Did you and your friends or siblings ever make up your own game with your own rules? How did it work?

A natural way to answer

Yes, my brother and I invented a kind of treasure hunt around the garden. One of us would hide things and the other had to find them using clues. We kept adding to the rules over time, and it became more and more elaborate.

Key phrases to use

• make up — to invent something, such as a story, rule, or game“The kids made up their own language.”
• end in — to finish with a particular result“The argument ended in tears.”
• add to — to increase or build on something that already exists“Each round added to the excitement.”
• descend into chaos — to quickly become disorganised and out of control“The party soon descended into chaos.”
• make it up as you go along — to do something without a plan, deciding what to do as you go“We had no script — we just made it up as we went along.”