Question

1. We played speaking English at the camp.
2. We practiced speaking English at the camp.

(Are both expressions correct? Any difference? Does #1 mean "We played while we spoke English."?)

Answer 1

The second one is correct.

The first one is not quite the same as the one you put at the end in parentheses. The word "while" makes a big difference.

Answer 2

Thank you,

1. We played speaking English at the camp.

(Is this also grammatical? And the meaning is...?)

Answer 3

It is as if you were playing a game of speaking English, rather like playing "cops and robbers" or some other game.

Answer 4

Technically, it's grammatically correct, but its meaning is fuzzy.