Children play hide-and-seek in garden.

Meaning: Young people, typically referring to those under the age of 18, engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation in which one person hides and the others try to find them, in an area of land where plants are grown, typically for food, flowers, or recreation.

Choice of Words: Children are young people, typically referring to those under the age of 18. Play means to engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation. Hide-and-seek is a game in which one person hides and the others try to find them. In indicates the location or position of something. The is used to refer to a specific or particular thing. Garden is an area of land where plants are grown, typically for food, flowers, or recreation.

Alternative Expressions

Children play hide-and-seek in garden.

Meaning: This sentence means that the children are playing hide-and-seek in the garden.

Choice of Words: The children are the ones doing the playing. Hide-and-seek is the name of the game they are playing. The garden is the place where they are playing.

The kids are playing hide-and-seek in the backyard.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: The kids are the same as the children. Hide-and-seek is still the name of the game. The backyard is another word for the garden.

The little ones are hiding and seeking in the grassy area.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses even more different words.

Choice of Words: The little ones are the same as the children. Hiding and seeking are two parts of the game hide-and-seek. The grassy area is another way to say the garden.

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