminder to stop the lights from working when you are going away from a room.

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