Words for Events(Games)
board game: a game played on a flat board specially designed for it, often with small pieces that belong to each player, and dice
Board games are fun for children and adults.
card game: a game played with a standard deck of cards or cards specially designed for it; bridge, canasta, hearts, Old Maid, Go Fish, etc.
There are card games for children and for adults.
game: an entertainment where two or more people compete with each other
Would you like to play a game with me?
hide-and-seek: a children’s game where one child, who is “it,” must find another child in his or her hiding place, who then becomes “it”
Hide-and seek is a game played everywhere.
match: a tennis, soccer, or rugby game
I’d love to go to the movies, but I have a tennis match this afternoon.
parlor game: an indoor game that is played among small groups of people at a party
Charades is a popular parlor game.
sports: an athletic competition; a football game, a baseball game, a volleyball game, etc.
He loves to spend Sundays watching sports.
tag: a children’s game where one child, who is “it,” must touch (tag) another, who then becomes “it”
Tag is a game played by children of all ages.