Verbs go, do and play
We use different verbs with different
types of sports.
To play is often used with sports that are team games, or where we play with another person.
To go is often used for things done outside, and which we can do alone. These sports often end in –ing.
To do is often used for taking part in a sport alone for enjoyment.
to play basketball (tennis, soccer)
to go jogging (skiing, swimming)
to do aerobics (gymnastics)
Choose the most appropriate verb in the following sentences.
I do/play/go some exercises every day.
A lot of my friends do/play/go basketball.
I'd like to do/play/go snowboarding but I can't even ski.
I do/play/go swimming on my holidays.
All my classmates do/play/go tennis.
All girls like to do/play/go aerobics.
Disabled people do/play/go goal ball.
All boys like to do/play/go football.
Read, translate and fill in the gaps using do/play/go.
My family is very keen on sport. We watch a lot of sport on TV and most mornings I (1) … jogging. On Saturday morning my brothers (2) … football and I (3) … gymnastics. My mother and I (4) … aerobics every weekend and my mother and father (5) … golf at the weekend. In winter we (6) … skiing and in the summer holidays we (7) … tennis, and (8) … swimming and water-skiing.
1… 5…
2… 6…
3… 7…
4… 8…
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