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I played when I was a child. vs I played when I was a children.

The correct phrase is 'I played when I was a child.' The incorrect phrase 'I played when I was a children.' uses the incorrect plural form of 'child.'

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 2459 views

I played when I was a child.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the action of playing occurred during the speaker's childhood.

Examples:

  • I played with my toys when I was a child.
  • She loved to draw when she was a child.
  • He used to run around the park when he was a child.
  • We would spend hours playing outside when we were children.
  • They enjoyed reading books when they were children.
  • I mean, I even played nurse when I was a child.
  • I played here as a child.
  • I played there as a child. I went there every day.
  • When I was a child, I played blackjack with Max, and he never let me win.
  • I remember my first glove baseball when I was a child.
  • I lost my voice when I was a child.
  • Especially the ones from when I was a child.
  • Winters didn't feel this cold... when I was a child.
  • We never took any pictures when I was a child.
  • She left us when I was a child.
  • The one you cooked when I was a child.
  • I travelled a lot when I was a child.
  • I met Corto when I was a child.
  • I could swim well when I was a child.
  • My father brought me here when I was a child.
  • She treats me like when I was a child.
  • She showed it to me when I was a child.
  • Professor Proton hosted my favorite science show when I was a child.
  • She used to perform for General Motors when I was a child.
  • I found it with the Stargate when I was a child.

I played when I was a children.

This phrase is incorrect as 'children' is the plural form of 'child' and does not match the singular subject 'I.'

  • Ben said that you played here as children.
  • [Wenders] At the cemetery the next morning, the same invisible ravens cawed and the children played baseball.
  • Fast-growing trees take root where children once played.
  • When I was in High School, I played hockey.
  • I played violin when I was young.
  • When I was at Princeton, I played baseball and football.
  • When I was a kid, I played baseball in a traveling team.
  • When I was 7 years old, my father and I played a game called Cannibal.
  • I was number four in high school when I played ball.
  • When I was little, my dad and I played a lot of games together.
  • People do not realize that I played rugby myself, when I was a student at Fort Hare.
  • You know, when I was in college I played drums in a band.
  • When I was younger, I played the Chinese instrument, the piba.
  • When I was a kid watching MTV I thought if I played my cards right, I could grow up to be Jenny McCarthy.
  • When I was a kid, I played the oboe.
  • When I was 9, I played Viola in Twelfth Night.
  • When I was a child, I played blackjack with Max, and he never let me win.
  • So when I was in college, I played for the varsity polo team and I had a... string of ponies.
  • Then when I got here, I played like I was lost and forgot your room number.
  • I played drums when I was in the Guides.

Alternatives:

  • I played when I was a child.

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