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ENGLISH  LESSONS

PLAY   /  GO  /  DO  
 

 

 


SPORTS  &  LEISURE ACTIVITIES
   
When speaking about sports and leisure activities,
the verbs play, go and do are used as shown in the table below. 
 

 

Verb   Sport/Activity  

    
PLAY

   

    Sports with teams, rules and competitions or tournaments.

    ◊ Two people can play a game of tennis.
    
    ◊ You need a team to play football.


      Badminton
      Basketball
      Football
      Golf
      Rugby
      Tennis
      Soccer
      etc.
 

 

 

GO

 

    The name of the activity is the gerund form of the verb ( -ing).

    To camp → camping  :  We often go camping in the summer.
    To swim → swimming:   Many children like to go swimming.
     
      Camping
      Dancing
      Hiking
      Horse-riding
      Sailing
      Surfing
      Swimming
      etc.
 

 

DO

 

    All other recreational activities :

    ◊  All classes do gymnastics at school.
    ◊  Sophie does yoga with a group of friends.
   

     
      Aerobics
      Athletics
      Gymnastics
      Judo
      Karate
      Yoga
      etc.
 

  


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