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A name for a game?
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izulia
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A name for a game?
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Hello everybody,
Could you please help me with this. My students when they write about their day in their diaries often write "We played chasing games" or "We played chase". Although I understand what they mean, I �d like to be sure if they say the right thing. Do you call chasing game a �tag �? If yes, how would you use it in a sentence:
We played tag.
We played a tag.
or is it still okay to say
We played chasing games. (???)
Please help me out. My students wouldn �t stop running after each other during the breaks and then tell me all about it. :) I need to know how to talk about it in correct English!
Thank you
Zulia
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4 Jun 2012
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Marjoriek
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"We played tag" is correct in English.
"We played a game where we chased each other." is also correct. |
4 Jun 2012
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ueslteacher
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We played tag. (tag is uncountable in this case) We don �t say we played a football, do we? So tag is no different. Though you can say we played a game of tag, i.e only once during this very period of time you �re describing. There is a variety of chasing games btw have a look
Sophia
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4 Jun 2012
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izulia
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Thank you very much for your help!
Have a nice day/evening :) |
4 Jun 2012
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huddersboy
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English kids dont say tag we say chase. As in we played chase at breaktime or if you were very lucky even kiss chase! |
4 Jun 2012
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evinches
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In Scotland when I was a child we played "tig" which was "tag" south of the border. We also had another variation which was "up high tig"...the catchers weren �t allowed to tig (catch) you if you had climbed on a wall, a bench or similar perch.
The person who got caught became "it", as in "I caught you, now you �re IT!" |
5 Jun 2012
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cunliffe
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I understand �tag � is correct, but in the North of England, it �s �chasey. � |
5 Jun 2012
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