Imaginative Play Vocabulary

noun a form of imaginative play or fantasy

verb to pretend or imagine

• Children often engage in make believe play to develop their imagination and creativity.
• Let's play make believe and pretend we're pirates searching for treasure!
• My little sister loves to do make believe with her dolls.
• Sometimes it's easier to make believe everything is okay rather than facing reality.

noun an act of pretending

verb to act as if something is true when it is not

• She had to pretend to enjoy the opera even though she found it boring.
• Let's pretend we're on a tropical island for the day.
• Stop pretending to be someone you're not.
• He tried to pretend that everything was fine, but deep down he was struggling.

verb to behave in a way that is not genuine; to feign or make believe

• She pretended to be interested in the topic during the meeting.
• He pretended to like the food just to be polite.
• They pretended to be cool in front of their friends.
• The clouds pretended to be fluffy pillows in the sky.