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Amna 107
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Hi all,
I gave the children some pictures and asked them to write sentence about the pictures for homework. For this picture below, do you think the correct sentence is:
The children are playing see-saw.
OR
The children are playing on see-saw.
Thanks in advance,
Amna
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14 Nov 2009
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chrissyden
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Hi
It should be
The children are playing on THE see saw.
Chrissy |
14 Nov 2009
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Amna 107
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Thank you very much chrissyden.  |
14 Nov 2009
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eng789
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Or
The children are seesawing.
Definition of seesawing in the Online Dictionary.
Verb
1. seesaw - ride on a plank. teeter-totter, teetertotter ... |
14 Nov 2009
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alien boy
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or what happened to that great, Brady Bunch Americanism...
They �re playing on the teeter-totter!
They could be teeter-tottering!
happy teeter-tottering everybody!
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14 Nov 2009
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MarionG
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�teeter-tottering � or �see-sawing � might be correct English, it sounds weird nevertheless!
I would stick with "They are playing on the (or a) see-saw." as crissyden suggested! |
14 Nov 2009
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Amna 107
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Thank you very much guys.
I didn �t know this word: teeter-totter lol
See-saw is the word mentioned in their books, so I think they will all write see-saw. |
14 Nov 2009
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joy2bill
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I guess it �s the old US v UK English.
In Australia (and NZ) we use �see saw �. They were playing on the see-saw. However the Americans use "They were playing on the teeter-totter." I rather like "teeter-totter" because of the sound but most children here would look at me as though I were crazy!
I personally find �see-saw � as a verb quite unusual. Yes it is possible but I would prefer "playing on the see-saw �
...also �playing on the swing � rather than �swinging � which is now used to mean �wife-swapping �. I don �t think we should encourage children to wife-swap!  Ha! ha!
Oh dear, how English evolves!
Anyway that �s my tuppence worth.
Cheers Joy |
14 Nov 2009
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eng789
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To modernize things - maybe - computering - as in playing on the computer
Instead of the old problem - I am playing (on/in/at) the computer.
What do you think?
Have a great weekend.
Barbara |
14 Nov 2009
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