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PLAY, GO or DO 

with various sports and activities 

We use PLAY, GO, and DO to talk about sports and activities — and today you’ll learn how to choose the right word.

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.

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Sports - do, go & play, an interactive worksheet by BA English School
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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.