Share toys and take turns.

Meaning: This means to let others use your things and to wait for your turn to use something.

Choice of Words: Share means to divide something among people, and take turns means to do something one after the other. Combining them, it means to allow others to use your things and to wait for your turn to use something.

Alternative Expressions

Let's play together and wait our turns.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it is more friendly and inviting.

Choice of Words: Let's is a contraction of the words "let us," which means we will do something together. Play means to have fun with toys or games. Together means to be with someone else. Wait means to stay in one place until something happens. Turns means the order in which people will do something. When you put them together, "Let's play together and wait our turns" is a suggestion to children to play together fairly.

Can we all share the toys and take turns playing with them?

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it is more polite and respectful.

Choice of Words: Can is a modal verb that asks for permission or possibility. We refers to the speaker and the other people involved. All means everyone. Share means to give or allow someone else to use something that you have. Toys are things like dolls, cars, and games that children play with. Take turns means to wait for your chance to do something after someone else has finished. Playing is the present participle of the verb "play," which means to have fun with toys or games. With them refers to the toys. When you put them together, "Can we all share the toys and take turns playing with them?" is a polite request to children to play together fairly.

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