The children played in the yard.

Meaning: This means that children engaged in an activity for enjoyment or recreation while they were in an area of ground near a house or building.

Choice of Words: Played means to engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation. In means enclosed or surrounded by something. The is used to refer to a specific or previously mentioned thing. Yard is an area of ground near a house or building, typically used for recreation.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The happy children played together in the yard.
• Children played yard all day long.
• Children played happily in yard.
• He played with a ball in the yard.
• Dog and cat happily played together in the yard.
• Father and son played catch in the yard.
• The children built a snowman in the yard.
• The children built a snowman in the front yard.
• Children build a snowman in the yard.
• Children built a snowman in the yard.