The children played hide-and-seek in the garden.

Meaning: This sentence describes the children's action of engaging in the game of hide-and-seek in the garden.

Choice of Words: Played is the past tense of the verb play, which means to engage in an activity for enjoyment. Hide-and-seek is a game where one person hides and the others try to find them. Garden is an area of land where plants are grown. When you put them together, "The children played hide-and-seek in the garden" describes how the children engaged in the game of hide-and-seek in the area of land where plants are grown.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Children played hide-and-seek in garden.
• Children laughed joyfully as they played hide-and-seek in the garden.
• Children played hide-and-seek garden laughed.
• The boy and girl played hide-and-seek in the garden.
• The boy played hide-and-seek with his friends in the garden.
• Friends played hide-and-seek in garden.
• They played hide-and-seek in the garden.
• We played hide and seek in the garden.
• The children played hide-and-seek, hiding behind trees and bushes.
• Children played hide-and-seek among the trees, laughing and running.