The children played happily in the snow.

Meaning: The children enjoyed themselves while engaging in activities in the fallen snow.

Choice of Words: To play means to engage in an activity for enjoyment. Happily means in a joyful or contented manner. Snow is frozen water that falls from the sky in small white flakes.

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The kids had a blast playing in the snow.

Meaning: This sentence also tells us that the children were having a lot of fun playing in the snow, but it uses different words to describe their experience.

Choice of Words: The kids are the same as the children. Had a blast means they had a lot of fun. Playing is still the activity they were doing. In the snow is still where they were playing.

The little ones frolicked merrily in the white stuff.

Meaning: This sentence is a more playful way to say that the children were having a lot of fun playing in the snow.

Choice of Words: The little ones is another way to refer to the children. Frolicked means they were playing and having fun. Merrily describes how they were feeling while they were playing. White stuff is a fun way to refer to the snow.

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