PLAY, GO or DO 

with various sports and activities 

Learn the rules

play	go	do
Use “play” with any team sports (you need a partner), competitive sports (you play to win!), chess and draughts.  You play football.	Use “go” with individual sports activities that can be done alone and the activities ending in    -ing You go windsurfing.	Use “do” with other sports and activities, e.g martial arts  You do gymnastics.

And now watch the video.

PRACTICE

Put the activities into the correct columns.

fishing, yoga, skiing, aerobics, jogging, swimming, hunting, dancing, chess, a warm-up, football, scuba diving, shopping, sailing, judo, surfing, computer games, cycling, kung fu, tennis, stretching, squash, push-ups, soccer, skating

PLAY	GO	DO

Fill in the gaps.

1.      He used  to (1)_______   jogging every day when  he was at university.

2.      I love (2)  ___________    a good game  of chess from time to time.

3.      She (3) ___________ gymnastics for over five years now.

4.      This summer we (4)   ___________   windsurfing every day on our vacation.

5.      He’s quite the athlete. He (5)   ________   basketball, baseball and hockey, too.

6.      My wife (6)  ________    horse riding twice a week.

7.      Why don’t we (7)  __________    a set of tennis?

8.      Some people  think that (8)  __________   aerobics four times a week is the  best possible way of keeping fit.

9.      His idea of the perfect summer holiday is to rent a sailboat and (9) _________ sailing between the  islands of the  Tuscan archipelago.

10.  He (10)   __________   athletics for his local track club.